this morning these were not the headlines Kensington Palace was hoping for this photo of Kate the Princess of Wales and her three kids was first released on social media Yesterday by Kensington Palace to celebrate Mother's Day here in the UK the post here on X includes Kate's first message to the public since January thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months but that message has been overshadowed when late last night multiple photo agencies all withdrew the ph
oto over concerns of potential manipulation that message intended to show that all is well has backfired so the point of this picture was very clearly designed to send a message to the world yes she's here yes she's recovering well the AP is saying in a statement they retracted the image because at closer inspection it appears that the source had manipulated the image in a way that did not meet ap's photo standards adding the photo shows an inconsistency in the alignment of princess Charlotte's
left hand scene right here moments ago responding to the backlash Kensington Palace posting this explanation 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 the photo Fiasco as it is spiraled in the last 24 hours follows weeks of speculation about Kate's Health Royal Watchers reading into every little clue and eagle-eyed Observers this morning noting that Kate is without
her usual jewelry including her engagement ring but Kensington Palace has been clear since her January abdominal surgery that she would not be returning to public duties until after Easter but that hasn't stopped the social media frenzy and questions to Kensington Palace about why they haven't shared more details the princess has only been spotted once since January last week in a grainy image appearing to show her in a car near Windsor Castle and I'll pass those on to Catherine as well thank yo
u very much guys while husband Prince William has been balancing family time and carrying the burden of Royal events so one of the Comm confusions excuse me in this morning's PR disaster is that yesterday the photo was credited to Prince William well today Katherine signed C signed that statement which really just fuels question leaves more questions for Kensington Palace we have gone back to Kensington Palace to seek more clarity you guys but really a PR disaster this morning and it's very conf
using why all right okay Hunter there disaster wait there's a lot to unpack there there is we don't I don't I couldn't tell what I guess you have to really be a professional to see what was manipulated I me I think the thing that's catching a lot of people's attention is that she didn't have her wedding rings on more so than was her daughter's hand well you know it's a problem is you know if it's supposed to quell the rumors and it just feels more that's the problem but yeah what can you do hey
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