Kate Middleton's timid explanations did not put an end to the outbreak of questions, far from it.
The Princess of Wales finds herself mired in a tenacious controversy, after recognizing “editing” retouching on a photo of her and her children shared on Sunday and unpublished by several international agencies.
Instead of reassuring him about his state of health after an intriguing abdominal operation in January, the photo ultimately had the opposite effect, dangerously casting doubt on the transparency of Kensington Palace.
After several weeks of radio silence from the princess, the failure was even more noticed.
On the lookout, Internet users are multiplying speculations, going so far as to suspect a photo created from scratch.
“The brain hates uncertainty: faced with a void of information, it will seek to fill it by accepting all possible and imaginable theories,” deciphers Charlotte Jacquemot, researcher at the head of the cognitive studies department at the ENS .
“Half information is the door open to all beliefs, a red carpet for conspiracy theories.
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