How Kate Middleton’s Sweet Family Picture Turned Into a Sour Royal Mess

Kate Middleton’s apology for editing an image of her and her children, followed by a carefully curated appearance in a car alongside her husband Prince William, failed to quell speculation about her health and her marriage Monday.

Her office had hoped to draw a line under the episode when Kate issued a statement Monday saying that she was personally responsible for photoshopping the image of her and her children that was published by her office Sunday, only to be dramatically denounced as “manipulated” by global photo agencies a few hours later.

“Upset at the way in which the image, particularly one which involved her children, had been mired in controversy and alarmed at the way in which news agencies issued ‘kill notices,’ a shaken princess told aides that she wanted to make amends and claim responsibility for her mistake,” the Times of London reported Monday, in a report about the thinking behind the picture—and Kate coming clean about its doctoring.

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