[karah rucker]

A PHOTO FROM THE ROYAL FAMILY MEANT TO CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY IN THE U.K. HAS RESULTED IN CONTROVERSY AND RAISED MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT KATE — BRITAIN’S PRINCESS OF WALES – IN HER FIRST IMAGE SINCE UNDERGOING ABDOMINAL SURGERY IN JANUARY.

SEVERAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS PULLING THE PHOTO OF KATE AND HER THREE CHILDREN — AFTER THE IMAGE WAS RELEASED ON SUNDAY –

KENSINGTON PALACE SAYING THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY PRINCE WILLIAM DAYS EARLIER.

HOWEVER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND OTHER NEWS AGENCIES CLAIM THE IMAGE HAS BEEN MANIPULATED – POINTING TO INCONSISTENCIES IN THE PHOTO.

[3-MONITOR]

THE AP SAYING WHILE THERE IS NO SUGGESTION THE IMAGE IS FAKE — IT DID NOT MEET THE ORGANIZATION’S PHOTO STANDARDS.

SOME OF THE WOLD’S LARGEST MEDIA GROUPS LIKE “GETTY” AND “REUTERS” FELT SIMILARLY AND PULLED THE IMAGE FROM THEIR SITES.

AND JUST THIS MORNING – KATE RELEASING A STATEMENT — ADMITTING TO EDITING THE PHOTO — SAYING QUOTE

“LIKE MANY AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS, I DO OCCASIONALLY EXPERIMENT WITH EDITING. I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APOLOGIES FOR ANY CONFUSION THE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH WE SHARED YESTERDAY CAUSED. I HOPE EVERYONE CELEBRATING HAD A VERY HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY.”