‘Fake’ Princess Kate photo becomes royal nightmare
That anyone is even questioning the veracity of the photograph is the stuff of nightmares for the palace in a world where fake news is spinning out of control.
In 2013, after the birth of Prince George, Kensington Palace released a family photograph taken by Michael Middleton and quietly changed royal history.
The amateur snap of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their firstborn son and their dog was endearingly candid. It also set the tone of a decade of royal coverage: pictures taken by the family, of the family, and sent out under their control.
