Kensington Palace has been urged to do two things in order to quell speculation around Princess Kate. It comes after a photo of Kate and her three children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, five, released on Sunday was subject to a kill notice by Associated Press (AP) Reuters, Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Getty Images over image manipulation concerns.
The Mother’s Day photo was taken by Prince William in Windsor last week according to Kensington Palace but royal fans began to speculate that all was not well when they spotted that the sleeve of Princess Charlotte’s arm did not line-up while questions were also raised about Prince George’s right hand being out of focus.
The photo was discussed on Good Morning Britain this morning with presenters Susanna Reed and Ed Balls chatting with Mirror editor Kevin Maguire and journalist Andrew Pierce.
Maguire said Kensington Palace needed to issue a statement quickly in order to put speculation to bed, suggesting the edits could have been made in order to rectify mistakes made by William when taking the picture.
Reed then replied: “Unfortunately they’ve undermined that – if it is the case that the photo was edited.”
Maguire said the palace had to get a statement out this morning.
He told the presenters: “Seven, eight, nine o’clock this morning, they’ve got to get a statement out.
“In the admission, they’ve got to say, we thought it looked better. They need to say we’ve made a mistake and then release the new picture.”
The picture yesterday appeared to have been shared by Kate herself with an accompanying message thanking wellwishers.
It read: “Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months. Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day. C.”
Rumours about the princess’s health being spread online prompted Kensington Palace to issue a statement last week.
It read: “We were really clear from the start we weren’t going to provide a running commentary on the Princess of Wales’s health and only provide significant updates.
“Obviously, we’ve seen the madness of social media and that is not going to change our strategy. There has been much on social media but the Princess has a right to privacy and asks the public to respect that.”
