The global news director of Agence France-Presse, one of the world's biggest news agencies, told the BBC that Kensington Palace is no longer a "trusted source" after releasing a doctored photo of Kate Middleton and her three children, and said AFP’s decision to “kill” the photo of Middleton was a rare, dramatic move normally reserved for North Korean or Iranian propaganda. Public interest in the whereabouts of Kate Middleton has continued to grow since Kensington Palace in January announced she had been hospitalized for a planned abdominal surgery and would postpone all of her upcoming engagements while she recovered, which could take months. Before the announcement, the Princess of Wales had not been seen or heard from since Christmas Day. After the surgery, Kate is said to have returned home to Windsor on Jan. 29 to continue her recovery. As public speculation about her health and whereabouts continued to grow, Kensington Palace on Sunday, March 10, released a photo of Kate and her three children to celebrate Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom. The palace said the photo was taken by Prince William, Kate's husband. Almost immediately, eagle-eyed royal watchers noticed a number of odd inconsistencies in the photo that suggested it had been majorly edited or altered. That same day, agencies like AFP and the Associated Press issued the kill notices, asking news agencies to stop circulating the photo because it “appeared the source had manipulated the image." AFP said the modifications made to the photo were in "violation of the ethical standards of the profession." The next day, Monday, Kate issued an apology for causing “confusion” and said she occasionally experiments with editing images like “many amateur photographers.”“It’s actually not even very well photoshopped. There are clearly a lot of issues with the photo,” Chetwynd said. “It shouldn’t have been validated. I think as soon as it was, all of the photo editors at all of the major agencies immediately saw there was a problem and got together and spoke about it and said ‘what do we do?’”Another update from the palace. In seeming response to the backlash of the edited photo release on Sunday, Middleton was photographed in the backseat of a car leaving Windsor Castle the next day. That photo, taken by photo agency Goff Photos, is also under scrutiny for photo editing. The agency has denied doctoring the photo. Kate has not been seen since and Kensington Palace has issued no other statements on her wellbeing or whereabouts.


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