That this is MASSIVE news

[Flowerfairie]

Princess of Wales: Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68526972

It's also old news.

Why is it massive? Who cares? I don’t.

I'm beginning to think something is up; William's sudden non-attendance the other day, Kate's planned event being pulled from a website...then this.
All I hope is that she is well and that all is OK.

Meanwhile, in Gaza...

Something feels amiss. I get the feeling some sections of the media know something but are perhaps not allowed to say.

Already a thread on this

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5025789-kates-photo-appears-manipulated?page=7&reply=133667391

Really weird photo. Why has the boy got his fingers crossed?

Even if there is something in it, who cares? She’s human like everyone else and there’s more important stuff going on in the world.

It’s not the fact it’s been rumoured to have been manipulated. It’s the fact the AP have issued a ‘kill notification’ which literally never happens.

A photo of Kate Middleton and her kids has been photoshopped (in an era when all photos like this will be)....have you misunderstood the meaning of the word massive?

Even if there is something in it, who cares? She’s human like everyone else and there’s more important stuff going on in the world

sure, but we don’t pay millions to whatever else is going on in the world.

A photo of Kate Middleton and her kids has been photoshopped (in an era when all photos like this will be)....have you misunderstood the meaning of the word massive?

no. This is unprecedented.

It’s not massive

Well, it obviously does happen since it's happened.

Comprehension fail here op?

Apart from the millions we pay Ukraine etc ?

It's probably worth you having a look at what the government spends your money on....

But why is that MASSIVE? Surely it's, at most, mildly interesting?

If the Royal PR machine is doing to deepen the sense of mystique around the Royals, it’s working. They are meant to be inaccessible, and that certainly is the case right now.

What even is a media "kill notification"?

Well, it obviously does happen since it's happened. Comprehension fail here op?

no. If you read the article this is a really rare occurrence.

to those saying, hang on ‘Ukraine’, hang on ‘gaza.’ Don’t be so fucking ridiculous that you can’t discuss more than one thing at a time in the world. Unless, all you’re ever discussing with your family and friends is Gaza then give it a rest.

@Emily1583 a simple Google would have told you

AFP said: “Mandatory kill. Due to an editorial issue this photo by the Prince of Wales has been withdrawn … and may no longer by used in any manner. Please immediately remove it from all your online services, stop using it in any other fashion and delete it from your servers.”

If 'massive' is the same as 'ridiculous over reaction" then yes its massive

The three children have all crossed their middle and fourth fingers. Sibling joke I reckon.

You said it "literally never happens".

You didn't say it was a "really rare occurence".

I trust no one who can't present basic facts correctly.

You can discuss many things, of course.

Your question was is this MASSIVE?

People are rightly pointing out that, no, in the scheme of things a slightly altered photo of the royals is not MASSIVE. It's small, really small.