The Fuss Over The Royal Family Photo

It's a storm in a teacup and shouldn't be "news" in the first place.

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What I would like to hear is exactly what altering the sleeve of a child’s cardigan is supposed to prove or conceal, or why all the ‘experts’ think the Cambridges felt they had to issue an altered photograph . Suggestions range from Catherine is dead, or being cloned, or has been beaten up by William ( remember, he broke Harry’s necklace), or has had cosmetic surgery which went wrong, or other such rubbish. Do these people realise how loopy they sound?

Anyone who is interested in photography, as Kate appears to be, will try their hand at photo manipulation. If Kate did this she obviously is not particularly good at it and her PR team didn't notice such an insignificant mistake. Silly mistake perhaps but all these conspiracy theories are just beyond silly.

She altered or edited bits on a photo, so what! We know what she and the children look like so a tweak here and there is acceptable, and of course some human error in that process occurred but I was a bit shocked that there was a 'kill' notice on the photo by the media. I can't help wondering though if Catherine posted that to wind the media up..although not like her, sometimes people need to rebel a bit.

Doesn’t share any photographs of offspring? Rubbish, photographs and videos on Tik Tok ,

Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way.

Duchess of Sussex perfect in every way, she keeps telling the world.

Perhaps that is why she doesn't share any photographs of her offspring with us?

Well, all is well because 'sources close the The Duchess of Sussex have claimed 'Meghan would never make an editing mistake as the princess of wales has.'

Anniebach

Good grief, the police are under pressure to show the original photograph

Probably have been best if she had not issued the photo, there was no need. There will be plenty of time for photos when she is fully recovered.

Quite frankly, who cares? Not me for one.

If Catherine chose to disclose details of the op most definitely every news desk would have medical experts going into great detail of the surgery, future possible problems etc

crazyH

Yes Rosie51 - I’ve had a benign cyst on my breast, a lung condition, which causes regular embarassing chesty cough at the most inappropriate times, and right now , I am using Moisturiser for my dry skin (all over ) . I live in Wales and my name starts with the letter H.

Your identifying information you were willing to reveal isn't quite as identifying as Catherine's is it? Do you not see the difference in how much you were willing to be fully identified? I'm sure there are more than a few women in Wales whose name starts with an H.

Seems people’s lives are really boring since they get so exercised by irrelevant royal trivia. Middle age woman has 3 children . She had an operation. She took a selfie and?!

A huge fuss over nothing and for which th PoW does not even have to apologise. I refuse to conjecture as to what she and the Palace might or should have done.

Yes Rosie51 - I’ve had a benign cyst on my breast, a lung condition, which causes regular embarassing chesty cough at the most inappropriate times, and right now , I am using Moisturiser for my dry skin (all over ) . I live in Wales and my name starts with the letter H.

Will someone please explain what they don’t quite know what to believe since the photograph?

Shall we go back to the days when Home Secretary had to be present for birth of child in royal family as happened until 1948 ?

The media are demanding Catherine has a photograph taken of her holding a daily newspaper, should they continue to harass her until she bows to their demands ?

I guess people need to get a life.

crazyH

If King Charles can open up about , what I assume is a rather embarrassing affliction, I don’t see why the POW can’t - just my opinion

Care to tell us some intimate details of any health problems you've had, along with your real name and location?

I agree with you Ziplock

Stillness

I think it was a ridiculous and obviously doctored photo and I don’t even think Kate’s subsequent comments were necessarily from her. Don't know why she can’t just briefly appear at a family event so that everyone can see she’s still there! It would dispel a lot of the rumours and she’s perfectly entitled to not do public engagements until she’s ready to.

That is the problem.
It has ended up opening a can of worms for some.

Some dont know quite what to believe.
I was believing virtually everything I was told.
Now. I am not quite so sure.

Suzieque66

Perhaps she can allow a profesional photographer to take the big important pics ... this photo was supposed to put aside the uncertainty about Katherine's health ... but it has done the opposite ... Eventually the reason for her operation will come out and its all a big Hoo Ha for nothing ... The King gave us certain facts about his illness and I think she could have opened up a bit more on her illness ...

I suspect it was a more embarassing one.

Cancer, though terrible, isnt always as embarrasing, as some other medical conditions.

I have a bit of one now[not needing an operation I hope].
Not telling the world for now.
If I get more desperate I may write about it on GN.
I am not even sure it is embarassing. But it is unsightly. Well to some people.

Kate is not an ordinary private person but is a future Queen. She or her publicity team should have know better than to submite a doctored photo for publication

The point is that that particular photo was probably harmless, but a principle of a free press is the source must not be changed so that the public is unaware of the truth , or even misled on a grand scale.

If King Charles can open up about , what I assume is a rather embarrassing affliction, I don’t see why the POW can’t - just my opinion

I feel so sorry for the Princess of Wales. She can’t do right for doing wrong. The press are like vultures, picking and picking and making 2+2= 92.
I, for one, have no wish to know exactly what procedure she has had done - it’s not my business. If it were me, I’d be exactly the same.
It was said at the time of the surgery that she would be doing no public engagements for 3 months to allow for recovery. We should be satisfied with that and leave the poor woman alone - all this speculation and front of news coverage will be doing her recovery no good at all. Leave her be, media, and concentrate on the real news happening right now.