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Watch moment King of Netherlands makes cruel dig at recovering Princess Kate after her photoshop drama
It comes as a surprise as the two royals not only have had a friendly history, but also a picture together
THIS is the shocking moment the King of Netherlands makes a cruel photoshop dig at Princess Kate.
King Willem-Alexander, 56, met with members of the public and referenced the edited royal photo released last Sunday.
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The recovering princess, 42, admitted to slightly altering the Mother's Day picture calling it an "experiment" by a budding amateur photographer.
However King Willem seemingly hasn't let the issue go and he made a joke when speaking to a group of children in Zutphen, Netherlands.
Footage shows the royal - who has been on the throne for over a decade - talking to a young girl in Dutch.
She says: "I have a photo with your whole family."
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Willem is alleged to have responded saying: "Really?... At least I didn't photoshop it."
A chorus of laughs then rings round the group including from Willem as they all chuckle at the jibe.
Other people have translated the comment as: “Really? That was not photoshopped, apparently!”
Kate has spent the last few weeks recovering from abdominal surgery and facing vicious rumours over her health and relationship to Prince William.
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She was last seen on public duty on Christmas Day before going to the London Clinic for surgery.
The Palace insists she is doing well and not expected back to public duty until April.
Confusion as photo agencies issue ‘kill notice’ on Kate’s adorable Mother’s Day image after royal fans spot editing fails
The King's comment comes as a surprise to some as the Dutch Royal Family is believed to be on good terms with their British counterparts.
Kate and Willem were even pictured together back in 2016 at The Hague.
King Willem and Queen Máxima were also spotted at King Charles III’s coronation ceremony last summer.
PHOTOSHOP DRAMA
A photo of Kate with children Charlotte, George and Louis sparked worldwide drama for a set of unfortunate editing errors.
Many people noticed that some parts of the image looked edited, which led to news agencies ordering a “kill notice” on the snap.
But the princess later released a statement regarding the snap and calming down absurd online theories.
She wrote: "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.”
The Princess was subjected to heavy social media criticism which led to the apology.
She is believed to have altered it three times on a computer before it was released publicly.
Royal author Ingrid Seward said: “It is ridiculous and deeply unfair when she is trying to recover from major surgery.
"She has been posing for pictures all her royal life so just give her a break.”
The palace said it would not be reissuing the original unedited photograph of Kate and her children.
WHY WERE 'KILL NOTICES' ISSUED?
NEWS agencies ordered a "kill notice
The removal orders were sent after "manipulation" on the image was discovered.
AP's order said the reason for killing the story was: "At closer inspection it appears that the source has manipulated the image."
The order then directs those who have used the photo to remove it from all platforms, including social.
Agence France-Press ordered the "mandatory kill" due to an "editorial issue" and directed that the image may no longer be used.
Reuters said the photo “has been withdrawn following a post publication review.”
Getty Images said: “For editorial reasons, please remove the following image(s) from your system and do not use in any manner.”
Getty said its picture desk "identified a problematic image" provided by the palace and removed it from its site "in accordance with our editorial policy."
PA said: "Like other news agencies, PA Media issued the handout image provided by Kensington Palace of the Princess of Wales and her children in good faith yesterday.
"We became aware of concerns about the image and we carried a report about it last night, and made clear that we were seeking urgent clarification about the image from Kensington Palace.
"In the absence of that clarification, we are killing the image from our picture service."
Each of the news agencies have their own editorial guidelines which govern how they treat images.
AP says that pictures "must always tell the truth" and that it does not alter or manipulate the content of a photograph in any way.
Its guidelines say: "The content of a photograph must not be altered in PhotoShop or by any other means. No element should be digitally added to or subtracted from any photograph."
However, AP says minor adjustments are allowed, they include cropping, colour adjustments, and light adjustments.
It comes despite calls for them to post the un-doctored snap to help quash conspiracy theories about the status of Kate's health.
The Palace had said the photo was snapped by Prince William last week, and was the first time Kate had posted online in months.
Kate and Wills were were snapped leaving Windsor Castle in a black Land Rover - just hours after Kate admitted altering the cute picture.
Kate gazed out of her backseat window and appeared to have her hair tied back in a bun as William looked at his phone.
The princess pictured for the first time since her abdominal surgery on March 4, when she was in the passenger seat of a car with her mum Carole.
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It all comes as just yesterday, a royal expert slammed Meghan Markle's decision to launch her new business on the same day as the Princess Diana's awards.
Richard Fitzwilliams told The Sun that "nothing is accidental" when it comes to the Sussexes and called the act a show of "one-upmanship" towards a recovering Kate.
Royal Photoshop fails over the years
KATE'S Mother's Day picture isn't the first time the royals have found themselves caught up in editing fails.
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Prince Louis appeared to be missing a finger in the Wales' latest Christmas card.
Fans also spotted another odd detail in the photo, saying that Prince William's leg appeared to be missing.
The late Queen's hand retouch
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip appeared to have been Photo-shopped.
There is something odd about the monarch's clasped hands in the picture, which was put out a couple of years before she died in September 2022.
Eagle-eyed royal fans spotted an odd dark outline around the edge of the Queen's right hand, which they claimed suggested it had been cut in from an alternative image.
'Zombie' Kate
An image of the Princess of Wales was used on the front of Australian publication Woman’s Day.
It looks like someone touched up the photo of Kate’s face ahead of the birth of Prince Louis in 2018.
subsequently penned a scathing review, referring to the airbrushing as "creepy zombie photoshopping".
Wills' bald spot
Vanity Fair was accused of thickening Prince William's hair during a shoot after the birth of George.
In response the publication insisted it had simply added more colours to make the photo look more “vibrant”.
George edits
US weekly changed George's appearance while he was still a baby.
The second-in-line to the throne gained greener eyes, pinker lips, more colourful hair and chubbier cheeks when he appeared on the cover of the publication in 2014.
Smaller waist
The Press Complaints Commission was called in when Grazia magazine edited a snap of Princess Kate on her wedding day in 2011 to make her waist look slimmer.
The publication admitted altering the photo, but claimed it was an inadvertent error when they cut her husband William out of the image.
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