'Not now sweetie, mummy's experimenting with editing': The most entertaining reactions to Kate Middleton's photoshopped Mother's Day picture

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Mar 12, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

To put it mildly, the 2020s have not been a good decade for the British royal family. King Charles got diagnosed with cancer only a few short months after officially taking the throne following the Queen's passing, and the institution has been left reeling by Princes Andrew and Harry for wildly different but somehow equally memeable reasons. However, the issue currently piquing everyone's interest is the whereabouts of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales and wife of the heir to the throne.

The story since the start of the year is this. Aside from a couple of blurry paparazzi shots, Kate hasn't been seen in public since Christmas after being reported to have had "planned abdominal surgery" in January. In what seemed like an attempt to squash the numerous rumors and conspiracies, a UK Mother's Day photo of her and her children was released by the official social media of the Prince and Princess this weekend.

However, it was quickly pointed out that the entire picture had been atrociously edited and possibly even tweaked with AI, with manipulation so obvious that some news agencies even refused to publish it. Kate supposedly put out an apology tweet claiming she had been "experimenting with editing", but this only added fuel to the fire for the sh*tposters. The tweets below give a pretty good summary of how the internet is reacting to all of this blatant weirdness. If you like dark humor and royal gossip, you're in for a treat.