Picture agencies have recalled the Mother’s Day photo of Kate Middleton and her children due to concerns it has been ‘manipulated’.
Multiple photo agencies, including AP, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Getty Images and Reuters, all separately issued a ‘kill notice’ to media organisations around the globe, confirming they had each deleted the image from their individual libraries.
The family image shows Kate surrounded by her and Prince William’s three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Later on Sunday, a number of photo agencies told media outlets to ‘kill’ the photo from their systems and archives.
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Reuters have pulled the new image from circulation as the Associated Press also updated its website to inform journalists and broadcasters that the picture was being ‘killed’. The updated caption read: “At closer inspection, it appears that the source has manipulated the image.”
Getty Images also issued a ‘mandatory photo kill’ notice on Sunday.
Sources said the agencies believed the image, said by Kensington Palace to have been taken last week in Windsor, showing the Princess and their three children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, nine and Prince Louis, five, had been edited from the original.
Kensington Palace had provided the photo to agencies and said it had been taken by the Prince of Wales earlier this week. Kensington Palace refused to comment when asked whether the image had been altered.
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