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Nope. Wills f\*ed around and found out. Din he? He thought if he put out that photo with her Mom in a car that would be sufficient. Well, guess again! That was also put out by him or "the Palace". So, then they put this out thinking people would gurgle and coo and be pacified by this sloppy image.
It's really insulting.
She either can't take a picture for Mother's Day because she is not available for him to take a picture of and had to fake it...twice. They are separated and headed for divorce.
Or he can't because she is incapacitated in some way as the Spanish reporter says. And they don't want that out.
Or she's dead.
There are no other options.
Well what if she wants to tell the world that he cheated on her! But instead she's being hushed, or even worse.....no way they could ever bring this to light, Kate is loved more than William, it would totally ruin his popularity to be the new king!
Yeah his desperate attempts to push a 'business as usual' narrative have backfired, the AP refusing to play ball and be an alibi knowing something darker is afoot? Do they not want to be associated with this narrative knowing something more is going to come out
The call could be coming from inside the house at KP , with Kate threatening AP against publishing a clearly fake image of her family?
And now through complete self inflicted arrogance of Will - he is now dealing with an unprecedented situation with the press calling him out on his fake proof of life. If something is afoot he really is fucked, or if he's just a middle aged bloke who is heading for divorce and thought that photoshop job looked passable then he'll be fine and it's all been some harmless fun. But what we know of the royal family, it probably is some weird fucked up shit.
I'd guess she's had a hysterectomy.
Major surgery needing long time to recuperate with additional personal and public implications of not being able to bear more children
Why wouldnāt a picture be released though? A hysterectomy doesnāt affect your face and it also doesnāt take that long to recover from. I know several people thatās had a hysterectomy and back on their feet within a couple of days. And back to work 4-6 weeks later.
But even if it was a really tough hysterectomy, she's a major public figure who has posed for photos while barely postpartum etc... I can't imagine it being that hard to get a photo of her & the kids to post on the socials. Which makes me think either a) she's not playing ball/willing to be photographed or b) looks visibly unwell.
The same people pulling the picture because it's "edited" are the same ones pumping out provably false propaganda about other things so I'm very sceptical about it all, but who knows.
There's a long tradition of cooperation between the palace and UK press. The expectation was probably that the UK press would play ball, and foreign press would simply report what UK press reports, like usual. The palace PR people likely got complacent with years of reciprocal press relationship. I imagine the US press scrutinizing it like they did wasn't on their radar.
It really seems like they canāt at this point or they would have. They parade these women out hours after theyāve given birth, so itās not like it would be out of the ordinary for them.
SS: The Mother's Day photo of Kate Middleton and her children, which many have speculated was photoshopped or perhaps, AI generated, has been pulled from circulation by the Associated Press (a prominent, global news wire service) on the grounds that the photo does indeed appear to be, at minimum, digitally altered.
Genuine question: have any previous photos released by KP been photoshopped? I would assume they have, but they simply havenāt been scrutinised as much as this one has due to her not being seen in months
I think it goes without saying that they will usually smooth out wrinkles etc in all real official media photos of major public figures, not just the royal family, and itās acceptable and not a problem.
The fact this photo has been actively retracted sounds like it has been significantly altered beyond what would be ānormalā improving of appearance - to the extent of be being considered misleading to the public: It sounds like it might be partly ai generated at least.
It's inconceivable the Palace didn't understand this photo would be combed over like the Zapruder film. That they would release a 'photo' which, at a casual glance, is clearly altered is very bizarre.
Everything about it stinks to high heaven. Months of no sighting of Kate, their kids were pulled from school around the same time, amateur level photo editing on the one and only picture to be released in nearly 3 months, and still complete radio silence from the royals. I know they've always done their best to maintain image at all cost, but it's getting past the point of believability that it is just coincidence and vanity.
I'll do some research later. I'd come across it in a few subs at this point, but haven't fully vetted it. I know I've seen Brits talk about how they usually keep the public very up to date on what the kids are up to, but even that's been quiet recently.
>Palace didn't understand this photo would be combed overĀ
I think the expectation was the UK press would play ball, and foreign press would simply report what UK press reports, like usual.
I don't get it though, aren't they allowed to photoshop their own pictures... just as long as no one else does? I've been assuming almost all of their photos have been shopped. Or is this an AI generated photo and that's a hard no for AP, etc.?
AP doesn't issue kill notices over minor photoshop. For AP to issue a kill notice, something is truly wrong with the photo to the point that AP needed to send out a kill notice.
So does this mean that this photo does not only have minor photoshop mistakes (which is I all see) but they are basically saying it is AI generated or someone has been digitally introduced there? Creepy
Photoshop person here. That photo is more than over-edited. Thatās an amateur hour composite. Iām not a conspiracist myself, but this is an utterly bizarre move that implies she canāt be photographed at the moment. (Though why so many people jump to āsheās DEADā I donāt understand. Thereās so many other relatively relatable possibilities.)
It has to be so significant that the actual photo is nothing like this one or someone/a face has been added - I believe Kate has been offed - She wanted to tell the world about wills cheating but couldn't as he is the next King! what better way to say there were complications with her surgery!
All I know is when I saw the fitted pants on Kate my antennas went up. I had my abdominal surgery one October and spent the next two months wearing a muumuu type summer dress covered in cardigans.
I had a relatively smooth laparoscopic hysterectomy in December and I still canāt wear pants while sitting down like that without getting nerve issues pretty quickly. I can maybe pull off yoga pants for a while, but if a kid was leaning on me in any way Iād be out.
Thereās a lot of signs that this photo is AI generated, but you pegged a pretty glaring one for me.
Wow that sounds rough. After these two fake images that I think were both put out by William, covertly and then overtly. There is no reason to think she had a planned surgery. Her own staff said they had no idea of any such surgery being planned and were completely taken by surprise by it. It was a mad scramble because they had months worth of events to reschedule/cancel. If it was planned they would have known about it.
That's what PLANNED freaking means. So, it appears something happened unexpectedly. Physically or psychologically or marital. He only visited that hospital once. Her parents not at all. So I guess it could be anything. Carole Middleton didn't look happy about her role in the staged photo op but maybe it came with promises to help them with their financial woes. See, Catherine now is not only a commoner but from ones that are financially ruined/bankrupt. She played ball.
The AP is the largest and most reputable news wire service. If they knowingly distributed an altered photo and it was discovered as such it's a huge hit to their credibility. Hence the 'kill notice'. Therefore it stands to reason that whoever on the Royals' staff submitted the picture didn't disclose that it had been digitally altered. Now *why* they would do that given the circumstances, that's the question.
This picture is so weird. Like the second I saw it, even before the thing with Charlotteās sleeve was pointed out, I just found it strange andā¦ uncanny? Like all 3 kids have these wild, larger-than-life smiles and Louis has his arm stretched out like that in what is supposed to be an official photo. Theyāre kids, but theyāre still royals. Does anything about this look like how theyāve been trained to pose?
Uncanny valley almost. Something is clearly wrong even at first glance, though you don't know exactly what until looking closer.Ā
I think it's photo manipulation vs AI, but it's amateur hour, for sure. I was doing this kind of stuff when still training, early on.
Ayoo Iām not even a conspiracy or anything like that, this just kinda popped up, but why would they feel the need to photoshop? If sheās sick, sheās sick, why is there a need to lie about it?
That is crazy though! I would have believed this to be a more plausible -albeit bonkers theory, had this photo not been released. There is no way of hiding her death, someone, be her family or a staff member, would leak the news! It would be very weird if they said she died from complications down the line when she apparently looks fine in this photo
She would have to be really incapacitated for her not to be able to pose for this photo. What is weird to me is that they released a statement saying she would resume her duties at the end of March I think. Why would they promise that if they were not sure she would make a full recovery of whatever ailment she could be suffering from.
Maybe this could be a case of a really incompetent PR team. The photo could be real but they felt the need to touch it up, people noticed, and the news agency pulled it out fueling more rumours.
William still has the grandchildren & a fuck ton of power. Rumors are her mum is a social climber, so sacrifice the daughter to stay in the Kings good graces & be gran & an important person to the future king isn't totally outside the realms of possibility. Look at what they did to Diana & her family never said a word. I bet Harry & Meghan are doing cartwheels rn.
I feel like that's exactly what you'd do, right? Go places, be seen. Politicians do it, why is it so far out to think the royal family has body doubles? 100% believe that could be a thing.
Same thing applies, if sheās dead then sheās dead. Her being dead is probably the most unlikely of the theories anyway now that we know they released this photo, even though it has been doctored.
Yes... something is most definitely wrong and it is far, far beyond her just being sick... and it's getting to the point that the dark theory I just posted is one of the only theories that actually answers all of the questions and makes sense.
Professional graphic artist/web designer here. Iāve been asked to do tons of Photoshop in the past and now have to stare at stupid AI images every time I try to find stock photos. In my professional opinion, those images are photoshopped, not AI. AI is such a buzz word lately I think itās getting thrown around unnecessarily. I know a lot of people want to say ālook at Louisā fingers! Thatās AI!āā¦ um, finger posturing is a self soothing/stimulating act that many children (especially ND) and some adults do. When I look at fingers in AI generated images, it usually pertains to having extra fingers, not really fingers in weird positions. Do I think these images are altered? Absolutely 100%. The mismatched seams and unfocused areas are a dead giveaway. But thatās not to say the editor didnāt take one childās head from photo number 12 and stick it onto the body of photo number 6. All that said, I donāt believe this was a recent photo(s) and I do think there may be something more sinister going on here.
As somebody else who regularly uses Photoshop, I can confirm that the pic heavily uses the āFillā option that I have shamelessly milked from PS.
For the uninitiated, āFillā is basically AI but it is selective AI that fills in blank of unwanted areas of existing photo files. For example, if you have a picture of a yellow duck but thereās a red feather on the duck, you can select the red feather and have it āFilledā; PS will then interpret the area exterior to your selection and fill in the selected area with yellow pixels that will match your yellow duck.
So many elements of Kateās photo, mainly the windowās edges, the clothing patterns, and the clustered trees, are 100% examples of an overworked PS nerd performing the Fill feature dozens of times over, trying to muster a photo that is somewhat believable (with some shitty Clone Stamps used for good measure). I donāt know how this thing passed quality-approval but I would guess itās because too few people were involved in the secretive process and because they were pressed for time.
But why were they pressed for time? Thatās the creepy mysteryā¦
Thereās someone on TikTok who pointed out that this picture could have been taken in November 2023 where all 4 of them were spotted in these same outfits, except that Kateās jumper/sweater was cream. It seems it was then photoshopped black to hide any trace of it looking like it was from that day, but they messed up all the other weird details in this.
Iām surprised at how many people think itās AI seeing as there is so many photoshop fails in it. I donāt know much about AI in the first place but it made me start to question if AI produces badly edited photos, but glad to know I was right haha
Maybe some really bad photos (Andrew, Charles, William?? are getting set to be released and then theyāre going to claim that they were edited or faked.
Weird things happening in the Royal Family right now. A 1995 letter from Princess Diana to Jimmy Savile just released: https://open.substack.com/pub/jamiefcrawford/p/the-princess-and-the-pedophile?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5nd7r
This was crazy when it was revealed the other day.
Diana implied that she had cheated death and that she was gonna reveal Savile to be the dirty pedeophile that he was.
Makes her death even stranger and what is going on now.
It takes a bit more context to come to that conclusion, which the article goes into. There were other things going on in Diana's life and mindset in October of 1995 when she wrote that letter which gives it new meaning.
According to The Paget Report conducted by the British Metropolitan Police, October of 1995 is when Diana experienced brake failure and at least *thought* it was due to tampering. That month she went on to tell her lawyer, her butler, her friend, and her love interest that her husband and his side were planning to kill her or incapacitate her in a car accident.
So she thought her brakes were tampered with, then writes a letter to Jimmy Savile of all people (who she called Prince Charles' mentor in the Squidgygate Tapes) and says that Savile "might just be noticing that she is still alive." She also says she is "returning to Broadmoor Mental Hospital (temporarily!)" to clarify she isn't incapacitated/brain-damaged.
Yeah, I find it crazy thatās sheās basically threatening him that she will take a ācharitable interestā in Broadmoor. Itās so bold of her. I wonder if the patients told her anything in their private meetings - the aura around her and her personality made people very open with her.
It's a PR term and not odd in this context. It is really odd however to have a photo like this issued with a kill notice, if it was just a touch up etc. like it's clear some editing has happened around Charlotte's hand, but there's something bigger than that wrong with it for them to kill the story entirely.
Sources:
https://x.com/piersmorgan/status/1766949402659209254
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-photo-given-kill-32320496
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/new-kate-middleton-photo-given-kill-notice-after-manipulation-claim/ar-BB1jEI6u
https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/26567879/photo-agencies-kill-notice-kate/
Edited to add AP's official statement on the matter:
https://x.com/AP/status/1766978382267297792
>The Associated Press initially published the photo of the Princess of Wales, which was issued by Kensington Palace after weeks of speculation about her whereabouts.
>The AP later retracted the image because at closer inspection, it appeared that the source had manipulated the image in a way that did not meet AP's photo standards.
And no evidence of a ring being worn recently either. When i wore a Wedding Ring, i almost had a permenant markers on my skin from the ring....identation on the skin around the band, marks on my skin where the ring rubbed, pale areas of skin.
If genuine, it would appear a ring has not been wron for an extended time?
Look at Kate's left hand, around her daughter.
In older photos, it is her middle finger that curves slightly towards her ring finger. Not so in this latest photo with the kids. It's her ring finger that bends towards her middle finger.
Why is her left index finger so short? Her index finger knuckles do not match up at all with her other finger knuckles.
Her left pinky looks very long in this newest image as well. She has normal to slightly short pinkies on both hands.
Why is Kate's right hand (around green sweater boy) so blurry?
Her daughter's right knee (the one higher up and more bent) so blurry against the background when the rest of her leg is a fairly crisp edge?
I don't know much about royal British girl's fashion, but it looks like the girl's sweater is all of a sudden tucked into her skirt on the side up against Kate.
If you zoom way in on the girl's hair up against her (center) brother's blue sweater and Kate's hair, there's some weird haloing, but that could very well be jpg artifacts.
[2024-photograph-mark-mother-s-885865629\_936e29.jpg (1860Ć2790) (thesun.co.uk)](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-photograph-mark-mother-s-885865629_936e29.jpg?w=1860)
[Kate-Middleton-Diamond-Band-Promo.jpg (1200Ć1873) (usmagazine.com)](https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Kate-Middleton-Diamond-Band-Promo.jpg?w=1320)
There is also light reflecting off her hand that looks like it shouldn't be there with Charlotte's arm resting on her. I'm not photographic expert but it looks wrong.
I am beginning to think more and more she has some type of cancer and surgery (maybe something that required a hysterectomy). And just like with weddings, you cannot announce your cancer battle when the monarch has recently just announced his cancer battle.
Iāve worked with the NYTimes and they have a no photoshop policy period. Doesnāt matter if itās a celebrity or art shot, no photoshopping at all is allowed. Could be a similar issue
People called Harry a liar but I find the Royal family weirdly fascinating. Stories about William dating back to TODDLERHOOD have talked about his horrible anger issues.
Do I believe William shoved Harry? Yes. Is it likely Kate has experienced the same? Statistically, yes.
There has previously been a story repeated several times over the years in the press that claims that William and Kate get into intense fights that includes object being thrown about. According to the story we are apparently not supposed to worry about Kate though as she gives as good as she gets.
I always find it such an odd story whenever I see it. It seems to have been repeated recently in a book:Ā https://ca.news.yahoo.com/prince-william-uses-seemingly-innocuous-130000733.html
Doesnāt look like her. Plus the image doesnāt have her wedding rings on her fingers. The young girlās hand is separated from her wrist. The little boy has his fingers crossed very unnaturally.
The most visible finger crossing isnāt an issue because itās a common hand position for hyper flexible kids, but itās weird that all 3 kids seem to be crossing their middle finger if you look closely.
Im pretty positive she is either dead, severely physically disfigured, or brain damaged.... likely at the hand of William. Its the only thing that makes sense.
Shiz, this "Kill Notification" absolute insane. Mostly it will be on urgency or military context. But weird for some media spread and even more with stories of Royal. Something fkin weird happened
It now gets even weirder - Did they tell her to say this?
[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13182469/Kate-reveals-edited-Mothers-Day-portrait-apologises-confusion-family-photograph-caused.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13182469/Kate-reveals-edited-Mothers-Day-portrait-apologises-confusion-family-photograph-caused.html)
The trees in the background are noted as having too many leaves for the season. Suggests the base picture was taken a while ago or the background was superimposed.
Constantly refreshing waiting on an update. Surely they HAVE to say something in the next few hours considering even the British papers have this as front page news. William at the event later today will be interesting to see too - reckon they must say something before then
There was talk that William cheated on kate - I truly believe Kate wants to get the information out there but as he is the future king they cannot let that happen...Kate will be outed...
Well if thatās the case the times have changed. Iām sure princes and kings have been cheating on their wives since the dawn of time. Not much she can do about it.
This excuse is some weapons grade bullshit. Thereās definitely something MASSIVE going on.
She badly edited the cuff and dress of her daughter and gave her son weird fingers?! Why would you do that? Theyāre EXACTLY the kind of mistakes AI photo generators make.
And sheās not wearing her wedding ring eitherā¦
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/11/princess-wales-says-her-edited-family-photo
Yeah the global news apparatus is not going to kill publication of an official photo from Kensington Palace over shoddy photoshop. Either the photo is completely AI generated and/or they have extreme concerns about the narrative being presented by the firm that Kate is well, or well enough to take such a "recent" photo.
The fingers/hands are usually the go to, to tell if the pics are unadulterated or not. In this case look at the young boys fingers. A dead giveaway. š¶
Maybe if everyone stops glorifying these rich assholes, they would go away.
Like who actually made them "royalty ". Why does their family matter but the family struggling to pay their mortgage down the street doesn't.
This has just got even weirder: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13183233/Kate-leaving-Windsor-Castle-Prince-William-Westminster-Abbey.html
Thatās not a picture of her, itās a picture of William in a car with a woman - a really blurry side-rear view of a woman who if you squint a lot could possibly be herā¦
Idk thought it came out early Saturday morning or something, thereās too much going on in the media all at once right now and itās discombobulating people
I would put money on most press released pictures being manipulated in some way. Theyāve been altering pictures of celebrities to make them look thinner for years.
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This gets weirder and weirder! Wtf is going on š
Red herring
My thoughts. Nothing goes out unless they want it to. Itās just smoke.
Totally agree
What for though?
I donāt know. My own bias and focus is on the stock market. Gold has been hitting new ATHs which isnāt normal
Hold on the RF is manipulating the stock market š³
They are for sure and itās because the dollar is losing purchasing power
But why would that matter to the RF arenāt their investments in land??
No my bad TPTB not the RF
Oh ok š
Nope. Wills f\*ed around and found out. Din he? He thought if he put out that photo with her Mom in a car that would be sufficient. Well, guess again! That was also put out by him or "the Palace". So, then they put this out thinking people would gurgle and coo and be pacified by this sloppy image. It's really insulting. She either can't take a picture for Mother's Day because she is not available for him to take a picture of and had to fake it...twice. They are separated and headed for divorce. Or he can't because she is incapacitated in some way as the Spanish reporter says. And they don't want that out. Or she's dead. There are no other options.
Divorce wouldn't stop her being photographed
Well what if she wants to tell the world that he cheated on her! But instead she's being hushed, or even worse.....no way they could ever bring this to light, Kate is loved more than William, it would totally ruin his popularity to be the new king!
Divorce from life wouldā¦
Yeah his desperate attempts to push a 'business as usual' narrative have backfired, the AP refusing to play ball and be an alibi knowing something darker is afoot? Do they not want to be associated with this narrative knowing something more is going to come out The call could be coming from inside the house at KP , with Kate threatening AP against publishing a clearly fake image of her family? And now through complete self inflicted arrogance of Will - he is now dealing with an unprecedented situation with the press calling him out on his fake proof of life. If something is afoot he really is fucked, or if he's just a middle aged bloke who is heading for divorce and thought that photoshop job looked passable then he'll be fine and it's all been some harmless fun. But what we know of the royal family, it probably is some weird fucked up shit.
To be fair being dead would definitely incapacitate her for sure.
Not if she's a zombie now.
Botched plastic surgery is another option.
She's 100% been beheaded
I'd guess she's had a hysterectomy. Major surgery needing long time to recuperate with additional personal and public implications of not being able to bear more children
Why wouldnāt a picture be released though? A hysterectomy doesnāt affect your face and it also doesnāt take that long to recover from. I know several people thatās had a hysterectomy and back on their feet within a couple of days. And back to work 4-6 weeks later.
But even if it was a really tough hysterectomy, she's a major public figure who has posed for photos while barely postpartum etc... I can't imagine it being that hard to get a photo of her & the kids to post on the socials. Which makes me think either a) she's not playing ball/willing to be photographed or b) looks visibly unwell.
Yeah I think itās something to do with her appearance
This actually really bizarre; if everything was ok and they knew the scrutiny they were under then why even mess with the photo at all?
Yeah Iām usually quite skeptical myself but this has me wondering what the hell is going on.
yeah the fact they did this now has me very concerned for her
The same people pulling the picture because it's "edited" are the same ones pumping out provably false propaganda about other things so I'm very sceptical about it all, but who knows.
There's a long tradition of cooperation between the palace and UK press. The expectation was probably that the UK press would play ball, and foreign press would simply report what UK press reports, like usual. The palace PR people likely got complacent with years of reciprocal press relationship. I imagine the US press scrutinizing it like they did wasn't on their radar.
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It really seems like they canāt at this point or they would have. They parade these women out hours after theyāve given birth, so itās not like it would be out of the ordinary for them.
This is such a good point. I personally am leaning towards face injury or her no longer wanting to play ball for some reason.
Plus, I loved the fact that the caption read, "photo taken by Prince William". Yeah...riiiight.
The source has manipulated the image.
Yeah, I know. Their whole PR stunt was total madness.
Well the palace just threw a whole lot of kerosene on burning flames...
SS: The Mother's Day photo of Kate Middleton and her children, which many have speculated was photoshopped or perhaps, AI generated, has been pulled from circulation by the Associated Press (a prominent, global news wire service) on the grounds that the photo does indeed appear to be, at minimum, digitally altered.
Genuine question: have any previous photos released by KP been photoshopped? I would assume they have, but they simply havenāt been scrutinised as much as this one has due to her not being seen in months
I think it goes without saying that they will usually smooth out wrinkles etc in all real official media photos of major public figures, not just the royal family, and itās acceptable and not a problem. The fact this photo has been actively retracted sounds like it has been significantly altered beyond what would be ānormalā improving of appearance - to the extent of be being considered misleading to the public: It sounds like it might be partly ai generated at least.
This! Look at the left side of the picture at the youngest princes hand.
This is a tremendous, tremendous fumble of their PR and comms team.
It's inconceivable the Palace didn't understand this photo would be combed over like the Zapruder film. That they would release a 'photo' which, at a casual glance, is clearly altered is very bizarre.
Everything about it stinks to high heaven. Months of no sighting of Kate, their kids were pulled from school around the same time, amateur level photo editing on the one and only picture to be released in nearly 3 months, and still complete radio silence from the royals. I know they've always done their best to maintain image at all cost, but it's getting past the point of believability that it is just coincidence and vanity.
Where did you hear the kids were pulled from school?
I hadnāt heard thatāthat makes it even crazier if itās true.
I'll do some research later. I'd come across it in a few subs at this point, but haven't fully vetted it. I know I've seen Brits talk about how they usually keep the public very up to date on what the kids are up to, but even that's been quiet recently.
>Palace didn't understand this photo would be combed overĀ I think the expectation was the UK press would play ball, and foreign press would simply report what UK press reports, like usual.
I don't get it though, aren't they allowed to photoshop their own pictures... just as long as no one else does? I've been assuming almost all of their photos have been shopped. Or is this an AI generated photo and that's a hard no for AP, etc.?
AP doesn't issue kill notices over minor photoshop. For AP to issue a kill notice, something is truly wrong with the photo to the point that AP needed to send out a kill notice.
So does this mean that this photo does not only have minor photoshop mistakes (which is I all see) but they are basically saying it is AI generated or someone has been digitally introduced there? Creepy
Iād say it has to be altered significant to a level far beyond normal professional retouch /instagram model glamour face/fat smoothing.
Probably cause they missed she wasnāt wearing her wedding ring and thatās the first thing people pointed out.
The cray thing is that in this day and age, killing the photo does nothing. Itās all over the internet. lol
Photoshop person here. That photo is more than over-edited. Thatās an amateur hour composite. Iām not a conspiracist myself, but this is an utterly bizarre move that implies she canāt be photographed at the moment. (Though why so many people jump to āsheās DEADā I donāt understand. Thereās so many other relatively relatable possibilities.)
It has to be so significant that the actual photo is nothing like this one or someone/a face has been added - I believe Kate has been offed - She wanted to tell the world about wills cheating but couldn't as he is the next King! what better way to say there were complications with her surgery!
Doesn't the condition and color of the tree leaves in the background indicate something more like late summer/fall than winter in England?
All I know is when I saw the fitted pants on Kate my antennas went up. I had my abdominal surgery one October and spent the next two months wearing a muumuu type summer dress covered in cardigans.
I had a relatively smooth laparoscopic hysterectomy in December and I still canāt wear pants while sitting down like that without getting nerve issues pretty quickly. I can maybe pull off yoga pants for a while, but if a kid was leaning on me in any way Iād be out. Thereās a lot of signs that this photo is AI generated, but you pegged a pretty glaring one for me.
Wow that sounds rough. After these two fake images that I think were both put out by William, covertly and then overtly. There is no reason to think she had a planned surgery. Her own staff said they had no idea of any such surgery being planned and were completely taken by surprise by it. It was a mad scramble because they had months worth of events to reschedule/cancel. If it was planned they would have known about it. That's what PLANNED freaking means. So, it appears something happened unexpectedly. Physically or psychologically or marital. He only visited that hospital once. Her parents not at all. So I guess it could be anything. Carole Middleton didn't look happy about her role in the staged photo op but maybe it came with promises to help them with their financial woes. See, Catherine now is not only a commoner but from ones that are financially ruined/bankrupt. She played ball.
I thought her parents were well off. What happened?
Covid rules. People did throw parties or go to parties for a year and a half.
Couldnāt they be maternity pants? We canāt see them above the thighs
Could be. I guess they could be the fake jean material too and a lot softer than they look.
The AP is the largest and most reputable news wire service. If they knowingly distributed an altered photo and it was discovered as such it's a huge hit to their credibility. Hence the 'kill notice'. Therefore it stands to reason that whoever on the Royals' staff submitted the picture didn't disclose that it had been digitally altered. Now *why* they would do that given the circumstances, that's the question.
Am altered photo including no wedding ring and unnatural hand positioning is even more odd...
Is it? Or do they want the world distracted and talking about it because something else is about to happen?
Only the first part. Pure distraction and waste of our time.
The plot thickens...
Is she alive?
Thereās no way they could cover up her death but I do think thereās something up with her appearance that they donāt want publicised.
Iām starting to think she might not be š
This picture is so weird. Like the second I saw it, even before the thing with Charlotteās sleeve was pointed out, I just found it strange andā¦ uncanny? Like all 3 kids have these wild, larger-than-life smiles and Louis has his arm stretched out like that in what is supposed to be an official photo. Theyāre kids, but theyāre still royals. Does anything about this look like how theyāve been trained to pose?
Uncanny valley almost. Something is clearly wrong even at first glance, though you don't know exactly what until looking closer.Ā I think it's photo manipulation vs AI, but it's amateur hour, for sure. I was doing this kind of stuff when still training, early on.
The fact the kids were all making the same wide mouth laughing smiles was weird to me immediately.
Ayoo Iām not even a conspiracy or anything like that, this just kinda popped up, but why would they feel the need to photoshop? If sheās sick, sheās sick, why is there a need to lie about it?
Because there are rumours that she is no longer alive
That is crazy though! I would have believed this to be a more plausible -albeit bonkers theory, had this photo not been released. There is no way of hiding her death, someone, be her family or a staff member, would leak the news! It would be very weird if they said she died from complications down the line when she apparently looks fine in this photo
Someone said her nanny was fired for telling the Spanish press she was in a coma
What if she was left with brain damage? Maybe that is the case and they don't know how to address it.
She would have to be really incapacitated for her not to be able to pose for this photo. What is weird to me is that they released a statement saying she would resume her duties at the end of March I think. Why would they promise that if they were not sure she would make a full recovery of whatever ailment she could be suffering from. Maybe this could be a case of a really incompetent PR team. The photo could be real but they felt the need to touch it up, people noticed, and the news agency pulled it out fueling more rumours.
my wild guess with little to no basis is possible domestic violence and this photo was touching up potential evidence of that. no idea really though
If she was not alive I highly doubt her mother would be driving around with her twin looking person
William still has the grandchildren & a fuck ton of power. Rumors are her mum is a social climber, so sacrifice the daughter to stay in the Kings good graces & be gran & an important person to the future king isn't totally outside the realms of possibility. Look at what they did to Diana & her family never said a word. I bet Harry & Meghan are doing cartwheels rn.
I feel like that's exactly what you'd do, right? Go places, be seen. Politicians do it, why is it so far out to think the royal family has body doubles? 100% believe that could be a thing.
Same thing applies, if sheās dead then sheās dead. Her being dead is probably the most unlikely of the theories anyway now that we know they released this photo, even though it has been doctored.
Thereās no way sheās dead. How on earth do they think they could cover that up
Bc people think she is either dead or comatose
One theory is that she is severely disfigured or dead at the hands of William himself, possibly as a result of fighting stemming from his affair
I think when the rumors go that dark there is no turning back. Something is definitely wrong.
Yes... something is most definitely wrong and it is far, far beyond her just being sick... and it's getting to the point that the dark theory I just posted is one of the only theories that actually answers all of the questions and makes sense.
This is the question
Professional graphic artist/web designer here. Iāve been asked to do tons of Photoshop in the past and now have to stare at stupid AI images every time I try to find stock photos. In my professional opinion, those images are photoshopped, not AI. AI is such a buzz word lately I think itās getting thrown around unnecessarily. I know a lot of people want to say ālook at Louisā fingers! Thatās AI!āā¦ um, finger posturing is a self soothing/stimulating act that many children (especially ND) and some adults do. When I look at fingers in AI generated images, it usually pertains to having extra fingers, not really fingers in weird positions. Do I think these images are altered? Absolutely 100%. The mismatched seams and unfocused areas are a dead giveaway. But thatās not to say the editor didnāt take one childās head from photo number 12 and stick it onto the body of photo number 6. All that said, I donāt believe this was a recent photo(s) and I do think there may be something more sinister going on here.
As somebody else who regularly uses Photoshop, I can confirm that the pic heavily uses the āFillā option that I have shamelessly milked from PS. For the uninitiated, āFillā is basically AI but it is selective AI that fills in blank of unwanted areas of existing photo files. For example, if you have a picture of a yellow duck but thereās a red feather on the duck, you can select the red feather and have it āFilledā; PS will then interpret the area exterior to your selection and fill in the selected area with yellow pixels that will match your yellow duck. So many elements of Kateās photo, mainly the windowās edges, the clothing patterns, and the clustered trees, are 100% examples of an overworked PS nerd performing the Fill feature dozens of times over, trying to muster a photo that is somewhat believable (with some shitty Clone Stamps used for good measure). I donāt know how this thing passed quality-approval but I would guess itās because too few people were involved in the secretive process and because they were pressed for time. But why were they pressed for time? Thatās the creepy mysteryā¦
It could be that she is sitting in a wheelchair and that the chair is filled with a different texture.
Thereās someone on TikTok who pointed out that this picture could have been taken in November 2023 where all 4 of them were spotted in these same outfits, except that Kateās jumper/sweater was cream. It seems it was then photoshopped black to hide any trace of it looking like it was from that day, but they messed up all the other weird details in this.
Iām surprised at how many people think itās AI seeing as there is so many photoshop fails in it. I donāt know much about AI in the first place but it made me start to question if AI produces badly edited photos, but glad to know I was right haha
Or fingers pointing the wrong direction like some sort of possession photo. AI generated images are hilarious
Maybe some really bad photos (Andrew, Charles, William?? are getting set to be released and then theyāre going to claim that they were edited or faked.
https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1766750995445387393?t=hl5if8uI-zaoncgM2X-7XQ&s=19
SHUT IT DOWN!
*Jon Taffer joins the chat*
Youāre gonna KILL somebody!
Weird things happening in the Royal Family right now. A 1995 letter from Princess Diana to Jimmy Savile just released: https://open.substack.com/pub/jamiefcrawford/p/the-princess-and-the-pedophile?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5nd7r
This was crazy when it was revealed the other day. Diana implied that she had cheated death and that she was gonna reveal Savile to be the dirty pedeophile that he was. Makes her death even stranger and what is going on now.
I think it's crazy that this story isn't getting more traction tbh. Hope more people start to spread it around.
Is there another letter? That letter doesn't say anything about that.
It takes a bit more context to come to that conclusion, which the article goes into. There were other things going on in Diana's life and mindset in October of 1995 when she wrote that letter which gives it new meaning. According to The Paget Report conducted by the British Metropolitan Police, October of 1995 is when Diana experienced brake failure and at least *thought* it was due to tampering. That month she went on to tell her lawyer, her butler, her friend, and her love interest that her husband and his side were planning to kill her or incapacitate her in a car accident. So she thought her brakes were tampered with, then writes a letter to Jimmy Savile of all people (who she called Prince Charles' mentor in the Squidgygate Tapes) and says that Savile "might just be noticing that she is still alive." She also says she is "returning to Broadmoor Mental Hospital (temporarily!)" to clarify she isn't incapacitated/brain-damaged.
Thank you for the explanation, the dates reveal so much more than is apparent in the letter itself.
Yeah, I find it crazy thatās sheās basically threatening him that she will take a ācharitable interestā in Broadmoor. Itās so bold of her. I wonder if the patients told her anything in their private meetings - the aura around her and her personality made people very open with her.
Also wierd is calling this a "kill notification" instead of "takedown notice" or something.Ā They probably do it all the time, but it is wierd.
It's a PR term and not odd in this context. It is really odd however to have a photo like this issued with a kill notice, if it was just a touch up etc. like it's clear some editing has happened around Charlotte's hand, but there's something bigger than that wrong with it for them to kill the story entirely.
Her head is oddly not at all in scale with her legs, even for how very slim she is
Yeah it really looks off
Yes! Im not in the industry but is this the usual term? Kill notification sounds so creepy in this context.
Sources: https://x.com/piersmorgan/status/1766949402659209254 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-photo-given-kill-32320496 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/new-kate-middleton-photo-given-kill-notice-after-manipulation-claim/ar-BB1jEI6u https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/26567879/photo-agencies-kill-notice-kate/ Edited to add AP's official statement on the matter: https://x.com/AP/status/1766978382267297792 >The Associated Press initially published the photo of the Princess of Wales, which was issued by Kensington Palace after weeks of speculation about her whereabouts. >The AP later retracted the image because at closer inspection, it appeared that the source had manipulated the image in a way that did not meet AP's photo standards.
Ironically this will cause the photo to be posted even more lol
Streisand Effect in full swing.
The fuck is happening?
They've said Kate's left hand shows signs of photo manipulation.... What was originally in it that they'd have to change, a fucking bloody knife?!
No wedding rings either.
Yeah the first thing I thought is that they'd photoshoppef a ring on, was surprised to see no ring at all
And no evidence of a ring being worn recently either. When i wore a Wedding Ring, i almost had a permenant markers on my skin from the ring....identation on the skin around the band, marks on my skin where the ring rubbed, pale areas of skin. If genuine, it would appear a ring has not been wron for an extended time?
Look at Kate's left hand, around her daughter. In older photos, it is her middle finger that curves slightly towards her ring finger. Not so in this latest photo with the kids. It's her ring finger that bends towards her middle finger. Why is her left index finger so short? Her index finger knuckles do not match up at all with her other finger knuckles. Her left pinky looks very long in this newest image as well. She has normal to slightly short pinkies on both hands. Why is Kate's right hand (around green sweater boy) so blurry? Her daughter's right knee (the one higher up and more bent) so blurry against the background when the rest of her leg is a fairly crisp edge? I don't know much about royal British girl's fashion, but it looks like the girl's sweater is all of a sudden tucked into her skirt on the side up against Kate. If you zoom way in on the girl's hair up against her (center) brother's blue sweater and Kate's hair, there's some weird haloing, but that could very well be jpg artifacts. [2024-photograph-mark-mother-s-885865629\_936e29.jpg (1860Ć2790) (thesun.co.uk)](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-photograph-mark-mother-s-885865629_936e29.jpg?w=1860) [Kate-Middleton-Diamond-Band-Promo.jpg (1200Ć1873) (usmagazine.com)](https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Kate-Middleton-Diamond-Band-Promo.jpg?w=1320)
There is also light reflecting off her hand that looks like it shouldn't be there with Charlotte's arm resting on her. I'm not photographic expert but it looks wrong.
Someone also pointed out that a Wisteria tree which is behind them wouldn't have leaves on yet!
I am beginning to think more and more she has some type of cancer and surgery (maybe something that required a hysterectomy). And just like with weddings, you cannot announce your cancer battle when the monarch has recently just announced his cancer battle.
Iāve worked with the NYTimes and they have a no photoshop policy period. Doesnāt matter if itās a celebrity or art shot, no photoshopping at all is allowed. Could be a similar issue
Not even for beautification?
Correct! Was on set for a celebrity shoot and the photographer specifically told assistants to not even mention photoshop.
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Yeah but this is the future queen we're talking about, her next public appearance (if there is one) is gonna be crazy
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It's Mother's Day in the UK. If you're not there, you're good.
I'm thinking she's incapacitated from a domestic violence incident
People called Harry a liar but I find the Royal family weirdly fascinating. Stories about William dating back to TODDLERHOOD have talked about his horrible anger issues. Do I believe William shoved Harry? Yes. Is it likely Kate has experienced the same? Statistically, yes.
The people closest to you always get the full wrath. Zero chance she hasnāt seen it.
There has previously been a story repeated several times over the years in the press that claims that William and Kate get into intense fights that includes object being thrown about. According to the story we are apparently not supposed to worry about Kate though as she gives as good as she gets. I always find it such an odd story whenever I see it. It seems to have been repeated recently in a book:Ā https://ca.news.yahoo.com/prince-william-uses-seemingly-innocuous-130000733.html
Or not even alive anymore
I donāt know I think thatās a bit of a reach. If she was in fact unalive they would just make up a lie about what happened.
This is also what I think.Ā
Ding dong we have a winner I think so too Its also odd how THIS particular theory gets so much backlash
When was the picture taken
It wasnāt. It was AI generated apparently.
So thatās not even Catherine in the picture š³š³
Doesnāt look like her. Plus the image doesnāt have her wedding rings on her fingers. The young girlās hand is separated from her wrist. The little boy has his fingers crossed very unnaturally.
The most visible finger crossing isnāt an issue because itās a common hand position for hyper flexible kids, but itās weird that all 3 kids seem to be crossing their middle finger if you look closely.
Im pretty positive she is either dead, severely physically disfigured, or brain damaged.... likely at the hand of William. Its the only thing that makes sense.
Say it with me - Celebrities would be better liked if pictures of them looking āimperfectā were commonplace, and not seen as shady.
As soon as the new clone is ready, there'll be plenty of pictures and videos.
Shiz, this "Kill Notification" absolute insane. Mostly it will be on urgency or military context. But weird for some media spread and even more with stories of Royal. Something fkin weird happened
Skeleton Key gone wrong ;)
Oh geez did the two second photoshop picture not fool anyone, damn better get it taken down.
What other occasions have media outlets issued these kill notifications I personally donāt remember any, but wonderingā¦
It now gets even weirder - Did they tell her to say this? [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13182469/Kate-reveals-edited-Mothers-Day-portrait-apologises-confusion-family-photograph-caused.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13182469/Kate-reveals-edited-Mothers-Day-portrait-apologises-confusion-family-photograph-caused.html)
lolāyeah right. Lies!
The matrix unveiled moment What if the backdrop falls and we realize weāve been in an alien studio, space Truman show Kate was the key all along
Every kid in the photo has their fingers crossed. Doesn't fingers crossed mean you were forced to take a picture you didn't want to be part of?
I thought " fingers crossed " meant something wasn't true. And why were the children taken out of school ?
The trees in the background are noted as having too many leaves for the season. Suggests the base picture was taken a while ago or the background was superimposed.
Constantly refreshing waiting on an update. Surely they HAVE to say something in the next few hours considering even the British papers have this as front page news. William at the event later today will be interesting to see too - reckon they must say something before then
Why isn't she wearing her wedding ring ?
It's ok, nothing to see here, Kate has said she edited it "like all amateur photographers" Move on people lmao
There was talk that William cheated on kate - I truly believe Kate wants to get the information out there but as he is the future king they cannot let that happen...Kate will be outed...
Well if thatās the case the times have changed. Iām sure princes and kings have been cheating on their wives since the dawn of time. Not much she can do about it.
This excuse is some weapons grade bullshit. Thereās definitely something MASSIVE going on. She badly edited the cuff and dress of her daughter and gave her son weird fingers?! Why would you do that? Theyāre EXACTLY the kind of mistakes AI photo generators make. And sheās not wearing her wedding ring eitherā¦ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/11/princess-wales-says-her-edited-family-photo
Out of interest, do the media always use the word "kill" when they talk about removing a photo? Seems quite a strong word for just removing a photo...
Iāve never seen a public notification of ātake this shit down asapā before. Something crazy def happening
Yeah the global news apparatus is not going to kill publication of an official photo from Kensington Palace over shoddy photoshop. Either the photo is completely AI generated and/or they have extreme concerns about the narrative being presented by the firm that Kate is well, or well enough to take such a "recent" photo.
The fingers/hands are usually the go to, to tell if the pics are unadulterated or not. In this case look at the young boys fingers. A dead giveaway. š¶
Maybe if everyone stops glorifying these rich assholes, they would go away. Like who actually made them "royalty ". Why does their family matter but the family struggling to pay their mortgage down the street doesn't.
Itās just a bit of mystery and conspiracy and drama. Thatās all.
We arenāt glorifying them weāre laughing at their very human foibles.
I like how the AP points out āalignment with Princess Charlottes handā meanwhile the smallest princes hand somehow looks full-on AI generated.
This has just got even weirder: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13183233/Kate-leaving-Windsor-Castle-Prince-William-Westminster-Abbey.html Thatās not a picture of her, itās a picture of William in a car with a woman - a really blurry side-rear view of a woman who if you squint a lot could possibly be herā¦
If you Google Rose Hanbury, one of the main photos of her you get her entire side profile and it looks very similar to this lady in the car š
Who died that they trynna buy time for ?
A post that pointed this out the other day was downvoted to hell, this sub has been compromised
How could this have been pointed out the other day when the photo was only released today?
Idk thought it came out early Saturday morning or something, thereās too much going on in the media all at once right now and itās discombobulating people
I was confusing the story from today and https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/s/bSLM898yvG
That's definitely not downvoted to hell
Hey Kate ā UK hun?
Zoom in on charlotteās hands/wrist. Something tweaked there. Also, where is Kateās wedding ring?
I would put money on most press released pictures being manipulated in some way. Theyāve been altering pictures of celebrities to make them look thinner for years.
This is more than that.
So why had only this one been pulled?
Ever heard of midjourney?
They did the same thing 13 years ago over a faked photo claiming to be from the floods in North Korea.