The princess shared this family photo in April 2023.
Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, has been criticized for doctoring a family photo released by the royal family nearly a year ago, the Daily Mail reported. telegraph. Photos shared by the official X account of the Prince and Princess of Wales show Queen Elizabeth with her great-grandchildren and grandchildren. According to the post’s credits, the photo was taken by Kate Middleton and released on April 21, 2023, which would have been the Queen’s 97th birthday. Although the image has been available to the public for more than a year, Getty Images revealed on Monday that the image had been doctored.
The global photo agency said the image was “digitally enhanced at the source”. The video was clicked at Balmoral in August 2022 and was reviewed by Getty after Ms Middleton recently admitted she edited a photo of herself and her children and shared it on Mother’s Day.
A Getty spokesperson told telegraph“Getty Images has reviewed the image in question and added an editorial note stating that it has been digitally enhanced at the source.”
Here’s a photo the Princess of Wales shared last year:
Today is the 97th birthday of the late Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
The photo, taken at Balmoral last summer, shows her with some of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
📸 princess pic.twitter.com/1FOU4Ne5DX
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) April 21, 2023
Standing behind the photo are the Queen’s grandchildren – the children of Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. Lena Tindall, daughter of Mike and Zara Tindall, Prince George and Princess Charlotte – the two eldest children of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Ella Phillips, daughter of Peter Phillips and the Prince of Wales and The princess’s youngest child, Prince Louis, stood in the front.
Mia Tindall and baby Lucas Tindall sit to the Queen’s right, while Savannah Phillips sits to the Queen’s left.
telegraph Attention was drawn to “a number of irregularities” such as a digital reproduction of Mia Tindall’s hair and mismatched vertical lines in the tartan of the late Queen’s costume. The report added: “A dark shadow can be seen behind Prince Louis’ ear and a similar small black patch can be seen behind Prince George’s shirt collar.”
The manipulated images come as concerns about false or misleading visual information are at an all-time high, especially in the wake of rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence.
Meanwhile, AFP global news director Phil Chetwynd recently said AFP would no longer feature Kensington after the Princess of Wales posted a manipulated image on Mother’s Day. regarded as a “trusted source”.
“At this point, AFP’s trust in the handout images distributed by (Kensington Palace) has been compromised. We cannot say that they are a credible source of the handout images. We still need further explanation.”
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