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The Kate Middleton Photo’s Most Glaring Photoshop Mistakes


Blurry hair, meandering zippers—we asked WIRED’s design department to explain the editing errors in Kate Middleton’s controversial Mother’s Day photo.

Zooming in and examining the royal photo closely, it’s easy to see edges on the children's sweaters and other inconsistent details, particularly in the area around Princess Charlotte’s hand, that appear to be manipulated via photo-editing software. Middleton admitted altering the photo, taken by Prince William, in a Monday post on the couple’s X account, expressing “apologies for any confusion the family photograph” caused. Some theorized that the image had been generated by artificial intelligence; one viral tweet suggested Middleton’s face was lifted from an old Vogue cover.

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