Piers Morgan has weighed in on Kate Middleton's photo-editing conspiracy, saying he has heard “alarming things.”
The Princess of Wales has dominated the headlines following Kensington Palace's decision to release an edited family photograph on Mother's Day.
Kate's absence from the public eye since undergoing surgery in January sparked a storm of speculation and wild conspiracy theories on social media.
International news agencies removed the photo over fears it had been manipulated, and the Palace did not respond to requests for the original, intact shot, said Phil Chetwynd, global news director at Agence-France Presse. Princess Kate later publicly apologized.
The photo released by Kensington Palace on Mother's Day and later discovered to have been edited.
(Prince of Wales )
The outspoken broadcaster, 58, addressed the issue on his show. uncensored Yesterday, where he said Kate “could be fine and doing well” and said the Palace's attempts to quash conspiracy theories “got wrong”, he then claimed “the Palace could be hiding something”.
Morgan said in uncensored: “'I have been told some things that, if at least half of them are true, what is happening is quite alarming. “I don’t know what to believe, nor do any of us: we’re not there.”
The presenter clarified that he could not confirm if what he had been informed was true.
The drama risks making the royal family a laughing stock after US talk show host John Oliver made the shocking joke that Kate Middleton “could have died 18 months ago”, Morgan claimed.
FILE – Britain's Prince William, left, and Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, attend a welcoming ceremony for the President and First Lady of the Republic of Korea.
(AP)
He also questioned why the Princess, who is recovering from abdominal surgery, was spending time editing in Photoshop when they have staff to do it.
Earlier this week in his New York Post In this column he addressed the scandal and expressed his sympathy for the family as King Charles undergoes cancer treatment.
However, he said that the traditional way of managing palace media is obsolete.
In his column, he wrote: “The mantra of Britain's greatest monarch, the late great Queen Elizabeth II, was very simple: never complain, never explain and will rarely be heard speaking in public.
“But conspiracy theories about Kate Middleton's secret health crisis and her disappearance from public life, made worse by the doctored family photo she posted yesterday, added to the disturbing confusion over what cancer King Charles has and how serious his condition, have shown that the old palace way of managing the media has become increasingly obsolete and unviable.”
He later explained that his sympathy would diminish if it turned out that the Palace was deliberately misleading the public about his health.
He wrote: “I feel so sorry for Kate for having to go through whatever health issues she has had, which has kept her out of the public eye and away from duty for so long.
“But my sympathy will be eroded if it turns out that she and the palace deliberately misled the media and public about when the photo was taken to convey a false impression about her condition.”
