Dutch King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands couldn’t help but poke fun at Kate Middleton’s recent photo-editing scandal.
The Dutch monarch spoke to members of the public at a royal engagement in Zutphen, Netherlands Thursday where a little girl asked him about his family portrait.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with the schoolgirl, the King quipped, “At least I didn’t photoshop it,” referencing Middleton’s recent digital mishap.
The joke seemingly landed with royalists, who burst into laughter at the cheeky jibe in a clip shared on X.
The Princess of Wales was forced to issue an apology this week after she released a doctored family photo for UK Mother’s Day on March 10.
Just seconds after the image was unveiled on social media, eagle-eyed followers noticed a myriad of editing mishaps in the photo of the royal with her three children.
The widespread speculation prompted conspiracy theorists to come out of the woodwork, with claims being made not only about Middleton’s health but also her whereabouts.
Middleton returned to social media to set the record straight on what had happened with the snap.
“Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” Kate Middleton wrote on X in the wake of the controversy. “I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused.”
Leading photo agencies — including Reuters, the Associated Press, Getty, and Agence France-Presse — subsequently yanked the image over numerous signs it had been altered.
France’s AFP news agency has since announced that Kensington Palace cannot be deemed a “trusted source” of information.
Phil Chetwynd, the global news director of AFP appeared on BBC Radio 4’s “Media Show” recently, and said that the Prince and Princess of Wales’ mouthpiece is “absolutely not” reliable.
While the Palace has opted to stay silent about the debacle, Prince William on Thursday gushed that his wife is the “arty” one in the relationship.
However, he did not address the mounting speculation about her health during his youth center outing
