BBC insider denies video revealing Kate Middleton’s cancer was edited

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By Dana Kennedy

A BBC studio employee, who filmed the video of Kate Middleton announcing her cancer diagnosis, denied suggestions the footage was edited after the princess was recently criticized for altering a Mother’s Day photo of her. with his kids.

In the video posted Friday, the 42-year-old mother of three said she had been diagnosed with cancer and is receiving chemotherapy treatment after undergoing “major abdominal surgery.” She did not specify what type of cancer.

“BBC Studios filmed a message from the Princess of Wales in Windsor this week. We would like to wish Her Royal Highness a speedy recovery,” BBC studios said in a brief statement after the images showing an emaciated Middleton were published.

“In January I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time my condition was thought to be non-cancerous. The surgery was successful,” the future queen said in the video, which was reportedly filmed on Wednesday.

“However, tests carried out after the operation revealed that there was cancer. Therefore, my medical team recommended that I undergo preventive chemotherapy treatment and I am now in the early stages of that treatment.”

A fountain at BBC Studios he insisted to The Mirror that Middleton’s video was not edited, nor did the studio have any editorial input in its comments. The source added that BBC studios, which also filmed Queen Elizabeth’s funeral and King Charles’ coronation, were not involved in distributing the royal message.

The studio’s debunking comments came in the wake of a Mother’s Day photograph released by Kensington Palace earlier this month showing Middleton with her three children, an image that later turned out to have been doctored.

Major news organizations initially published the image but later removed it; The Associated Press said closer inspection revealed that the source had manipulated the photo in a way that did not meet the news service’s photographic standards.

The Princess of Wales later tweeted her apology.

“Like many amateur photographers, I experiment with editing from time to time,” the princess wrote. “I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion caused by the family photo we shared yesterday.”

Chris Ship, royal editor at ITV News, believes Middleton decided to reveal her cancer diagnosis on video to make it “personal.”

“It’s a moment that she chose to do on video, which is very different than doing it in a written statement. What can we read into that? asked ITV News presenter Charlene White on Friday.

“If you remember how the King revealed his cancer diagnosis earlier this year, it was in a statement from Buckingham Palace. Kate did it, I’m told, in video form because she wanted to do it as personal as possible,” Ship responded.

“Yes, of course, it also helps silence all the conspiracy theorists, but she wanted to make the message on video and it was also a very moving message. And she herself wanted to make that very personal statement.”