Kate Middleton's Mother's Day photo has caused a royal crisis, with a friend saying it was meant to be a 'simple family snap'.
Kensington Palace was thrown into turmoil when the Princess of Wales was forced to publicly apologised for altering a family picture that was shared globally.Kate confessed to making several edits to the photo, released for Mother's Day, which showed her hugging her three children at their Windsor home.
The future queen apologised for the 'confusion' caused by the digitally changed image, leading the world's largest photo agencies to remove it from their libraries, accessed by millions.The princess felt obliged to post a personal message on social media on Monday morning after waking up to uproar over her 'manipulated' family photo.
A pal said she 'would likely be upset by the fuss caused by what was supposed to be a simple family snap'.A statement posted on social media by the princess at 10.28am on Monday and signed C for Catherine, read: "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. "I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused.
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