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“No, absolutely not,” Chetwynd said, when asked if the Palace was still a reliable source. “As with everything, when a source lets you down, the bar is raised.”
Last weekend, several news agencies, including The Associated Press (AP), Reuters, Getty Images and AFP, issued “death notices” for a Mother’s Day photograph released by Kensington Palace, which showed the Princess of Wales. hugging his three smiling children.
The photo was posted partly in an apparent attempt to quell a wave of online conspiracy theories about the whereabouts and well-being of Kate, who has not been seen in public since undergoing abdominal surgery earlier this year. But the world’s major media agencies quickly removed it from circulation after discovering that seemed to have been manipulated– a bombshell that only fueled rumors already out of control.
kate after admitted to editing the photo, apologizing for “any confusion.” But the damage had already been done, as the scandal fueled the crisis of confidence already brewing at Kensington Palace.
“One thing that’s really important is that you can’t distort reality for the public. “It’s a matter of trust,” Chetwynd said.
Chetwynd said the AFP initially validated the photo, but that should never have happened because it “clearly violated” their guidelines.