Actually, Kensington Palace just wanted to send the people a greeting on British Mother’s Day – and at the same time finally show a picture of Princess Kate again. But due to some suspected image manipulation, it really backfired.
The internet notices everything. The internet never forgets. Actually, this should also have reached Kensington Palace and the Prince and Princess of Wales. It is therefore all the more important that every image, no matter how small and harmless, that is published on the social channels such as Instagram, Twitter, etc. does not provide a target for attack. An actually harmless greeting for British Mother’s Day is now the royals’ undoing. Because according to her own statements, Kate wants to have edited the picture herself – and didn’t do a very good job (you can find out more here). What follows, of course, is mockery and ridicule.
Under the term “#Katespiracy”, a mixture of Kate’s name and the English word “Conspiracy”, creative people are gathering on social networks to celebrate the misstep together – and to work on the royals.
Does Kensington Palace only have Microsoft Paint?
For example, there is speculation as to which software the palace might have used for the photo. Since the interventions are quite obvious in some places – others would say: poorly done – an image editing program is of course very obvious.
In addition, other people take over crisis communication for the palace. “They just went skiing. Everything is fine. Everything is good,” writes one – and then submits a picture from the alleged short trip to the snow. With obviously even worse editing skills.
Become a meme: Princess Kate as a Jesus fresco
Since strange events on the Internet have been increasing again recently, it is of course obvious to cross the palace photo with a “meme” from the past few weeks. So one person put heads on Kate and the children from the completely unsuccessful Willy Wonka show in Glasgow (find out more here).
Others are also pursuing a similar approach, such as an
The palace is expected to spend the beginning of the week picking up the pieces left by the image on social media. What is somewhat surprising is that the image can still be seen everywhere. In an Instagram story, Princess Kate reportedly spoke out herself and explained that she had produced the image errors. She writes: “Like many amateur photographers, I occasionally experiment with photo editing. I would like to apologize for any confusion caused by the family photo we shared yesterday. I hope everyone celebrating had a happy Mother’s Day. C.” The C stands for the name Catherine.
However, the justification assumes that one is prepared to believe that Princess Kate edited the photo herself after it was taken and then published it without further examination by an expert. A somewhat absurd idea that, if in doubt, could further encourage #Katespiracy.
Source: Stern
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