On Mother's Day, Kensington Palace released the first image of the Princess of Wales since she underwent 'planned abdominal surgery' in January.The sweet image, which was taken by Prince William, showed Kate sitting on a chair in the garden surrounded by their three children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, five.
However, hours after the photograph was posted to the official social media accounts of the Prince and Princess of Wales, a series of photo agencies including Reuters, Getty Images, Associated Press and AFP, pulled the image from their systems and issued a 'kill notice.' This required all clients to remove the picture from their platforms, too.
Kensington Palace did not give a response when asked if the image had been edited. But, Kate did clear up the rumours on Twitter on Monday, March 11, admitting to editing the photo.
She said: "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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