Agencies pull Kate Middleton’s new photo due to manipulation concerns
Kate Middleton’s First Photo Since Abdominal Surgery Retracted Amid Manipulation Concerns
Is Kate Middleton the victim of a Photoshop fail?
Just hours after Kensington Palace released its first official pic of the Princess of Wales since her abdominal surgery in January, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images and Agence France-Presse pulled it from their databases and issued “kill notices,” or advisories to editors and clients to remove or not use a pic.
The photo, which was shared the morning of March 10 on Kate and husband Prince William‘s Instagram and X pages in honor of U.K.’s Mother’s Day, featured Kate surrounded by their kids Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5.
“The Associated Press initially published the photo, which was issued by Kensington Palace,” the news wire said in a statement to NBC News. “The AP later 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. The photo shows an inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte’s left hand.”