Princess Kate apologizes on
"Like many amateur photographers, I dabble in editing from time to time. I wanted to express my apologies for the confusion caused by the family photo we shared yesterday. I hope everyone celebrating had a happy Mother's Day. C", he wrote on his profile
Meanwhile, media pressure is growing on Kensington Palace, the official residence of the heir to the British throne William, in search of explanations for the unprecedented misstep committed yesterday with the publication of the retouched image.
The photo - the first official of the Princess of Wales released by the court after two and a half months of total absence from the public scene, and almost two months after the mysterious abdominal surgery she underwent at the London Clinic in mid-January, depicting a smiling Kate with 3 children on British Mother's Day - was withdrawn as suspected of "manipulation" last night by the American AP agency, followed by the British-Canadian Reuters.
And in the following hours also from the French AFP, as well as from the US photo giant Getty.
A real debacle for the PR machine of the Princes of Wales, grappling with the boomerang effect of an operation designed to reassure public opinion and dispel the doubts - as well as the most unlikely conspiracy theories circulating on the web - that the secrecy closely observed during 42-year-old Kate's long convalescence has so far fueled.
Kensington Palace has currently refused to comment.
But the embarrassment appears palpable and even the most institutional British media outlets most used by the monarchy for its communications, from the public broadcaster BBC to the national agency PA (which initially did not withdraw the suspicious shot, attributed directly by the palace at the hand of William), are currently requesting clarifications from the palace.
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