The National (Scotland)

Is this what the palace was trying to hide ...?

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left hand”. There has been speculatio­n online there could also be other discrepanc­ies in the image including the positionin­g of Kate’s zip.

Royal sources said the Princess of Wales made “minor adjustment­s” and that Kate and the Prince of Wales wanted to offer an informal picture of the family together for Mother’s Day.

“The Wales family spent Mother’s Day together and had a wonderful day,” the source added.

Republic CEO Graham Smith has said the episode could be considered “dystopian behaviour” and could do “serious damage” to the monarchy.

It was the first official photo of the Princess of Wales since her abdomi

KENSINGTON Palace refused to publish the unedited photograph at the centre of the “Kategate” row – and we think you will now see why.

Secret role moles working for the Alba Party have got their hands on what they claim to be the original and it’s certainly explosive stuff!

Alba general secretary Chris McEleny told The National: “It is clearly in the public interest that the picture is published. Having managed to source the original and absolutely unedited version we thought it was important that we now publish it in the midst of the attempted cover-up by the palace.

“We welcome the support of Kate for an independen­t Scottish republic. To be honest, who would blame her?” nal surgery two months ago. She has since stayed out of the public eye. The picture was released to reassure the public amid escalating conspiracy theories online over Kate’s health.

But royal photograph­er Ian Lloyd said the situation was “very odd”. He added: “I’ve never seen this before where they criticise a photograph and try to withdraw it because obviously there’s some sort of inaccuraci­es. Somebody at Kensington Palace is not terribly good at Photoshop.”

Royal commentato­r Peter Hunt said: “This is damaging for the royals. People will now question whether they can be trusted when they next issue a health update.”

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The picture of the princess with her children sparked criticism over possible manipulati­ons
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