英国凯特王妃为官方照片引起的混乱道歉

Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, apologized Monday for "any confusion" caused by a photo released over the weekend. The official photo was the first image of the princess since she had a medical operation nearly two months ago.
Kensington Palace released the photograph on social media on Sunday. It showed the 42-year-old Kate looking healthy and sitting and smiling in a chair surrounded by her three children. The photo was credited to Kate's husband, Prince William, and was said to have been taken earlier in the week in Windsor.
In a message on X, Kate wrote, "Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months." Her message also wished people a "Happy Mother's Day," as Britain celebrated the holiday on Sunday.
But shortly after the photo was published, some royal observers online began raising questions about whether the picture had been changed in some ways with image editing tools.
After close examination, several major news organizations withdrew the photo, saying it did in fact appear to have been edited in some way. Because of these changes, the picture did not meet the requirements set by those news organizations.
After the questions about the image were raised, Kate issued another message on X. 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."
Among the news agencies withdrawing the photo were The Associated Press, Reuters, the French news agency AFP, Getty Images, and Britain's Press Association.
Photo editors for Reuters said their examinations of the image showed the left arm of Kate's daughter, Princess Charlotte, did not seem to line up naturally with her body in the picture. This suggested that editing changes had been made to the photo.

Different news agencies have different policies regarding how much an image can be changed before being released. Both Reuters and the AP said the changes violated their editorial rules. Most news organizations generally only permit minor photo editing, such as cropping and making light and color changes.
The picture had already drawn widespread media attention online. This is because it was the first official image of Kate since she spent two weeks in the hospital after undergoing an abdominal operation in January. Her exact condition was not identified.
Kate's office had said during her absence that she was recovering well and was not expected to return to her public duties until after Easter, which is March 31.
I'm Bryan Lynn.
The Associated Press and Reuters reported on this story. Bryan Lynn adapted the reports for VOA Learning English.
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Words in This Story
edit – v. to prepare a piece of writing, music, art, etc. by adding to it or removing material
amateur – adj. doing something for fun and not as your job
confusion – n. a state in which someone does not understand what is happening or what they should do
abdomen – n. the lower part of a person or animal's body that contains the stomach and other organs
英国威尔士王妃凯特周一为周末发布的一张照片造成的“任何混乱”道歉。这张官方照片是近两个月前王妃接受手术后的第一张照片。
肯辛顿宫周日在社交媒体上发布了这张照片。照片显示，42岁的凯特看起来很健康，坐在椅子上微笑着，周围是她的三个孩子。这张照片是凯特的丈夫威廉王子拍摄的，据说是本周早些时候在温莎拍摄的。
在X上，凯特写道:“感谢你的祝福和过去两个月来的持续支持。”她还祝人们“母亲节快乐”，因为英国人正在周日庆祝母亲节。
但在这张照片发布后不久，一些王室观察人士在网上开始质疑这张照片是否被图像编辑工具以某种方式改变了。
在仔细检查之后，几家主要新闻机构撤回了这张照片，称它确实似乎以某种方式被编辑过。由于这些变化，图片不符合这些新闻机构设定的要求。

在对这张照片提出质疑后，凯特在x上发布了另一条消息，她写道:“像许多业余摄影师一样，我偶尔会尝试编辑。对于昨天我们分享的全家福照片给大家带来的困惑，我想表达我的歉意。”
撤回这张照片的通讯社包括美联社、路透社、法新社、盖蒂图片社和英国新闻协会。
路透社的图片编辑说，他们对这张照片的检查发现，凯特王妃的女儿夏洛特公主的左臂似乎与她的身体不太协调。这表明对照片进行了编辑更改。
不同的新闻机构对于图片在发布前可以修改多少有不同的政策。路透社和美联社都表示，这些变化违反了他们的编辑规则。大多数新闻机构通常只允许对照片进行轻微的编辑，比如裁剪、调整光线和颜色。
这张照片已经在网上引起了媒体的广泛关注。这是因为这是凯特王妃在1月份接受腹部手术后住院两周以来的第一张官方照片。她的具体情况尚未确定。
凯特的办公室在她离开期间表示，她恢复得很好，预计要到复活节后，也就是3月31日才能恢复她的公共职责。