Kate Middleton's Retouched Photo Sparks International Media Storm

The retouched photo of Kate Middleton, published last Sunday by Kensington Palace, has triggered a media storm not only in Great Britain, but all over the world. A real boomerang that risks undermining the credibility of the Princess of Wales (and future queen) at an international level. In the United States, for example, CNN has announced a comprehensive review of the images received in the recent past from Kensington Palace. Kate Middleton and the other retouched photos of the Royal Family: the Photoshop case in the shot of Elizabeth and Louis "without a finger" CNN will review more photos of Kate: "Unacceptable manipulation" The American broadcaster states that it considers "any retouching, modification, or manipulation of an image's pixels" as unacceptable, as happened for the incriminated family portrait of Kate: released by the palace two months after the mysterious abdominal surgery that the future queen consort underwent in January, with the intent to reassure public opinion and quell suspicions fueled by a long disappearance from the scene. An operation admitted at the end by the same royal staff and for which Kate has taken responsibility, apologizing, without however appearing convincing. All the more so in light of the decision reiterated in the past hours by Kensington Palace not to release the unretouched version, despite unofficial assurances that the retouches would have been marginal. Assurances that CNN evidently does not intend to take at face value, as demonstrated by the green light for a more thorough check of all recent photographs of the Wales. A verification that the rebel princes Harry and Meghan, who moved to the USA after the traumatic split of the Royal Family in 2020, might await with some curiosity: after having raised in recent years - against the backdrop of an ongoing feud between brothers - more than a shadow on the correctness of the PR machine of William and Kate.