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All this hullabaloo about the media not publishing a photo of the Princess of Wales + offspring due to some not great editing of it, yet they don't have any morals about hacking into the mobile phones of the royal family.

It's not 'the media' it's the picture agencies. They have much more stringent standards.
And it wasn't edited, it was manipulated. There's a big difference.

Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:43 pm It's not 'the media' it's the picture agencies. They have much more stringent standards.
And it wasn't edited, it was manipulated. There's a big difference.

Fair point.

The coverage hasn't really made it clear.

I think a lot of that is down to the likes of The Mail etc, whenever a "Royal photo" is released, they love the narrative pf "OOO Kate's took lovely photo's of the kids, isn't she clever"

Of course - it spoils the narrative. After all, if she isn't perfect, that calls into question why we're fawning over her. It also knocks a hole in those "Aaah but they can't answer back" arguments.

She's vaguely skilled with a few creative apps. If she wasn't a princess she'd be doing something in a Hoxton ad agency.

The chattering classes, of which we are paid-up members, don't seem to be particularly miffed about this fiasco.

Fact is, an image was released to the media, knowing full-well that it would be the lead news story in the UK and on many a front page overseas. That image, with the weight of a thousand words or more, was an untruth. It didn't happen. It was a lie.

That Kensington Palace has simply shrugged its eyes with a "whatevs" is emblematic of what they think of the truth and the proles beneath them.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité or "...grâce à nos canonniers", as is le mot du jour.

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:00 pm If she wasn't a princess she'd be doing something in a Hoxton ad agency.

No chance! Standards much higher than that...

The media fucking love it. Stuff like this fills pages by itself. It's all just living soap opera to them anyway.

The royal bit on the side had a public sector role rather than corporate PR.

Sarah Rose Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, has been widely hailed for her style over the years

The former model, 39, was once a researcher for Conservative MP Michael Gove https://www.independent.co.uk/life-styl ... 10472.html

Ah yes, Sarah Rose Cholmondeley, William's Camilla. Is she the alleged pegger, or is that another one?

All the usual client journalists have taken to social media to tell people that there is nothing to see here and urging people to move on. I some how can't see that happening any time soon.

Go on what's happened?

Nobody knows, that's why the speculation continues.

The problem is that a lot of the speculation is bonkers, so if it it turns out to be innocuous then a lot of people are going to look very silly.

And we'll all move on, and everyone will blame the people they always blame.

Kind of underlines the essential triviality of the royals in a way.

It seems the manipulation was a technique known as focus stacking. I think it may be automatic in the top-range cameras.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... of-editing

The lens used was a 50mm f1.2, which has a very shallow depth of field - the part of the image that is completely in focus is narrow, so that in a single shot an area the back of the subject will be out of focus if the front is sharp. The way round that is to take a series of images at different distances (focal distances) and then compositing them together to make a single, all-in-focus image. That can be done in Photoshop. It's a widespread practice, and as both the royal couple are photographers they would probably know of it.

Nothing sinister.

So Meghan probably hasn't murdered her after all?

Just wait 'til I tell Twatter!

Just been over to Xitter and noticed that #IStandWithCatherine is trending. Very much against my better judgement, I clicked. Turned out to be hundreds of people asking why the hell #IStandWithCatherine is trending.

What opinions are there to hold apart wishing the woman well after her operation?