Kate’s photo of late Queen was doctored, agency says, as princess spotted in public for first time in months

Another official photograph involving Catherine, Princess of Wales was digitally manipulated, according to a leading photo agency, sparking a second royal retouching controversy just as Kate was spotted in public for the first time in months.

Another official photograph involving Catherine, Princess of Wales was digitally manipulated, according to a leading photo agency, sparking a second royal retouching controversy just as Kate was spotted in public for the first time in months. Getty Images said the photograph of Queen Elizabeth with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, taken by Kate and released by Kensington Palace last year, has been “digitally enhanced,” and a CNN analysis found signs of alteration in as many as 19 places. It follows a similar saga over a Mother’s Day photograph of Catherine and her children, said to have been taken by Prince William, which was also retouched. Seeking to quell the uproar that followed the first edited photo, Kate apologized and claimed last Monday she liked to “experiment” with editing images. The newly unearthed inconsistencies in a second royal picture puts Kate at the center of yet more questions, and threatens to wreck the royals’ relationships with leading news and photography agencies. It is a controversy that the Waleses will not welcome, coming amid a period of intense scrutiny over the health and status of the princess. On Saturday, Prince William and Kate were spotted and photographed at a farm shop near their home, easing questions over her health.