Retouching

Kate Middleton’s photo editing fits in a history of royal retouching

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LONDON — Queen Victoria became slimmer. Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, lost her double chin. The Duke of Kent saw his wrinkles smoothed. The abdicating King Edward VIII lost his head. As Catherine, Princess of Wales, comes under scrutiny for altering photographs before they were released by the royal family, British historians have been offering up … Read more

The Royal Family’s History of Photo Retouching

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On Monday, Kate Middleton apologized for editing a family photo that was released to news wires to mark Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom. The move came hours after Associated Press, AFP, and Reuters, pulled the photo, saying it had been altered in violations of their photography standards. “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally … Read more