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Several leading news organisations have withdrawn a photograph issued by Kensington Palace of Kate, Britain\u2019s Princess of Wales, after post-publication analysis showed it did not meet their editorial standards.<\/p>\nSeveral leading news organisations have withdrawn a photograph issued by Kensington Palace of Kate, Britain\u2019s Princess of Wales, after post-publication analysis showed it did not meet their editorial standards.<\/p>\n
The palace issued the photograph of Kate and her three children on Sunday, along with a message of thanks from the princess in her first public comments since undergoing abdominal surgery in January.News agencies including Getty, Reuters, Associated Press and AFP withdrew the photograph later in the day. Reuters picture editors said part of the sleeve of Kate\u2019s daughter\u2019s cardigan did not line up properly, suggesting that the image had been altered.<\/strong>Several leading news organisations have withdrawn a photograph issued by Kensington Palace of Kate, Britain\u2019s Princess of Wales, after post-publication analysis showed it did not meet their editorial standards.The palace issued the photograph of Kate and her three children on Sunday, along with a message of thanks from the princess in her first public comments since undergoing abdominal surgery in January.News agencies including Getty, Reuters, Associated Press and AFP withdrew the photograph later in the day. Reuters picture editors said part of the sleeve of Kate\u2019s daughter\u2019s cardigan did not line up properly, suggesting that the image had been altered.Reuters could not immediately establish how, why or by whom the alteration had been made.Leading picture agencies distributing news photographs prohibit the publication of images that have been overly edited.The Reuters Handbook of Journalism states, for instance, that the editing tool Photoshop can only be used in very limited matters. \u201cWe use only a tiny part of its potential capability to format our pictures, crop and size them and balance the tone and color.\u201d<\/p>\n \nThank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months. Kensington Palace did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Getty, Associated Press and AFP also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reuters said in a statement it had withdrawn the picture following a post-publication review. \u201cWe are reviewing the matter,\u201d a spokesperson said.The palace said the picture had been taken by Kate\u2019s husband, heir-to-the-throne Prince William, last week. It showed Kate, 42, smiling and looking well, surrounded by Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte.Kate has been absent from public royal life since Christmas Day, sparking rumours and speculation on social media about the health of the princess.Kensington Palace said at the time of her surgery that Kate was unlikely to return to official duties until after Easter, which falls at the end of this month.Officials had said they would provide only \u201csignificant updates\u201d about her recovery. Several leading news organizations, including Getty, Reuters, Associated Press, and AFP, withdrew a photograph issued by Kensington Palace of Kate, Britain\u2019s Princess of Wales, and her three children after it did not meet their editorial standards due to post-publication analysis suggesting the image had been altered. The alteration was indicated by part of the sleeve of Kate\u2019s daughter\u2019s cardigan not lining up properly. The photograph was issued along with a message of thanks from the princess, marking her first public comments since undergoing abdominal surgery in January. The palace stated the picture was taken by Prince William, showing Kate at 42, smiling and surrounded by Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte. Kate has been absent from public royal life since Christmas Day, and the palace had previously announced she was unlikely to return to official duties until after Easter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1247,1327,195,174,279,3,280,1326,250,210,1245,1325,817,169,494],"class_list":["post-3723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-abdominal-surgery","tag-altered-image","tag-britain","tag-christmas","tag-comment","tag-cyprus","tag-editorial","tag-editorial-standards","tag-google","tag-health","tag-kate","tag-photograph-analysis","tag-social-media","tag-twitter","tag-uk"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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Reuters could not immediately establish how, why or by whom the alteration had been made.Leading picture agencies distributing news photographs prohibit the publication of images that have been overly edited.The Reuters Handbook of Journalism states, for instance, that the editing tool Photoshop can only be used in very limited matters. \u201cWe use only a tiny part of its potential capability to format our pictures, crop and size them and balance the tone and color.\u201dKensington Palace did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Getty, Associated Press and AFP also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reuters said in a statement it had withdrawn the picture following a post-publication review. \u201cWe are reviewing the matter,\u201d a spokesperson said.The palace said the picture had been taken by Kate\u2019s husband, heir-to-the-throne Prince William, last week. It showed Kate, 42, smiling and looking well, surrounded by Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte.Kate has been absent from public royal life since Christmas Day, sparking rumours and speculation on social media about the health of the princess.Kensington Palace said at the time of her surgery that Kate was unlikely to return to official duties until after Easter, which falls at the end of this month.Officials had said they would provide only \u201csignificant updates\u201d about her recovery.Follow the
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