The Fuss Over The Royal Family Photo

Lots of strange theories online! It's all a bit strange though.

it's far from the only story! and there's already a thread about this!

what about the thread re 34 bodies removed from Hull funeral director's premises and two arrests?

There’s a long thread already Mae why not join in that one

I find that I am living in a world where I struggle to separate fact from fiction. I could write on the back of a stamp what I understand about AI but I do know that it concerns me with the way it will be manipulated and not always for good. The conspiracy theorists inhabit a strange world where they take nothing at face value but pick it apart to find something they can base their weird and wild findings on. I see that photo of Kate and her children on Mother's Day as a delightful family snap taken by Prince William. I won't listen to any other wacky opinions.

Just seen an apology from Kate (Evening Standard) as she had played with editing the photo.

Didn't anyone comment at Kensington Palace or wherever her PR team reside that she had no rings on?
Surely that should have jumped out. I removed my rings during chemo as my hands swelled up at odd times. But back to wearing them now.
Just a rather strange thing to do it can hardly have been forgetfulness? Bound to prompt more questions which they must have been trying to avoid. Surely someone noticed before publication.
A shame as a lovely photo has lost its charm and the whole thing must be now giving her a massive headache.

Yes a photo issued to dispel rumours has created more. Bad move .

It’s a ridiculous fuss over nothing in my opinion.

A married woman not wearing her wedding band, shock horror

It’s totally bonkers.

Catherine is the most photographed woman in the world. She wears her rings in every photo published even when appearing in nursery schools for example and doing cookery/ pastey/gluey/gardening sort of things. So really a strange move on a photo published to quell the mad rumours and celebrate MD.
If she were plain Mrs Brown who would care if she wore rings or not. Anniebach you have missed the point.

HelterSkelter1

Catherine is the most photographed woman in the world. She wears her rings in every photo published even when appearing in nursery schools for example and doing cookery/ pastey/gluey/gardening sort of things. So really a strange move on a photo published to quell the mad rumours and celebrate MD.
If she were plain Mrs Brown who would care if she wore rings or not. Anniebach you have missed the point.

I’m not a conspiracy fan but I’m aware there are endless ‘rumours’ about Catherine’s health and their marriage. We often remove wedding and engagement rings , hands can swell for various reasons. I’m surprised this media savvy couple and their PR people didn’t ensure speculation wasn’t fuelled by this

Am I the only one to pot on shrubs, plants and take wedding band off ?

Anniebach

Am I the only one to pot on shrubs, plants and take wedding band off ?

... no you're not - I remove mine when doing various things - especially if using sticky glue or something messy.

And most people now edit their photo's...

Poor woman. The speculation is distasteful.

She can’t do anything right, nasty speculation on her health and pounced on for a bit of photoshopping.
Don’t tell me the paps don’t fiddle with pictures all the time, I feel sorry for her.

She needs major surgery, yells of ‘we have a right to know full
details’

She love photography, tries to change the position of her daughter’s hand, yells of ‘what else is being kept from us’

I very rarely wear my wedding ring, but as HelterSkelter said, you never see Catherine without hers.

Perhaps her fingers are swollen, but whilst they were editing the picture, all the more reason to have edited a hand wearing them still.

Why edit a hand wearing them still ? she wears rings on public
engagements so must wear them at all times ?

What a ridiculous fuss. The first ten minutes of BBC lunchtime news were taken up with this non-story.

What would anyone have said if Meghan was enhancing her pics? I think it wouldn’t have been so apologetic.

CoolCoco

What would anyone have said if Meghan was enhancing her pics? I think it wouldn’t have been so apologetic.

Why drag Meghan into it, is she relevant to this photo?

I think that one need look no further in this non-story than Princess Kate's determination to keep her health issues private as she's entitled to do.
They don't want official press photos because that would be intrusive and they would lose control of a situation that they are determined to control.
I imagine that with a 10? day hospital stay she has had major surgery so a two to three month convalescence would be normal.
Her appearance is probably the concern because she was pretty well skinny to start with( not a criticism she is a credit to the country in her excellent clothes taste ) and post -op as she gets her appetite back possibly even thinner.
Get well soon.

Calendargirl

I very rarely wear my wedding ring, but as HelterSkelter said, you never see Catherine without hers.

Perhaps her fingers are swollen, but whilst they were editing the picture, all the more reason to have edited a hand wearing them still.

I very rarely wear my wedding ring, but as HelterSkelter said, you never see Catherine without hers.

Maybe that's because you only see her during public engagements when she will obviously be wearing them.

How often do you see her simply relaxing at home when, like you, she may choose not to?

Labradora
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