Why does it matter of Kate edited the photo??

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I feel like I am totally missing the point and I am fed up of being in the dark about it! Please explain it to me!

I genuinely do not know why it matters that Kate tweaked her photo?

Surely the purpose was to edit the usual things that spoil a photo a bit.

Does her editing a photo imply something?

I think you genuinely should read some of the responses here to explain why a photo released by the palace being ‘killed’ due to misinformation is important.

We need to have reliable sources of news, and if information released by an institution that should be trusted like Buckingham Palace then it calls into question all kinds of questions of integrity that has been upheld by the news sources that have pulled the image.

@ChanelNo19EDT the poster meant they can't say William's having an affair with Rose Hanbury (which I sincerely hope he isn't doing)

With the greatest respect, if you fail to understand the implications of the Royal family releasing a fabricated image to be presented as being taken recently and genuine then you are their target audience. They are basically tricking you into believing ‘Kate’ was sat at her laptop fuzzing out wrinkles and Charlottes cardi sleeve and that’s why the AP and other news outlets killed the image. When in actual fact it was killed because the entire image is a fake, leaving a huge question mark of why they would do such a thing.

It’s astonishingly amateurish and a very bad move which is even more surprising coming from Kensington Palace.

Ah, I see. I guess once the AP had the originals they would be out for all to see though. Everyone would see Charlotte scowling, Louis fingers snapped in a moment of flipping the bird, or Kate mid word looking like she’s had a stroke and the headlines that would go with those chosen shots. I’m not tech savvy enough to understand metadata but I guess they’d have to have the original shots to have a validated source.
I was going to say she should have just posted a pic of the cards or flowers or something but I guess then we’d be saying she normally posts a family portrait and asking what she has to hide.
That comparison by a previous poster to the Putin rumours makes sense though, I can see why the photos should not be edited. I fear they are in a no win situation

@Onand Oh save your 'with greatest respect BS' for something else. Someone asked a question. Not everyone has studied the photo and news in great detail. The info provided here by some posters isn't what I have seen on mainstream news.

But glad you are feeling better for being smug and all knowing.

Some excellent knowledgeable answers on here as to why all of this actually does matter - thanks to the posters who took the time.

I honestly don't get the fuss either. I feel like this just proves exactly why Harry wants to keep far, far away from all this madness. Who doesn't tweak photos a bit these days 🤷‍♀️ I might blur out a spot or remove a few random people in the background to make it a nicer photo. Would also imagine trying to get all three kids smiling nicely at once is near impossible. We have our own "Louis" so I know exactly what it's like. I can picture William trying to get them all to look by making them laugh and Kate probably then stitched a couple of photos together. Who the fuck cares??

Also don't get the outrage that it might not be a recent enough photo. Again, so what? On Mother's day, my social media feed was full of people posting old photos just because they were clearly a favourite. Where is the rule it had to be taken on the day??

If I was Kate, this would be the last personal photograph that ever goes public if it's just going to be ripped to shreds. Would just say public appearances only from now on.

Er.... RTFT?

It matters as far as I understand because any photo that's published as 'news' so not in a gossip mag, has to be a factual picture and not one that's been photo shopped. This one was heavily edited for whatever reason and therefore couldn't be used.

Beginning a post with "Er" does not make you appear wise. Just a bit of a twit.

It really doesn’t need studying in great detail at all, plenty of comments on this thread and all the others are explaining exactly why this is a big issue and a communications PR disaster. May I suggest you read some of them yourself, you would probably understand better.

My Occam's Razor theory for all this is that maybe it only got this far because they've done it before. I recalled there was always a bit of Photoshop brouhaha after official family photos were released, such as accusing them of Photoshopping a smile onto baby Charlotte. However all of those discussions stayed lighthearted and were almost amusing for the news cycle. In this case it might genuinely have been Kate who did the Photoshopping, but it was never made into the an issue or had any consequences. So there would have been no reason for the PR team or reps to stop them.

The vibe leading up to this picture was entirely different and the image editing possibly a bit too heavy-handed. They were probably only expecting a minor "Louis seems to be missing a finger" type of fuss but things blew up entirely. Especially in the uncertain context of William's unexplained withdrawal from the service, Charle's illness and the Queen no longer being the stable figurehead of the RF. It's also possible that KP's older images weren't checked as closely because they pre-dated the AI revolution. It's only very recently that all the press offices have sophisticated software to screen for image manipulation.

This completely. She hasn’t been seen in the past 3 months except for vague & grainy pictures. I understand that is due to her recovery and no they didn’t need to release a photo at all…
But KP chose to release a photo and the one photo KP releases of Kate apparently taken last week has been manipulated, that is bound to raise eyebrows…
Now the conspiracy of what is happening at KP has gone into the mainstream due to how KP have handled things…
Even the Instagram response which goes against the motto of never complain, never explain…
If Kate/KP wanted to stop the speculation it seems odd that instead of a thank you video like Charles, or even the original photo - an instagram post is typed in response to the photo - which frankly could be from anyone in KP & is not going to stop any further speculation.

If after reading the multiple intelligent posts on this thread as to why it matters, anyone who still doesn't get it is no lateral thinker at best, and dim at worst.

If Catherine wanted to live a comfortable upper middle class life, or even an aristocratic one, full of privilege but relatively free from scrutiny, she should have chosen the life her sister did.

Er...I did read the thread thanks. And nope, still not seeing the big deal. She's had surgery, the speculation probably made them feel under pressure to release a photo. She looks different atm due to her treatment and so wanted to present an image of how she normally looks to to avoid yet further scrutiny. So what? She is entitled to some degree of privacy, these images are around forever once out there. If people weren't loosing their minds over the fact that she is out of the public eye for a little while then this embarrassment may have never happened in the first place. They literally can't win!

Oh get real will you! It's minor details. WTF would anyone GAF?

There's hardly a celebrity photo out there that hasn't been photoshopped. Who GAF?!

This

But she fell in love with Prince William!!!!

The fact that you don’t GAF is quite scary, so you wouldn’t mind being lied to by the press about significant National or International events? Thankfully the image was refused and will have sent massive shockwaves through the RF PR teams, every image they publish going forward will be scrutinised pixel by pixel because they have shown themselves to be dishonest. As for ‘minor details’, this image wasn’t taken, it was pieced together using parts from other pictures.

But she fell in love with Prince William

"Prince" being the operative word

This is the factually correct reason it matters. Not all that other nonsense.

The woman has hardly been seen in months. Which is of course fine and proper given she's been ill, but it's important to the context of the photo.

Let's suppose for a second (and I'll be very very clear, I don't think this is the case, I think it's more innocuous than this) that she had a stroke in surgery. The unedited image, if it exists, would show, say, a droop in her face, an arm that she clearly can't use and an ankle in a brace. She isn't ready to go public with the extent of her injuries, so they doctor the photo. The photo is a lie.

Now, again, I don't think that's what happened. I still just think she's self conscious about a puffy face, and god love her for that, I would hate to have one percent of the attention on my appearance that she has.

The problem is that the image has been manipulated to the extent that the agencies can't actually rule out the outlandish possiblity of a stroke, or of them using Pippa's body while Kate's locked in the basement etc etc etc. They can't stand over the truth of the image, so they have to pull it.

And she's not a celebrity, she's the future Queen. And by saying William took the photo, he's effectively given his approval and he's the future head of state.

6 months sick leave? AFAIK she’s had less than 4 months sick leave or am I missing something? William has carried out some engagements during her ‘sick leave’.

I had 8 months sick leave and DH took 3 months off when I came out of hospital. Both our parents helped too, it not unusual in some careers.

Trees in my garden still have yellow leaves…

Why should anyone have to share their medical information? Would you like to share yours on here? What a ridiculous post.

I am only now working out why the image is a problem. Basically Catherine/ RF were trying to calm down the situation,even though they should have just stuck to their guns and not agreed to this pic , Catherine has taken the blame even though she probably wasn’t responsible and stuffed into that car yesterday to make sure everyone was happy…she was absolutely bloody amazing refusing to be photographed and looking away…good for her !
If I am right she needs to ditch this whole circus when she is well enough.