MOTHER'S DAY IS FUELLING
SPECULATION THIS MORNING THAT
KENSINGTON PALACE IS HIDING
SOMETHING.
TAKE A LOOK.
THIS MORNING THESE WERE NOT THE
HEADLINES KENSINGTON PALACE WAS
OPENING FOR.
KATE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES AND
HER THREE KIDS WAS RELEASED BY
KENSINGTON PALACE TO CELEBRATE
MOTHER'S DAY HERE IN THE UK.
IT INCLUDES FIRST MESSAGE TO THE
PUBLIC SINCE JANUARY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WISHES
AND CONTINUED SUPPORT OVER THE
LAST TWO MONTHS.
BUT THAT MESSAGE HAS BEEN
OVERSHADOWED WHEN LATE LAST
NIGHT MULTIPLE PHOTO AGENCIES
ALL WITHDREW THE PHOTO OVER
CONCERNS OF POTENTIAL
MANIPULATION.
>> THAT MESSAGE INTENDED TO SHOW
THAT ALL IS WELL HAS BACKFIRED.
SO THE POINT OF THIS PICTURE WAS
CLEARLY DESIGNED TO SEND A
MESSAGE TO THE WORLD, YES, SHE'S
HERE.
YES, SHE'S RECOVERING WELL.
>> Reporter: THE AP SAYING IN A
STATEMENT THEY RETRACTED THE
MESSAGE BECAUSE, AT CLOSER
INSPECTION, IT APPEARS THIS
SOURCE HAD MANIPULATED THE IMAGE
IN A WAY THAT DID NOT MEET AP'S
PHOTO STANDARDS, ADDING THE
PHOTO SHOWS AN INCONSISTENCY IN
THE ALIGNMENT OF PRINCESS
CHARLOTTE'S LEFT HAND SEEN RIGHT
HERE.
MOMENTS AGO, KENSINGTON PALACE
POSTING THIS EXPLANATION.
LIKE MANY AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS,
I DO OCCASIONALLY EXPERIMENT
WITH EDITING.
I WANT TO EXPRESS ANY APOLOGIES
FOR CONFUSION.
THE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH WE SHOWED
YESTERDAY CAUSED.
IT FOLLOWS WEEKS OF SPECULATION
ABOUT KATE'S HEALTH.
ROYAL WATCHERS READING INTO
EVERY LITTLE CLUE AND EAGLE EYED
OBSERVERS THIS MORNING NOTING
THAT KATE IS WITHOUT HER USUAL
JEWELRY, INCLUDING HER
ENGAGEMENT RING.
BUT KENSINGTON PALACE HAS BEEN
CLEAR SINCE HER JANUARY
ABDOMINAL SURGERY THAT SHE WOULD
NOT BE RETURNING TO PUBLIC
DUTIES UNTIL AFTER EASTER.
BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED THIS
SOCIAL MEDIA FRENZY AND
QUESTIONS TO KENSINGTON PALACE
ABOUT WHY THEY HAVEN'T SHARED
MORE DETAILS.
THE PRINCESS HAS ONLY BEEN
SPOTTED ONCE SINCE JANUARY.
LAST WEEK IN A GRAINY IMAGE
APPEARING TO SHOW HER IN A CAR
NEAR