Just a week after Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, ascended the throne, Apologize for editing the photo After taking a Mother’s Day family photo of herself and her children, the British royal family is in hot water over another family photo — one that, coincidentally, involves Middleton.
Getty Images, one of the world’s largest photography agencies, on Monday alerted the public to a second manipulated image that added editorial notes to a photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II surrounded by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. An editorial note on the photo, which remains licensed, reads: “Image has been digitally enhanced at source.”
The photo, a rare photo of the late monarch with the youngest member of the family, was taken by Middleton at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in August 2022.Shared by Official social media account Hosted for the Prince and Princess of Wales on 21 April 2023 to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 97th birthday. Queen Elizabeth passed away in September 2022. The photo was also sent to Getty and other agencies.
Getty was one of many photo agencies last week to join the Associated Press and Reuters in removing Middleton’s Mother’s Day photo from their products. These agencies allow only minimal editing of the photos they distribute.
A spokesperson for Getty Images told Gizmodo in an emailed statement on Tuesday, “Getty Images is reviewing the images distributed and, in accordance with its editorial policy, will add on images where sources have suggested they could be digitally enhanced. Editor’s note.”
The prince and Princess of Wales’ press offices could not immediately be reached for comment.
To my untrained eye, it’s unclear how many times the photo of Queen Elizabeth with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren has been edited, and Getty doesn’t specify.CNN reported that 19 possible changes foundalthough The Daily Telegraph found 7.
Here’s what I can see when I press my face against my computer screen:
- Queen Elizabeth’s plaid skirt has a misalignment near her right elbow. This one is pretty bad. The misalignment extends from the dress all the way to the green sofa, and the fabric dents near the buttons don’t line up.
- Prince George has a black incision above his shoulder. You can see it set against Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor’s green dress.
- Prince Louis is to the right of a vase of red roses, and if zoomed in, his head looks like it was cut off somewhere else.
- The Queen’s great-granddaughter Savannah Philips sat next to her in red and looked like her blonde hair was flowing through her red sleeves. Then it magically reappears.
- There is also a bad alignment on the side of the sofa near the vase with roses. Dimple marks are misaligned.
If you guys find more, please feel free to let me know in the comments!
While Middleton hasn’t come forward to say the edits were her job — it’s likely she just took the photo — it’s hard not to make the connection. (royal family credit The incident has called into question the reputation of the British royal family and added to a firestorm of attention sparked by Middleton’s months-long absence from public view following abdominal surgery. Middleton’s absence has sparked a flurry of conspiracy theories, with some speculating that she is divorcing Prince William or is actually dead.
Combined with artificial intelligence, it has been creating fake celebrity porn Like other atrocities, this incident seemed to reflect the dawn of a new era, one in which we couldn’t believe what we were seeing.
in a Interview last weekPhil Chetwynd, global news director of Agence France-Presse (AFP), said the palace had long been considered a trustworthy source. Asked if this was still a trustworthy source, Chetwind said: “No, absolutely not.”