Kate Middleton admits editing family photo, apologizes ‘for any confusion’
Global News
The edited photo fuelled already existing, unfounded rumours about Princess Kate following her abdominal surgery in January.
A recently released family photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, and her three children was edited, Kensington Palace confirms.
“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,” a statement from the Kensington royals reads.
Signed “C,” for Catherine, the message appears to be written by Kate Middleton herself.
The photo in question was shared Sunday in honour of Mother’s Day in the U.K., showing Princess Kate seated in a wooden chair with her arms around Prince Louis, 5, and Princess Charlotte, 8, with Prince George, 10, behind. The picture marked the first official image of Kate since she underwent abdominal surgery nearly two months ago.
But hours after the photo was released, The Associated Press issued a “kill notification” for the image, meaning the picture should not be used. The news agency barred the photo over concerns that “it appears that the source has manipulated the image.”
The photo appears to show a misalignment of Princess Charlotte’s left hand. Kate also isn’t wearing her wedding ring in the picture. Self-proclaimed sleuths online have pointed out nearly a dozen so-called “inconsistencies” with the photo.
Identified by local media as 50-year-old Taleb A., a psychiatry and psychotherapy specialist, authorities said he has been living in Germany for two decades.
The driver of the car was arrested, said German news agency dpa, citing unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
The attack took place around 9:50 a.m. on the last day of school before Christmas at the Precko Elementary School in Zagreb.
The charges filed against Yaoning “Mike” Sun followed those against a former aide to two New York governors, Linda Sun, in September.
Putin used the tightly choreographed event, which lasted over 4 hours, to reinforce his authority and demonstrate a sweeping command.
The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at 4.75 per cent with new data showing inflation rising to 2.6 per cent, further above the bank's two per cent target.
A U.K. police force went to court to claim the money, held in seven frozen bank accounts, from the Tates and a woman identified only as J.
The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services.
A Texas-based company is pulling several of its products off the shelves after the FDA discovered a potentially deadly ingredient in product samples.
Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed as he left for his office. His assistant also died.
Former Amazon driver Ahmed Eldidi has been charged with four war crimes, including torture, mutilation and murder.