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Kate's photo appears "manipulated"?

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Tulipsandpansies123 · 10/03/2024 22:13

Have just seen news saying that associated press have withdrawn photo as it appears "manipulated". V strange

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Spectre8 · 11/03/2024 00:31

Their PR is literally a dumpster fire right now, wth ...they take a firm stance that she is off until Easter no photos etc, now literally a week or two later they backtrack and elease a manipulated image claiming its recent...🫣🤦‍♀️ it's like pouring fuel to a smoking fire

They are not helping them whatsoever

Nots456 · 11/03/2024 00:33

Is it weird that Louis has buttons on one shoulder but not on the other? They might be round the back but i'd expect them to be slightly visible.

OliviaFlaversham · 11/03/2024 00:33

Nots456 · 11/03/2024 00:33

Is it weird that Louis has buttons on one shoulder but not on the other? They might be round the back but i'd expect them to be slightly visible.

That’s common on children’s knitwear.

JanglingJack · 11/03/2024 00:35

All2Well · 11/03/2024 00:30

Not if she's had something major like a re-section, whipple etc. Age has nothing to do with it if it's MAJOR, high risk abdominal surgery like a hemi-colectomy as some people suggest.

There was a Broadway actress 10 years younger than Kate who recently needed parts of her colon and bowel removed due to IBD, then a stoma bag, then a J Pouch fitted. Her surgeries and recovery took almost two years from start to finish and she was dreadfully ill though you'd have never have known it watching her on stage immediately before her first surgery.

Fair enough, but an end could be put to all of it by announcing the truth, like Charles with his cancer.
Like a lot of Mums who have suffered what you gave mentioned, I'm sure even being pictured in a wheelchair with the children would be preferable to this speculation and pictures being pulled.

Mustardseed86 · 11/03/2024 00:35

This is all getting quite worrying. The speculation has been ridiculous and I feel sorry for the whole family dealing with that on top of whatever is going on health-wise...but at the same time, something seems not right here.

All2Well · 11/03/2024 00:35

Nots456 · 11/03/2024 00:33

Is it weird that Louis has buttons on one shoulder but not on the other? They might be round the back but i'd expect them to be slightly visible.

No, that's pretty common for kids clothes. Just to make it easier going over their heads. Have never seen two sets of buttons in this style.

BeAzureExpert · 11/03/2024 00:37

JanglingJack · 11/03/2024 00:28

🤣 Tried to get my 15 year old in to Spooks - boring apparently. John Torrodes wife cooked and ready for him in the fat fryer 😂

We're on Line Of Duty instead. I've only seen it 4 times!

Another few to try

Alias with Sidney Bristow
Covert affairs with Annie walker
the agency (cia)
the unit with Jonas Blane etc
la femme Nikkita tv series the original and not Nikkita

Stringagal · 11/03/2024 00:38

Eyesopenwideawake · 10/03/2024 23:01

Erm, Charlotte has a heel on the boot tucked behind her and a flat boot on the other foot. Sack the nanny!

She’s going round in circles, much like all these threads

Familiaritybreedscontemptso · 11/03/2024 00:38

She’s slimmed herself down I think. That explains most of the inconsistencies. How sad she feels the need.

All2Well · 11/03/2024 00:40

JanglingJack · 11/03/2024 00:35

Fair enough, but an end could be put to all of it by announcing the truth, like Charles with his cancer.
Like a lot of Mums who have suffered what you gave mentioned, I'm sure even being pictured in a wheelchair with the children would be preferable to this speculation and pictures being pulled.

Whilst I agree from a personal perspective,
from a professional perspective I completely disagree.

What other job would you be forced and bullies into sharing your confidential health information for all the world to see and to be splashed all over the papers?

Maybe she wouldn't want the entire world to know about her bowels?

We don't need to know. We don't need to see her.

She's had an op, she's recovering, we've been told we'll see her at Easter. End of.

It's actually none of our business. It's unethical and intrusive to demand more.

Gowlett · 11/03/2024 00:40

Also, British media didn’t print the Kate car pictures, at the request of the royals, but now literally everyone is going to Google it.

Gowlett · 11/03/2024 00:41

And look at the Twitter conspiracy theories, too!

Ferrymerseymo · 11/03/2024 00:44

Well at least now we now know the reason for William’s non attendance at the memorial service last week. He had to pop out to Boots to edit the photo.

loubd · 11/03/2024 00:45

Gowlett · 11/03/2024 00:41

And look at the Twitter conspiracy theories, too!

what are they saying?

JanglingJack · 11/03/2024 00:46

All2Well · 11/03/2024 00:40

Whilst I agree from a personal perspective,
from a professional perspective I completely disagree.

What other job would you be forced and bullies into sharing your confidential health information for all the world to see and to be splashed all over the papers?

Maybe she wouldn't want the entire world to know about her bowels?

We don't need to know. We don't need to see her.

She's had an op, she's recovering, we've been told we'll see her at Easter. End of.

It's actually none of our business. It's unethical and intrusive to demand more.

But it's all been made worse by publishing a fake picture that has sent 'the world' in to a frenzy.
They're not helping themselves with this privacy directive.
I said above I'm not a royalist by any stretch of the imagination - more anti. I'm just arguing the points...

She won't be seen until Easter as recovering, privacy required.

Release a clanger of a Mothers Day picture.

Which one will stir up the press and the public?

Stringagal · 11/03/2024 00:47

All2Well · 10/03/2024 23:42

No, you're right. Again, the more you look the more you see.

Faces aren't usually symmetrical but in this picture the left side of Catherine's face is unusually larger than the right. Like the right has been slimmed down and not the left.

I looked up similarly orientated pics. This one the nose looks wrong (possible head tilted slightly
upwards in the second pic) but her jawline and nose to mouth lines are pretty much spot on. As many others have said, she looks steroid swollen. But also, it’s a very zoomed in photo in a moving car.

Kate's photo appears "manipulated"?
Kate's photo appears "manipulated"?
uncomfortablydumb53 · 11/03/2024 00:47

Releasing the photo didn't exactly quell public concern for her did it?
It's really odd

Bigtrip2026 · 11/03/2024 00:48

Has noone ever taken a picture and thought ...it looks like you have 6 fingers...it looks like there is a horn coming out of your head? ..so obv as it is a personal picture they've probably edited it to some degree, makes sense. They know how every sodding thing they produce will be analysed to death (fingers going missing as a case in point)

I'm quite sure reuters and AP have produced the edited, mocked up, photocopied pictures of the Kardashaians without hesitation.

As for the media driven hype... it sell papers, and speculation on newspaper websites..The struggling media companies are trying to keep themselves afloat for another year so the more hype,...the more hits they get, the more advertising space they sell and so on and so on.

They won't be happy until she has to tell them everything and show her scars emotionally and physically= more revenue. Leave her alone, whatever is going on its obviously not a walk in the park.

BeAzureExpert · 11/03/2024 00:50

we need Carrie Mathison on the case

BeAzureExpert · 11/03/2024 00:51

Bigtrip2026 · 11/03/2024 00:48

Has noone ever taken a picture and thought ...it looks like you have 6 fingers...it looks like there is a horn coming out of your head? ..so obv as it is a personal picture they've probably edited it to some degree, makes sense. They know how every sodding thing they produce will be analysed to death (fingers going missing as a case in point)

I'm quite sure reuters and AP have produced the edited, mocked up, photocopied pictures of the Kardashaians without hesitation.

As for the media driven hype... it sell papers, and speculation on newspaper websites..The struggling media companies are trying to keep themselves afloat for another year so the more hype,...the more hits they get, the more advertising space they sell and so on and so on.

They won't be happy until she has to tell them everything and show her scars emotionally and physically= more revenue. Leave her alone, whatever is going on its obviously not a walk in the park.

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but when you have professionals editing photos they dont usually make this many mistakes its almost like it was planned

DemBonesDemBones · 11/03/2024 00:54

The tile pattern goes IN to her shoe!

MrsMaudwatts · 11/03/2024 00:56

Aussieland · 11/03/2024 00:19

Or maybe she has had major surgery and she is still sore and doesn’t want to sit on a wall

That's sort of my point, if she needs to sit, why not just an indoor photo, or on a garden chair or something. It's a bit jarring - the set up of it.

Herewegoagain84 · 11/03/2024 00:56

RemarkablyBrightCreature · 10/03/2024 22:26

BBC reported it was taken by Will. I always tweak my photos before sharing - slightly alter colours, crop etc. The conspiracy theories are fucking nuts.

AP news would not issue a kill notice for an image that had been slightly photoshopped. Read between the lines.

Franker · 11/03/2024 00:57

Herewegoagain84 · 11/03/2024 00:56

AP news would not issue a kill notice for an image that had been slightly photoshopped. Read between the lines.

That's the nub of it. It's an extraordinary move.

That said, she should be left alone. Fat chance now.

user1492757084 · 11/03/2024 01:00

Surely the family is allowed to issue a photo to thank people for Mother's Day greetings. They can make it tweeked, a collage or a very doctored artistic picture. It is not an official portrait. The press are acting up.
There is also zero wrong with Louis'finger, jumper, nor Charlotte's tassle on her boot, nor the plant. Charlotte's cardigan shows Kate's cardigan sleeve behind it. There could have been tweeks to hair, a blacking out of Catherine's jeans or a cat may have been deleted but that is the family's prerogative.

Most phone cameras allow for minor changes.