It was a mistake, one to which the Princess of Wales has admitted. Kate has said sorry for any confusion caused over a digitally altered photograph released by Kensington Palace to mark Mother’s Day.
The error was not one of malice but naivety. Whatever their motivations, the royal family have left themselves open to conspiracy theories about the state of the princess’s health. The British public is, on the whole, on Kate’s side. Not least when she is continuing her recovery from surgery, while the wider family is mourning the horrific death of Thomas Kingston as well, of course, as coming to terms with the King’s cancer diagnosis.
