An image taken by Kate Middleton of the late Queen Elizabeth II with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren was digitally altered, according to a photo agency that examined the snap following the Princess of Wales’ Mother’s Day snafu. Middleton, 42, shot the photo in April 2022, but it wasn’t shared by Buckingham Palace until April 21, 2023 to honor the late queen who would have turned 97.
The photo showed the late monarch sitting on a couch at Balmoral Castle flanked by 10 of her heirs — although noticeably absent were Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s two children, Archie and Lilibet. In a new editor’s note, Getty Images warned the image “has been digitally enhanced at source.” Getty flagged the image after the agency revisited photos issued by the royal family after the Mother’s Day portrait received a “kill notice.”
