Prince Harry and Meghan Markle break their silence on Princess Kate’s photo-editing scandal: Sussexes speak out and DENY anyone in their camp claims the Duchess ‘would never make that mistake’

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have broken their silence on the Princess of Wales’s photo-editing spree by denying that sources in their camp have made comments about how the Duchess of Sussex might have handled a similar situation.

Amid mounting speculation surrounding the Mother’s Day image of Kate and her children, which was released to the world by Kensington Palace on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell Foundation spoke out and denied that any official representative of the couple had done that. comments on the controversy on page six.

Speak with NewsweekThe spokesperson took issue with quotes published by the outlet stating that a source “close to Prince William, Harry and his wife” did not come “from us.”

The source in question told Page Six that the editing error is “not a mistake Meghan would ever make,” noting that “she has a keen eye and a whimsical attention to detail.”

The now infamous photoshopped Mother’s Day image of the Princess of Wales and her children – the first public image of her since her operation

However, Archewell’s official spokesperson has now insisted to Newsweek that the information “did not come from us,” saying simply: “As far as Page Six is ​​concerned, it did not come from us.”

The statement marks the first time Harry, 39, and his wife have officially discussed the photo editing controversy in any official capacity.

Alongside claims that Meghan would ‘never make the movie’ [same] wrong,” Page Six also published quotes from an insider who claimed the Sussexes “would have been destroyed” if they had released a similarly edited image.

“If Harry and Meghan had ever faced the same problem, they would have been destroyed,” the source quotes read.

‘The same rules do not apply to both couples.

“This is not a mistake Meghan would ever make… she has a keen eye and a whimsical eye for detail.”

However, the outlet did not mention that the quotes came from within Archewell — and Newsweek noted that the comments could have been made by an acquaintance of the Sussexes who is not officially connected to the Foundation.

Meghan and Harry’s response to these claims came after an explosion of conspiracy theories after six of the world’s top photo agencies, including the Press Association, sensationally withdrew the photo from their telephone networks and libraries amid concerns that the ‘source manipulated the image’ .

The Princess of Wales was seen for the first time since the photo was published as she sat in the back of a car leaving Windsor Castle with Prince William on Monday.

DailyMail.com identified 16 separate edits to the image, including issues with the Princess’s jeans zipper and with Princess Charlotte’s hand and skirt

The Princess of Wales stated on Instagram that she was responsible for editing the image, while apologizing for “any confusion the… photo caused.”

Princess Kate publicly took the blame for the family photo released by Kensington Palace, as she apologized for the “confusion” in a statement on Wales’ official Instagram account.

‘Like many amateur photographers, I occasionally experiment with montage. “I wanted to apologize for any confusion the family photo we shared yesterday caused,” she wrote.

“I hope everyone who celebrated had a very happy Mother’s Day,” Kate concluded, before signing off with a ‘C’ statement for Catherine.

The photo of the mother-of-three beaming with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis was the first official photo released of the princess since she underwent “planned abdominal surgery” on January 16.

Despite calls for the original to be published, Kensington Palace said it would not reissue the unedited photo of Kate and her children.

In the wake of public speculation surrounding the image, royal insiders have claimed that the Princess of Wales is keen to move on from the row – and is struggling to cope with the aftermath.

Kate was spotted for the first time since the image was released on Monday, when she was pictured leaving Windsor Castle with her husband, Prince William.

It is understood the Princess of Wales was traveling for a ‘private appointment’ – while Prince William was due to travel to London for two public engagements.

The mother-of-three was not expected to be seen in public until after Easter after undergoing abdominal surgery and spending two weeks in a private hospital in London in January. Her surprise appearance came as wild online conspiracy theories swirled around the princess and her health.

Kensington Palace is under immense pressure to release the unedited image, which experts say was altered using Photoshop and related AI tools.

The world’s biggest photo agencies later ‘killed’ the photo after noticing signs of digital editing, including a missing section of Princess Charlotte’s sleeve and the misaligned edge of her wrist and skirt, and the placement of Kate’s zipper.