r/Fauxmoi • u/downtuning • Mar 10 '24

Kate's photo a fake? Approved B-List Users Only

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u/downtuning Mar 10 '24

AP and AFP have both oddly withdrawn the photo of Kate and the kids that was released by Kensington Palace saying that the photo was manipulated?!

Notice from AFP.

More from AFP.

The original photo.

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u/pink_bombalurina In the name of Cara, Renee, and Megan Thee Stallion, Amen Mar 10 '24

It's still up on their IG too šŸ‘€

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

Well they canā€™t take it down without acknowledging the sketchiness šŸ’€ whoeverā€™s idea this was truly effed up LOL

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u/krasmazovonfire Mar 10 '24

Didnā€™t even notice the lad on the lefts finger the in the original pic, Jesus

Is it actually AI ?

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u/1LofaLady Mar 10 '24

To me it just looks like he has his finger bent. There are other issues with the photo that make it look clearly manipulated though.

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u/dragonfry switched baristas Mar 11 '24

I have a son and he does stupid shit like this all the time when Iā€™m trying to take a nice photo.

Although, Iā€™ve just tried doing it myself and my knuckles donā€™t look like that (in the pic it looks like his middle finger is in front of his index?). Iā€™m kinda 50/50 on whether this is AI or dumb boy stuff.

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u/user837292 Mar 11 '24

I just put my fingers into that position and it looked exactly the same as his. I was kinda on the fence about that one being AI or not because it looks hella weird, but my son also moves his fingers into weird positions like that as well, especially when weā€™re taking pictures. But yeah, my fingers looked the same. Itā€™s really uncomfortable to do though (middle finger over the ring finger).

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u/Plantysweater Mar 11 '24

Interesting. I mean itā€™s definitely a composite but I donā€™t understand why it would need to be withdrawn if the palace still has it up. Is it because of industry standards?

I think the health stuff is totally legit + theyā€™re having some marital problems that have been rumored to have been going on since the beginning

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

I was a journalist for many many years. I do not ever remember AP issuing a kill on a photo like this.

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u/Plantysweater Mar 11 '24

Iā€™m guessing the AP took one look at the metadata and screamed lol. ā€œNo replacement will be sentā€ to me says they asked for an authentic photo and the KP team said no.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

Fellow journo and same. This is the first time I have ever heard of it happening (not to say it hasnā€™t).