Kate Middleton apologizes for ‘confusion’ around edited family photo

Princess Kate Middleton is apologizing Monday after admitting that a picture of her and her kids shared yesterday on official palace social media accounts to have fun Mother’s Day within the United Kingdom was edited.

 “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused,” she wrote on X. “I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day.”

The picture confirmed Middleton together with her kids, Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte. As of Monday morning, it stays up on the The Prince and Princess of Wales X account.

“Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months. Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day,” the caption learn, signed with a “C” for Catherine, Princess of Wales.

The Associated Press and different information companies started pulling the picture from their web sites over considerations that it was “manipulated.”

“AP initially published the photo, which was issued by Kensington Palace. But AP later retracted the image because at closer inspection, it appeared the source had manipulated the image in a way that did not meet AP’s photo standards. The photo shows an inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte’s left hand,” the information company mentioned.

In addition to the AP’s touch upon the photo manipulation, viewers famous that the 42-year-old was not sporting her wedding ceremony ring within the photo.

Middleton has largely remained out of the general public eye since December, and is recovering from belly surgical procedure in January. On Jan. 17, the palace first introduced Middleton had been hospitalized.

“Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales was admitted to The London Clinic yesterday for planned abdominal surgery. The surgery was successful and it is expected that she will remain in hospital for ten to fourteen days, before returning home to continue her recovery,” a press release mentioned.

Fox News’ Elizabeth Stanton, Tracy Wright and Caroline Thayer contributed to this report.