{"id":2199117,"date":"2024-03-14T13:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T17:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afp-news-agency-says-kensington-palace-isnt-trusted-source-after-princess-kate-photo-scandal\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T13:35:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T17:35:49","slug":"afp-news-agency-says-kensington-palace-isnt-trusted-source-after-princess-kate-photo-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afp-news-agency-says-kensington-palace-isnt-trusted-source-after-princess-kate-photo-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP Questions Kensington Palace Credibility Following Princess Kate Photo Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafp-news-agency-says-kensington-palace-isnt-trusted-source-after-princess-kate-photo-scandal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2199117&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Shift in Trust: AFP Reassesses Kensington Palace After Photo Scandal<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200c a stunning turn of\u2064 events, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/royal-family\">Kensington Palace<\/a> \u200chas found itself under the scanner of global\u2064 news giant Agence France-Presse (AFP) for potentially compromised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/photos\">photo<\/a> integrity. The \u200crecent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kate-middleton\">Kate Middleton<\/a> photo\u200d scandal has \u2064not \u200bjust dominated\u2062 the tabloids\u200b but has also shaken the confidence of one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reuters-quotes-palestinian-terrorists-alongside-prominent-world-leaders-in-reaction-piece-to-desmond-tutu-death\/\" title=\"Reuters Quotes Palestinian Terrorists Alongside Prominent World Leaders in Reaction Piece to Desmond Tutu Death\">largest news agencies<\/a> in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-andrew-to-exit-from-public-life-following-prince-philips-memorial-report\/\" title=\"Prince Andrew to Exit from Public Life Following Prince Philip\u2019s Memorial: Report\">royal sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Phil\u200b Chetwynd,\u200c AFP\u2019s \u200bglobal \u2062news\u2063 director, candidly expressed the\u200b agency&#8217;s heightened caution on BBC Radio\u200d 4&#8217;s Media Show. As \u200bper <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/03\/kate-middleton-picture-afp-kensington-palace-not-trusted-1235858254\/\">Deadline<\/a>, AFP will now\u2062 subject Kensington Palace \u200bto meticulous scrutiny, especially when handling future photo submissions from the high-profile family.<\/p>\n<h3>Media Trust\u200b in the Balance<\/h3>\n<p>Doubts were aired bluntly when\u200d &#8220;Media Show&#8221; \u2062host\u2063 Ros Atkins queried if Kensington Palace could still\u2063 be a trusted source. Chetwynd\u2019s response was\u2064 unequivocal: &#8220;<strong>No, absolutely not.<\/strong> Like\u2062 with \u200banything, when you\u2019re let down by\u2063 a source, the bar is raised&#8230;We sent out notes to \u2064all our teams at the moment to be absolutely super more \u2064vigilant about the content \u2064coming across our desk \u2014\u2063 even \u2063from what\u2063 we would call trusted sources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Detailing how extraordinary the situation is, Chetwynd compared the retraction of the Middleton photo to scenarios \u2062involving authoritarian states like Iran or North Korea. The heavily edited Mother\u2019s Day photo was flagged so seriously \u2063that\u2063 both AP and Reuters dispatched \u201ckill\u201d notices urgently.<\/p>\n<p>Chetwynd\u2062 emphasized the core value of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-are-bloodthirsty-for-ratings-trump-attorney-tears-into-media-rips-off-his-mic\/\" title=\"\u2018You Are Bloodthirsty For Ratings\u2019: Trump Attorney Tears Into Media, Rips Off His Mic\">journalistic integrity<\/a>, &#8220;<strong>One thing that\u2019s really important\u200c is you \u200ccannot be distorting reality for the public,<\/strong>\u201d he stated, highlighting the issue of\u200b trust erosion between the public, institutions, and media. &#8220;<strong>A photo must broadly represent reality as it was\u200c captured,<\/strong>&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\"><p>\n<!-- Instagram Post Embedded -->\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Amidst her convalescence following abdominal surgery in January, Kate Middleton\u2019s absence has been conspicuous, causing\u200d rumors and conspiracy theories to swirl around her prolonged\u200c break from royal\u200b engagements until Easter. Kensington Palace \u2064did little\u2063 to quell the storm with \u2063their questionable\u2064 snap.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK\u200d HERE TO GET \u200bTHE \u2064DAILY WIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Amidst all\u200b the speculation about Kate&#8217;s whereabouts, fans have even cast \u2064doubt on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-taliban-claimed-it-wouldnt-hurt-women-but-images-show-otherwise-the-terrorist-group-says-its-being-framed\/\" title=\"The Taliban Claimed It Wouldn\u2019t Hurt Women, But Images Show Otherwise. The Terrorist Group Says It\u2019s Being Framed.\">recent images<\/a>\u200c of the Duchess, speculating if they too were altered. Notably, British newspapers side-stepped publishing \u2064a photo of\u2064 her with her mother.<\/p>\n<p>Hopes lingered\u200c for a glimpse \u2062of normalcy until the last sighting of the \u2062Princess of \u200dWales at\u2062 Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064X account from Kensington Palace issued a curt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KensingtonRoyal\/status\/1767135566645092616\">apology<\/a> \u2063regarding the photo \u2062fiasco, \u2064stopping short of unveiling \u200dthe original image. &#8220;<strong>Like \u200dmany amateur photographers, I\u200d do occasionally experiment with editing,<\/strong>&#8221; \u200dthe \u2063statement read, ending with a brief note signed &#8220;C&#8221; and wishes for a \u200bhappy Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global news agency AFP now doubts Kensington Palace as a reliable source for photos in the wake of the Kate Middleton scandal, with AFP&#8217;s news director pledging strict scrutiny on future content<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2199118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Kate-Middleton-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2199117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Kate-Middleton-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}