Kate Middleton Just Issued A Statement About That Very Badly Photoshopped Picture After Multiple Photo Agencies Refused To Run It

Yeah, this isn't helping much.

People have been speculating about Kate Middleton's whereabouts for weeks now.

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The Princess of Wales underwent abdominal surgery at the beginning of the year and hasn't been spotted at any public appearances since Christmas 2023.

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Kensington Palace has reportedly said that Kate is recovering from the surgery and "continues to do well."

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Then, last week, she was spotted in a car.

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And yesterday, the palace posted a badly photoshopped picture of Kate and the kids for Mother's Day:

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The pic is a mess.

#KateMiddleton photoshop mistakes. pic.twitter.com/FclHnHZbsE

— Shao Trommashere (@MedicTrommasher) March 10, 2024

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There's photoshop on the arm.

OH MY GOD??? https://t.co/xZ4P3TJ2N1 pic.twitter.com/O4fRdxeWH6

— zaddy long legs (@williamferr94) March 10, 2024

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Kate's missing her wedding ring.

Kate Middleton for Mother’s day WITHOUT WEDDING RING 😱 pic.twitter.com/7fe7kiFaKv

— 😇 (@Tornaade) March 10, 2024

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As this photographer said, there are many "unexplainable issues."

I wasn’t in on this whole conspiracy about Kate Middleton missing and the royals covering it up until they dropped this obviously fake photo today to appease public concern.

I do photography, and work with post processing/editing a lot … here are just a few unexplainable issues pic.twitter.com/O0NBUpIYru

— Jon | Mark (@NerdyTeacher_) March 10, 2024

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It's so bad that three international photo agencies refused to run the "manipulated" image.

No comment from Kensington Palace tonight after at least 3 international pictures agencies refuse to distribute this morning’s photo of Kate and her children. Some of them (@AP ) have claimed “the source [the palace] has manipulated the image”. pic.twitter.com/ppOwDtPr9P

— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) March 10, 2024

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This has pretty much never happened before!

I’ve never been much of a conspiracy theorist but if @AP @AFP @Reuters & other picture agencies are concerned enough to remove it and ask clients to delete it, there are serious questions for Kensington Palace - which was the source of the photo.
These appears to be the issues 👇 https://t.co/ifcSB9mUzu pic.twitter.com/bH5gN9fJtJ

— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) March 10, 2024

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And now Kate is addressing the picture head-on.

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She posted this statement on X, formerly known as Twitter:

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. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C

— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) March 11, 2024

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"Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing," she says. "I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C"

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Unfortunately, that hasn't done much to stop the conspiracies.

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I guess we'll see what happens next.

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