A social media user named Ruby Nardretto believes she has uncovered how Duchess Kate’s much-controversial Mother’s Day photo was actually edited. Ruby, who works in social media for the British tabloid Daily Mirror, claimed to X that the image was edited using photos from Kate’s 2016 Vogue photoshoot.
Ruby shared a photo from Vogue alongside a recent photo. “My analysis of the Kate Middleton photo scandal is that they took her face from the Vogue cover she was on the cover of years ago and edited it,” Ruby wrote. Within hours, X’s post had been viewed more than 3 million times.
Several major news agencies have taken down Duchess Kate’s family photos released by Kensington Palace, claiming they had been manipulated. “Upon closer inspection, it appears that the source manipulated the image,” the Associated Press said. Agence France-Presse said it retracted the report, citing “editorial issues.”
Kate later apologized for the Photoshop error in the image. “Like many amateur photographers, I also experiment with editing from time to time. I wanted to apologize for the confusion the family photo I shared yesterday caused,” she said. I wrote to X From the official page of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
What are X users saying?
Ruby’s post received a lot of comments, with one user saying: It seems like a step up from the basic free trial version of Photoshop. “That’s why her hair is blurry and translucent, highlighting the areas that were flattened by her hat. Wow,” said another user.
However, some disagreed, with one saying: “No, that cover is from 2016 and she looks much younger for obvious reasons.” “I believed your theory, but upon closer inspection, it was just the same person. Plus, they didn’t do a good photoshop job to nail the light source onto her face.” “No, it’s impossible to remove shadows and highlights,” one user said, while another wrote: “No, it’s impossible to remove shadows and highlights.” Cover photo of the sun. ”
