Expert says Wales family photo, unlikely to have been edited by Kate.

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An expert, Jenny Smith from the American Graphic Institute has told the NBC, that the Wales family photo is heavily edited. The photograph appeared to have been edited by hand, not by AI and new clothing added. Smith told the NBC it would have likely been edited by someone very experienced, not Kate.
Expert on NBC: Kate unlikely to be the editor of the photo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XWxTdEICMtQ

I agree with you @Icedlatteplease I just don't think any of us understand how deeply privileged the RF are and how in effect all of our parliamentary traditions and any idea of freedoms or a constitution are entirely made up.
We have absolutely no idea what goes on and that's why this scandal is so fascinating.

I agree with you. It does, in some way, remind me of the infamous Andrew interview. It lifted a curtain into his worldview, with its odd twisted notions - and by extension - the one of the royal family. This is not dissimilar. They really must think they are semi-divine and news agencies of the democratic world are like their valets, will do as told. And, actually, the news here are pretty gentle. I haven't seen anyone actively claiming that Kate's head has been photoshopped in although it is gloriously obvious when you see all the edits marked.

Yes, his talk about the people getting ideas about their station, but look at them, all pampered and soft in the head.
So very undeserving of their station are they, so undeserving that anything which shines a light risks exposing them so that we can all see their lack of legitimacy.

Rubbish, with the software it's easy to manipulate photos, and to a better quality than this, not even particularly expensive software.

The mistakes pretty much prove the fact it wasn't done professionally

Yes that's correct.

They sent it knowing that the photo dud not meet guidelines, and/or they were not transparent upfront with what changes were made to the photo. And then refused to provide the original unedited. Why?

And because of that, a kill photo order was released across multiple agencies, which is so rare. And now this poopstorm.

Well she's done a very good job of all the previous photos that have allegedly been taken by her. Either she has taken perfect photos for all these years or she has done an excellent job of the touching up.

This photo has so many obvious flaws it clearly had no input from her.

I don't think the misogyny kite is a flier here.

Also, the expert here is a woman (Jenny Smith).

To be fair, the OP of that thread has form for posting multiple breathless threads and letting off steam through both ears for her entire MN posting history.

The Crown has no political or legislative power whatsoever. The Glorious Revolution established the supremacy of Parliament and clipped the wings of the Crown, a process which has continued apace ever since.

The monarch can suggest that a certain bill be tweaked to make sure Crown lands or sources of revenue are not affected by legislation, but Parliament is not obliged to comply and the monarch is not permitted to refuse assent to any bill once it has been passed by Parliament. Tp do so would precipitate a constitutional crisis.

The monarch is nothing more than a figurehead, and the role of the Crown in legislative affairs is a polite fiction - Parliament is the highest legislative authority, with the Crown providing the legitimacy and the ultimate authority of Parliament, which the monarch is not permitted to withdraw or undermine.

The monarch may not have constitutional powers but his power and influence behind the scenes should not be underestimated - only in his interests obviously, but he’s very happy to throw his weight around when he wants something. And what about the ludicrous situation that they decide their own taxes? They have a lot more power than they should.

It's worth reading the Guardian's articles on Queen (now King)'s consent as distinct from Royal Assent.

This is a good place to start

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/10/queens-consent-constitutional-outrage-parliament-mp-peer-draft-bill-criminal-charge

Yes

I think they are honestly on a different planet and they do not have a CLUE how ordinary people live

And yes on the Andrew interview. The extreme arrogance of the man! Maitlis knew what she'd got and more or less said straight after the interview he was so pleased with how it had gone, he offered to give her a tour of Windsor Castle

Us mere mortals knew we had just watched something quite horrendously spectacular, I was whatsapping my best friend during it and repeatedly saying "oh my god I can't believe this!!!"

Just wait till the film comes out, a stellar cast, due autumn this year I believe. It's called 'Scoop'

@WinnieTheW0rm well said

It wasn't only paedophiles Savile and Ball that Charles hung out with. Charles's "spiritual advisor" back in the day (and William's godfather) was Laurens van der Post, who fathered a child with a 14 year old girl when he was in his 40s...

www.instagram.com/p/C4aJaGloTom/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Taking a photo and editing it are two different things. It's not easy to do any advanced editing of photos although photoshop does now have an AI feature. I suspect this is what happened. I don't believe it's a new photo

Because previously KP was a Trusted Source for many news companies. It has now lost that status.

I don't understand the fuss about an edited photo when every single photo supplied by the palace would be edited anyway. It's only the candid shots that ordinary people take that wouldn't be edited necessarily.

What is strange is the way it edited and what they were trying to do. When I first saw the photo I thought that the position of her hands looked really strange and I wondered whether that was actually her in the middle or whether they had superimposed that. All that business about the cardigan and the sleeves and all that don't mean anything to me. The press should have a look at Instagram to see really edited photos!

The media and the public have just built her up and now they are knocking her down because she refuses to give them every single minute of her life and every single bit of her private information.

My god, if it wasn't for Photoshop when would we ever see a celebrity photo?!!

I dont see anyone bringing her down. The vadt majority of the threads of the threads have been defending her and criticising KP and William. As usual the gaslighting of everyone and anyone to protect the blood Royal. They are the ones who panicked and released a doctored photo, blamed her for it and then made her drive around in a car. Telling the public they are to blame for KP's error is going to backfire too.

So the King should have sussed someone who'd taken so very many other people in? Do me a favour!!

Would hardly think they were "best mates" either!

°^ This

All female married ins have a horrendous time and many end up leaving.

The Monarchy is protected at all costs

Whatever is going on, the pressure on Kate is indescribable and I am just glad she's got a very supportive family in the middletons.

You are literally making this up. No one knows.

This just goes to show how false news is spread. Someone says something that they have no factual evidence about it and someone else endorses it and spreads it. It's like Chinese Whispers.