[Spoonman]

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.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

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.

[Spoonman]

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.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

The coverage hasn't really made it clear.

[Watchman]

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"

[Andy McDandy]

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.

[kreuzberger]

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.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

If she wasn't a princess she'd be doing something in a Hoxton ad agency.

No chance! Standards much higher than that...

[Andy McDandy]

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

[Youngian]

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

[Oboogie]

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

[satnav]

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.

[The Weeping Angel]

Go on what's happened?

[Oboogie]

Nobody knows, that's why the speculation continues.

[The Weeping Angel]

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.

[Andy McDandy]

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.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

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.

[Oboogie]

So Meghan probably hasn't murdered her after all?

Just wait 'til I tell Twatter!

[Killer Whale]

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.

[Youngian]

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