The Princess of Wales has confirmed that "minor adjustments" were made to her Mother’s Day photo, but do you think the Royal Family should release the unedited picture of Kate and her children?
This comes as 17 editing issues were identified in the family photo, including confusions over Charlotte's hand, Louis's jumper, and Kate's zip. Following its release on X yesterday, several of the world's biggest international photo agencies said the photograph had been "manipulated".
Taking to social media this morning, Kate apologised for editing the photograph, writing: "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."
Meanwhile a palace source added: "The Princess has shared a statement on social media. This was an amateur, family photograph taken by the Prince of Wales. Their royal highnesses wanted to offer an informal picture of the family together for Mother's Day. The Princess made minor adjustments as she shared in her statement on social media. The Wales family spent Mother’s Day together and had a wonderful day."
The photo of Kate and her children, said by the palace to have been taken by the Prince of Wales in Windsor earlier this week, was posted to mark Mother's Day. The picture shows Kate sitting in a chair with her arms around Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, who are on either side of her, with Prince George standing behind, as all four smile at the camera.
The photograph was removed by several of the world's biggest international photo agencies yesterday, following concerns about the image. The Associated Press (AP) Reuters, Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Getty Images all separately issued a "kill notice", as the picture had been manipulated.
Kensington Palace is now being urged to release an unedited version of the controversial photo to "regain trust" from the public. Public relations and crisis consultant Mark Borkowski said: "It’s plausible she’s at home playing with the computer and using an AI tool, but if they’re really going to regain any sort of trust they should release the unedited photo, it can’t be that bad if they just made a few tweaks."
Following the Royal Family’s recent backlash, we want to know if you think the Firm should release the unedited Mother’s Day photo. Vote in our poll HERE to have your say.
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