British Princess Kate apologized on social media today for “any confusion” caused by an edited photo published by her office at Kensington Palace the previous day.
A number of news agencies, including Reuters, withdrew the photo of Kate (42 years old) with her three children after a post-publication analysis showed that it did not meet the editorial standards for each of them.
A message on the social networking site “X”, signed with the letter “C” meaning that it was sent by Princess Kate, said: “Like many amateur photographers, I sometimes experiment with making adjustments. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion caused by the family photo that I posted.” We shared it yesterday.”
Kate appeared in the photo smiling with her children, Princes George, Louis, and Princess Charlotte, in Windsor, where the family lives. Kensington Palace said the photo was taken by her husband, the heir to the British throne, Prince William, last week.
News agencies including Getty, Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse later withdrew the image. Reuters photo editors said that part of the sleeve of Kate’s daughter’s jacket did not fall naturally, indicating that the photo had been edited.
An informed source said that Kate wanted to publish an unofficial photo of the family on the occasion of Mother’s Day, which Britain celebrated yesterday, Sunday, and made minor modifications.
The photo attracted widespread media attention as it was the first official photo of Kate since she spent two weeks in the hospital after undergoing surgery for a “non-cancerous” but unspecified abdominal condition last January.
Although her office said that she would not return to her duties until after Easter and that she was recovering well, her absence led to increased speculation on social media about her health in the past few weeks.
“Thank you for your well wishes and continued support over the past two months,” Kate wrote in a message with the photo on Sunday.
