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2024.03.13 19:10 Taipei time
Princess Kate’s “photo editing controversy” is still spreading on foreign social networking sites. (Photo taken by X@KensingtonRoyal)
Release time: 2024.03.13 19:10 Taipei time
Update time: 2024.03.13 19:13 Taipei time
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Britain’s Princess Kate Middleton has not been seen in public for more than two months. After the royal family announced in January this year that she had undergone abdominal surgery, the public has not seen her once more. Until the 10th of this month, the royal family released a photo of herself celebrating Mother’s Day with her three children. Unexpectedly, the photo was deemed by major media to be a post-production fake. Afterwards, Princess Kate issued an apology and admitted that she had edited the photo. . Princess Kate’s “photo editing controversy” has become an international joke and has brought an unprecedented public relations crisis to the British royal family. Even the White House in the United States is discussing the matter.
The White House held a regular press conference on Tuesday (12th). A reporter asked: “Has the White House ever digitally post-edited a photo of the president?” After the reporter asked the question, laughter erupted from the scene. After hearing this, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre responded with a smile: “Digital post-production? I would say no! Why do we have to retouch the pictures? Are you comparing us to what is happening in the UK? ? What does the monarchy have to do with us? We don’t do that here.” Another reporter then asked, what does President Joe Biden think of the Kate Middleton controversy? In response, Champier only responded briefly: “I hope Princess Kate will recover soon.”
The beginning of all the controversy must be mentioned on Mother’s Day in the UK on the 10th of this month. On that day, the British royal family released a photo of Princess Kate and her three children, saying that the photo was taken by her husband, Prince William. Princess Kate also posted a message Happy Mother’s Day to everyone. In the photo, she is sitting in the middle, looking very good, with 10-year-old Prince George holding her from behind, while she opens her arms to hold 8-year-old Princess Charlotte and 5-year-old Prince Louis. Prince Louis).
Princess Kate, whom we haven’t seen for a long time, finally made her appearance, holding her three babies to celebrate Mother’s Day in the UK. Unexpectedly, she was caught in a photo that was full of questions. (Photo taken by X@KensingtonRoyal)
However, just a few hours following the photo was exposed, authoritative media such as “Associated Press”, “Reuters”, “AFP”, “Getty Images”, and “Shutterstock” successively removed the photo on the grounds that the photo After post-production. Photography experts and netizens also found as many as 20 unreasonable things in the photo, such as the inconsistency in the cuffs of Princess Charlotte’s sweater, the deformation of the skirt, the skewed pattern on the sleeves of Prince Louis’ sweater, and the failure of the zipper on Princess Kate’s top. Alignment, corner distortion, etc.
In response to the increasing incident of photo editing, Princess Kate posted on the official social networking site I’m sorry. I hope everyone can celebrate a happy Mother’s Day.” The last signature is “C”, which is the abbreviation of Princess Kate’s real name, Catherine.
“People Magazine” analyzed that there are 16 unreasonable points in this photo. (Photo taken from People IG)
However, this apology signed by “Princess Kate” did not calm the storm, but instead made the “conspiracy theory” rumors more and more intense. Ruby Naldrett, a social media reporter for the British “Daily Mirror” tweeted, Analyzing Princess Kate’s face in the Mother’s Day photo was taken from her 2016 “Vogue” cover and “copied and pasted”. The tweet has so far been liked by 157,000 people.
According to the British “BBC” report, most news agencies have strict review standards for photos. The “Associated Press” promises its customers that all their photos are original files and have not been digitally processed such as retouching or post-production. They are only allowed in Perform “fine adjustments” in some cases, such as removing dust on the camera’s sensor. However, Princess Kate’s Mother’s Day photos were no longer just “color-corrected and retouched” using Meitu APP, but were suspected to be fake photos cobbled together.
Princess Kate appeared on the cover of “VOGUE” in 2016. (Photo taken by (Photo taken by X@rubynaldrett)
In fact, since Princess Kate had surgery on January 16, rumors regarding her health have spread wildly on social media. For example, Spanish journalist Concha Calleja broke the news that Kate fell into a coma due to complications following the surgery, and medical staff intervened. Give first aid. She was stabbed in the stomach by Prince William’s rumored mistress Rose (Rose Hanbury) and was seriously injured in the hospital. There were even rumors that Princess Kate had passed away. The hashtag #WhereIsKateMiddleton appeared on Twitter. Now everyone is asking: “Where is Princess Kate?” ?」
“BBC” royal reporter Daniela Relph commented on this “photo editing scandal” and bluntly said that the royal family’s release of Princess Kate’s photos not only failed to calm outside speculation, but intensified various conspiracy theories and rumors, and deepened suspicion. The American “TIME” magazine (TIME) pointed out that the incident of Princess Kate’s photo editing caused the public to lose trust in the British royal family. As the late Queen Elizabeth II said: “I must be seen by the people in order to be believed.” The British royal family Its reputation has been damaged and it now faces an unprecedented public relations crisis.
Update time｜2024.03.13 19:13 Taipei time
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