Kate Middleton’s Photo of Queen Elizabeth Surrounded by Royal Children Was Manipulated, Photo Agency Says

Kate Middleton is again under scrutiny for allegedly altering a family photo released by the palace.

The image in question is a portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren taken by Kate and released by Buckingham Palace on the monarch’s 97th birthday in April 2023.

Although the photo has been public for almost a year, on Monday Getty Images announced that the image had been manipulated.

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“Getty Images has reviewed the image in question and placed an editor’s note on it, stating that the image has been digitally enhanced at source,” a Getty spokesperson said. The Telegraph.

The Princess of Wales, 42, snapped the photo during a family trip to Balmoral last summer.

Seen sitting with the Queen, who sat in the middle of a green sofa, were William and Kate’s children – son Prince George, 10, daughter Princess Charlotte, 8, and son Prince Louis, 5 – with their royal cousins.

“Several inconsistencies” were pointed out by The Telegraphincluding a vertical line where the late Queen’s tartan skirt doesn’t match and a digital replay of Mia Tindall’s hairstyle.

The publication pinpointed and zoomed in on six different discrepancies.

Kate Middleton’s Mother’s Day photo.

The Prince and Princess of Wales/Instagram

Monday’s news comes just after photo experts found at least 16 editing errors in a Mother’s Day photo of Kate and her children that she shared on social media to celebrate the UK holiday earlier this month.

Some of the noticeable flaws found in the March 10 photo included Princess Charlotte’s oddly cut hair, dents and distortions, and Princess Kate’s hair looking like it had been brushed.

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Kate later apologized via social media for the controversy caused by the edited picture.

“Like many amateur photographers, I occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to apologize for any confusion caused by the family photo we shared yesterday. I hope everyone celebrating had a happy Mother’s Day,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter ) on March 11.

Instagram also flagged the image, adding a warning that the post has been “altered” from the original version.

Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales; November 2023

Samir Hussein/WireImage

The same week, the Prince of Wales, 41, showed his support for his wife during an outing to celebrate the opening of the new WEST youth zone in Hammersmith, west London.

As William decorated the cupcake, an off-camera voice praised his design skills in a video shared on the BBC’s Instagram account.

“No, it’s really not impressive,” William replied. “My wife is artistic. And my children are more artistic than I am.”

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