Sources close to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle claim the couple would be ‘destroyed’ for committing Kate Middleton’s Mother’s Day Photoshop fail.
Yesterday the Princess of Wales admitted that she edited the portrait which was released by Kensington Palace on Mother’s Day, apologizing “for any confusion” the family photo may have caused.
In the first official image released since her ‘planned abdominal surgery’ on January 16, MailOnline identified 16 separate edits, including issues with the princess’s jeans zipper and right hand – amid claims the photo had been digitally altered.
Although the image has since caused a global frenzy, a close source of Meghan and Harry has said Page six that the couple would be ‘destroyed’ for the same accident and that it is simply ‘not a mistake Meghan would ever make’.
The source said: ‘If Harry and Meghan had ever faced the same problem they would have been destroyed. The same rules do not apply to both couples.
Sources close to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle claim the couple would be ‘destroyed’ because they failed Kate Middleton’s Mother’s Day photoshop
“This is not a mistake Meghan would ever make… she has a keen eye and a whimsical attention to detail.”
Meanwhile, former BBC correspondent Michael Cole told MailOnline that the exiled British Royals will enjoy Kate’s misery, especially given their own recent popularity problems.
He said: ‘They’ll be laughing their asses off and trying to keep a straight face in public,’ adding: ‘Their pointman Omid Scobie is throwing mud pies at them.’
The news comes amid claims that Prince William took Kate’s Mother’s Day photo in just 40 minutes on Friday before the princess edited it twice in Photoshop to ‘make the most of it’.
The Prince of Wales took the photo of his smiling family with a £2,900 Canon camera, before Kate made edits to improve the photo before it was published on Instagram on Sunday.
Kensington Palace aides are said to have been planning for weeks to release a photo of the Princess of Wales to quell vicious speculation on social media about the nature of Kate’s condition since her operation in January, which deeply upset the couple and made angry.
Instead, the rare royal blunder resulted in a new public explosion of conspiracy theories.
Six of the world’s top photo agencies, including the Press Association, then sensationally withdrew the photo from their phone lines and libraries, fearing that the ‘source manipulated the image’.
Although the image has since caused a global frenzy, a close source of Meghan and Harry told Page Six that the couple would be “destroyed” for the same accident and that it is simply “not a mistake Meghan would ever make.”
Amid the commotion, the princess later published an extraordinary mea culpa on Twitter and Instagram, admitting that she “edited” the image – adding that she “occasionally experimented” as an “amateur photographer” and apologizing for “any confusion’ that the image caused.
Kate reportedly felt that honesty was “the best policy” and wanted to “confess” the Photoshop blunder. The princess felt “terrible” about the photo and had tried to “make the best of it”, insiders told The Times – adding that she “thought of her own children when editing the photo, hoping they would look good’. their own good’.
The princess publicly took the blame for the fuss, writing yesterday: ‘Like many amateur photographers, I occasionally experiment with editing.
“I wanted to apologize for any confusion the family photo we shared yesterday caused.
‘I hope everyone who celebrated had a happy Mother’s Day. C.’
Royal sources said the princess had made ‘minor adjustments’ to the photo, which she and her husband had hoped would be a nice ‘casual’ photo to share on a special day.
‘This was an amateur family photo taken by the Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses wanted to provide an informal photo of the family together for Mother’s Day,” the source said.
“The Princess has made minor adjustments, as she shared in her statement on social media: the Wales family spent Mother’s Day together and had a wonderful day.”
William and Kate were spotted leaving Windsor for Westminster Abbey yesterday afternoon
Despite calls to publish the original, Kensington Palace said it would not reissue the unedited photo of Kate and her children, which in itself sparked further debate.
Last night the palace faced mounting pressure over the debacle, with claims it damaged public confidence.
Palace aides didn’t spot any sign of Photoshop, but it’s not believed the edits were notified to the Princess team before it became public.
However, questions have been raised about whether the image was too good to be true. A red flag could be the fact that the glowing family portrait was taken in such a short time on Friday.
Due to the Wales family’s busy schedules, the photo had to be taken while everyone was back home from various activities. A day later, Kate allegedly sent the photo to her team.
Kate posted the apology on the Prince and Princess of Wales’ Instagram account yesterday
It is not known whether anyone on her team could see that the photo had been edited with Photoshop, but alarm bells may have gone off when courtiers discovered that William had taken the photo.
Without editing, it would have been quite an achievement for William to capture such a captivating photo with all members of the family roaring with laughter at the same time.
A plan was put in place to release the photo and a message from Kate herself at 9am on Sunday, but what soon followed was 24 hours of intense scrutiny as the palace faced questions from all angles about why the family photo appeared to be digitally manipulated .
The row overshadowed yesterday’s Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey, which was led for the first time by Queen Camilla, accompanied by Prince William, during the king’s absence while he underwent cancer treatment. His Majesty instead recorded a video message for the first time.
Yesterday, Kate was spotted in the backseat of a car with her husband as he left Windsor to travel to London for two public engagements.
The Mail understands she was heading for a ‘private appointment’ and was not accompanying William in public.
Kate was later spotted leaving Windsor in a car with William yesterday as he was driven to the Commonwealth Day service in London.
The princess did not attend the service, but it was believed she had a private appointment.
William will carry out further assignments in London this Thursday.