What's happening?

It should have been a simple Mother's Day tweetThe name for a message posted on an X (formerly Twitter) account. . A photo of Kate MiddletonThe wife of the UK's Prince William, now more often known as the Princess of Wales. She is Britain's future queen. and her three children all with wide smiles.

Then social media users noticed something was off. Their hair did not behave the way hair should. Bits of clothing seemed to blur into each other. And why did all the kids have their fingers crossed?

On Sunday night, big global media organisations decided to stop sharing the photo - saying it had been edited.

For 24 hours, no comment from the palace. Then yesterday morning they announced that the princess had edited the photo herself.

The princess, who will one day be queen, has not been seen in publicOrdinary people in the community or a place where everyone is allowed to go. since last year. In January, the Royal Family said that she was having an operation and would be recovering until Easter.

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But online, people have been spreading wild rumoursA story that is being told, but nobody knows if it is really true or not. Gossip. . Some claimA statement made without clear proof. she is more ill than the palace says. They have been looking for clues - even tiny ones - that they are right.

The Mother's Day photo was supposed to stop the rumours. But now experts say it has only made them worse.

Have the royals lost all trust?

Yes! Editing the photo is a form of lying to the public. Now, everything the royals do or say will be looked at even more closely. They have made the situation worse.

No! This is nothing more than a group of bored people having fun online. Photographers often make edits to photos to make sure everyone looks good. The princess should be allowed to recover in peace.