Irreparable damage may have been done to Kensington Palace\u2019s reputation among leading photo agencies in the wake of the scandal involving the image of Kate Middleton released to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day in the UK.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s according to the world\u2019s foremost photo agency, which has reportedly relegated Kensington Palace to its blacklist, claiming it\u2019s no longer \u201ca trusted source\u201d.<\/p>\n
The photo in question \u2013 depicting Kate and her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis \u2013 spread like wildfire last weekend, only to be withdrawn by multiple photo agencies including Getty and the Associated Press over concerns that it had been \u201cmanipulated\u201d.<\/p>\n
Scrutiny over the British Royal Family has neared unprecedented levels of late, fueled in no small part by the mystifying circumstances relating to Kate\u2019s January hospitalization and subsequent period of recovery.<\/p>\n
The Palace initially outlined that Kate was undergoing a \u201croutine abdominal procedure\u201d, but the lack of information offered since then has paved the way for a veritable firestorm of conjecture.<\/p>\n
Thus when the first official picture of the Princess of Wales was released to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day in the UK, it should have heralded a moment when royal fans the world over could finally breath a sigh of relief: Kate is well, it was intended to reinforce, and her total absence from the spotlight simply a byproduct of a hardworking public figure recovering on her own terms.<\/p>\n
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