Palace REFUSE to release unedited version of Kate’s Mother’s Day pic after facing calls to ‘squash conspiracies’
THE palace has refused to release the unedited version of Princess Kate's Mother's Day picture.
Kensington Palace posted the cute picture of Kate and Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis on Sunday - which fans were quick to spot had at least four "editing fails".
Royal fans were thrilled to see Kate following weeks of conspiracy theories about the status of her health.
It was the first time the mum-of-three spoke out since her abdominal operation in January.
The image, which was put out by Kensington Palace, was claimed to have been digitally altered - with photo agencies forced to order a "kill notice" on the pic.
Sky News says metadata shows it was saved in Adobe Photoshop and it was edited twice - on two occasions the picture was altered.
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Kate has today been forced to apologise for her attempt at doctoring the snap, and the "confusion" it's caused.
She said: "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing.
"I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused.
"I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C."
Kensington Palace said it would not be reissuing the original unedited photograph of Kate and her children.
It comes after Piers Morgan called on the palace to release the original.
Just hours before Kate's apology for the amendments was issued, Piers said on X/Twitter: "The Palace should release the unedited photo of Kate & the kids asap.
"If it’s just a small bit of harmless retouching gone wrong, nobody will care.
"If they don’t release the original pic, the conspiracy theories they were trying to kill, will get way worse..."
After the Princess apologised, Piers doubled down on the Palace releasing the original image.
He posted: "OK, but the only way to quell the conspiracy theories is to release the original pic…"
He also quoted the apology post on X and said: "Can we see the original?"
The sweet Mother's Day picture was shared on X/twitter after weeks of speculation surrounding Kate's health - as she recovers from abdominal surgery.
Photo ‘editing’ backlash comes as:
- Princess Kate apologises for “confusion” caused by inconsistencies in family image
- Piers Morgan calls for the Palace to share the unedited photo to quell internet sleuths
- Kate’s uncle Gary Goldsmith gives his verdict on Mother’s Day picture as he speaks out after CBB eviction
- Photo agencies release ‘kill notice’ on Princess Kate’s Mother’s Day picture
- Twitter’s warning over Princess Kate photo inconsistencies
- King Charles releases video message saying he’ll ‘continue to serve you, to the best of my ability’ amid cancer battle
The original X post now has a warning on it that reads: "Major news agencies, including the Associated Press, Getty Images, and Reuters, note inconsistencies that suggest digital alteration by Kensington Palace."
The warning from Twitter appeared in response to a flood of comments from users pointing out the editing fails.
Fans questioned why Kate wasn't wearing her wedding ring and noticed that her other hand was blurry.
Others said Charlotte's cardigan sleeve seemed to disappear and her skirt was fuzzy.
Fans also claimed there appeared to be an odd cut in the skirting board.
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In a colour corrected and lightened version of the image, Kate's zip appears not to line up.
Meanwhile, others reckoned the colour of the tree's leaves are wrong for this time of year.