O Kate Middleton the saga continues – in light of Kensington Palace choosing to keep her fake photo on Instagram… the platform is now warning people, this is fraudulent.
IG has officially slapped the Mother’s Day photo seen around the world – which has since been revealed to be heavily edited – with a flag that explicitly lets people know that the image is not authentic… and that users would be wise to be cautious about this.
The notice on your post now says: “Photo/video changed. The same altered photo was reviewed by independent fact checkers in another post.”
A further description of the decision to label her photo with this explains that the fact checker found that the photo had been edited in a way that could mislead people, but not because it was shown out of context. Translation… this thing was prepared in a laboratory!
The third-party fact checker that IG (Meta) relies on to reach this conclusion is a company called EFE Verifica – which is a Spanish organization that specializes in this sort of thing.
Incidentally, Instagram isn’t the only company distancing itself from Kate’s photo – French news agency AFP (a respected player) came out publicly this week to say it doesn’t consider Kensington Palace a credible source.
AFP’s director of global news said they would heavily scrutinize anything Kensington sent going forward… and a warning was sent to their teams around the world.
It’s a huge blow to Kensington Palace’s reputation, no doubt – and the fact that they still have this doctored image is surprising… especially with all the backlash, conspiracy theories and speculation that has followed about his whereabouts and condition from Kate.
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Of course, this head-in-the-sand approach – remember, the Palace has yet to respond to further questions about this, despite everyone asking for further comment – appears to be led by Prince William himself, who continues to like nothing happened.
In fact, Bill was on hand on Thursday for more royal duties with OnSide Youth Zone – which helps underprivileged children – and here, he was seen baking cookies with young people… and he actually alluded to Kate, saying his wife was to “artistic” as he ruined the icing decorations.
He’s been doing a lot of work-related stuff all week and hasn’t yet addressed head-on what’s going on with Kate… frankly, it’s unclear if anyone has asked him.
If his attitude here – i.e. ignore and call – is any indication… it looks like the rest of the Kensington Palace team is following his lead, but Kate-Gate isn’t going away.
The question remains…where is the Princess of Wales???