After months of speculation about the whereabouts of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales and future Queen of England, the royal family today released a photo that appears to have been edited. If the goal was to reassure the public about Middleton's whereabouts, the photo had the opposite effect.
The image is alarming at first glance, The Verge reports. Everyone smiles as brightly as through a Snapchat filter. Middleton is seated in the photo—understandable, given that she underwent some undisclosed abdominal surgery in January—but the perspective seems wrong. Are her arms really that long?
It's still up on the Prince and Princess of Wales's Instagram page, so you can check out the original, but the publication includes several screenshots that look like they were edited by a Photoshop novice who relied too much on the Heal tool.
This image was published several months after Middleton disappeared from the public eye. The royal family kept her health and the reasons for her absence secret, leading to conspiracy theories. The release of an apparently doctored image of her on Mother's Day in the UK didn't help.
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