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Where in the world is Kate Middleton? Rumors about the royal's health, whereabouts and photo editing skills are top of everyone's mind as of late and now a second doctored image is coming into question. After the headline making photoshop fail on Britain's Mother's Day, Middleton was reportedly finally seen walking alongside her husband, Prince William, near Windsor Castle in footage shot over the weekend and verified by TMZ. However, many remain skeptical on if this is in fact the royal as the Palace has yet to verify or comment on the validity of the video. Now speculation around the royal has moved to a second image she shared that was deemed to have been altered.
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00:00Where in the world is Kate Middleton? Rumors about the royal's health and whereabouts and
00:04photo editing skills are top of everyone's mind as of late and now a second doctored image is
00:10coming into question. After the headline making photoshop fail on Britain's Mother's Day,
00:15Middleton was reportedly finally seen walking alongside her husband Prince William near Windsor
00:20Castle in footage shot over the weekend and verified by TMZ. However, many remain skeptical
00:26on if this is in fact the royal as the palace has yet to verify or comment on the validity of the
00:32video. Now speculation around the royal has moved to a second image she shared that was deemed to
00:37have been altered. On Tuesday, an image she shared in April 2023 was deemed by Getty images to have
00:43been manipulated. The portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth with her grandchildren and great
00:47grandchildren taken by the princess on a trip to Balmoral Castle in Scotland in 2022 was released
00:53by Buckingham Palace on what would have been the late monarch's 97th birthday. A spokesperson for
00:59Getty said Getty Images has reviewed the image in question and placed an editor's note on it stating
01:04that the image has been digitally enhanced at source. Conspiracy theories have been running rampant
01:09regarding the Princess of Wales after it was announced that she was recovering from a planned
01:14abdominal surgery. Known for her public-facing persona, Middleton was last widely seen at Christmas
01:19Eve mass with the family at the end of last year. The palace had issued a statement in January saying
01:24Middleton is unlikely to return to public duties until after Easter. However, the last minute and
01:30seemingly vague announcement coupled with Prince William at the last minute cancelling his February
01:35appearance at the memorial service of his godfather didn't quiet any speculation on the princess's
01:40whereabouts. Suspicions turned to headline news when on March 10, Kensington Palace shared a photo
01:46supposedly taken by Prince William this year of Middleton with her three kids, but photo agencies
01:51quickly deemed the picture manipulated. The princess then issued an apology for the altered image,
01:57which had undergone 17 edits. Now this, as well as two grainy paparazzi shots of the princess
02:02supposedly with her mother and William, only fueled the fire as both mainstream media and social media
02:07users exploded with theories about the health of the princess and the future king and queen's marriage,
02:13with rumors about an affair between William and the couple's close friend Rose Hanbury.
02:18As for an official statement from the palace, the last came on February 29th when palace officials
02:23felt compelled to repeat that news on her health would come only if there was anything significant to
02:28be said. For more updates to the story, head to THR.com. And for the latest entertainment news and
02:34updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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