Even after Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis was made public, some people are still raising questions about the video she released. When Kensington Palace released a photo of Kate and her children for Mother’s Day in the UK, it was quickly removed from sites such as the Associated Press and Getty Images due to the questionable editing job done on the photo. The removal from those sites only added to the conspiracy theories already spreading like wildfire all over social media at the time. As a result, Kate and Kensington Palace released the video of her announcing that she had cancer to finally put those rumors to rest, but it seems it's only made major photo agencies even more skeptical.
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They have a good reason to question the video.
"THIS HANDOUT CLIP WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD-PARTY ORGANIZATION," the message from Getty Images reads alongside the video, "AND MAY NOT ADHERE TO GETTY IMAGES' EDITORIAL POLICY."
The company did offer a little more insight to E! News about its decision, saying the company "includes a standard editors note to handout content provided by third-party organizations." And in this case, Kensington Palace is a third-party organization.
The Mother's Day photo was pulled quickly.
Although it may be standard practice for Getty, the timing of it comes close to the photoshopping scandal. The head of Agence France-Presse, or AFP, announced in March that it was reconsidering its relationship with Kensington Palace after it claimed that Kate’s Mother’s Day photo looked edited. The image was then pulled from circulation amid concerns.
Photo agencies no longer trust the palace.
While having a conversation on BBC Radio 4, the question was asked if AFP could still see Kensington Palace as a "trusted source."
Phil Chetwynd, AFP’s global news director, forcefully replied, "No, absolutely not. Like with anything, when you’re let down by a source, the bar is raised. We sent out notes to all our teams at the moment to be absolutely super more vigilant about the content coming across our desk."
Photo agencies pulled the Mother's Day photo from their sites.
Photo agencies such as AFP, Associated Press, Reuters, and Getty Images issued an uncommon "kill notice" to media outlets, telling them to immediately remove the photo. "At closer inspection, it appears that the source has manipulated the image," AP shared.
Chetwynd said the agencies all got together before agreeing to pull the image. They even asked Kensington Palace to provide the original image, which it reportedly refused to do. Kate then apologized for the photoshopping fail on social media.
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Kate took control of her cancer diagnosis video.
When it came to the cancer video, Kate "wrote every word herself” a source told People. The video was filmed in the gardens of Kensington Palace by the BBC two days before its release.
"She wrote the words herself, delivered it personally and wanted to decide when the time was right to hit the world with this news," the source explained. The insider cited Kate and William’s need to make sure their kids were OK before releasing the news.
