Kate Middleton News: Major Photo Agencies Remove Princess of Wales's Mother's Day Photo Over Fears of 'Manipulation'

Questions have been raised that the first photograph of the Princess of Wales released after her abdominal surgery may have been doctored before Kensington Palace posted it on social media.

The photo of Kate, which the palace says was taken by the Prince of Wales in Windsor earlier this week, was released to mark Mother's Day and shows her sitting with her arms around Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, who are on either side of her, with Prince George behind.

The photograph was shared with the media on Sunday, but was removed by international photo agencies later that day due to concerns that the image had been manipulated. There was speculation that alterations had been made to the left sleeve of Charlotte's cardigan, and other areas of the image also raised concerns about possible manipulation.

The confusion over the image could fuel ridiculous online conspiracies about Kate that have been circulating on the Internet since her surgery.

Kensington Palace has declined to comment.

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Gary Goldsmith accused the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of “reinventing history” and said: “My family are not racist and for Kate to be portrayed in that way is so far from the truth, it's ridiculous.”

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Several major international photo agencies have removed the first official photograph of the Princess of Wales after surgery over fears it may have been manipulated.

Buckingham Palace remained silent last night after Getty, Associated Press, Reuters and AFP removed the image and advised their clients to remove it from all their platforms.

Gary Goldsmith has attacked Meghan and Harry again, saying he believes they should be stripped of their royal titles.

Kate Middleton's uncle criticized the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after Fern Britton asked him if Prince William was “furious” about his brother's decision to step away from royal duties.

Buckingham Palace would have worsened conspiracy theories about Kate if it had manipulated the image, Piers Morgan said.

“Yes, how is this amazing?” @AP kill the tip-off claims, the Palace manipulated that photo of Kate to quash all the wild conspiracy theories about her, then they'll have made things 100 times worse,” he wrote on X.

A UK-based agency has not removed the photo of the Princess of Wales.

A Press Agency spokesman said it would continue to distribute the image but was asking Kensington Palace for urgent clarification.

A spokesman for the Press Association news agency said it had not removed the image from its service but was seeking urgent clarification from Kensington Palace over concerns raised about manipulation.

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