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Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace is facing fresh questions over image editing after Getty Images added an editor’s note to a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II taken by Kate Middleton.
Getty said the photo, shared by Kensington Palace in April 2023 on what would have been the late Queen’s 97th birthday, was “digitally enhanced” by the royal.
It is the second image to raise concerns after major news agencies issued “death notices” over a Mother’s Day photo of Middleton and her children last week. Middleton apologized.
Getty told Sky News: “Getty Images can confirm that, in accordance with its editorial policy, it has placed an editor’s note on a distributed image stating that the image has been digitally enhanced at the source.”
Deadline has contacted the photography agency for comment.
The photo of Queen Elizabeth II was supposedly taken by Middleton, Princess of Wales, at Balmoral in the summer of 2022, just months before the monarch’s death.
Phil Chetwynd, global news director at Agence France-Presse (AFP), told the BBC last week that Kensington Palace was no longer a “reliable source” after the furore over the Mother’s Day photo.
“Killing something by manipulation (it’s rare. We do it) once a year maybe, I hope less. The previous assassinations we have had come from the North Korean news agency or the Iranian news agency,” he said.
Concerns about the photo of Queen Elizabeth II coincided with a video of Middleton emerging from her abdominal surgery in January. The Sun and TMZ were among those who posted the video of Middleton and Prince William at Windsor Farm Shop over the weekend.
It follows weeks of wild speculation on social media about Middleton’s health and whereabouts following her hospital procedure earlier this year.