The official christening photo of Prince Archie, featuring the proud Duke and Duchess of Sussex, has become embroiled in a controversy over alleged digital manipulation.
Global picture agency Getty has claimed that the portrait was ‘digitally enhanced’, despite no apparent visual discrepancies. Captured by fashion photographer Chris Allerton and released after Archie’s christening on July 6, 2019, the image portrays the two-month-old alongside Meghan, Prince Harry, King Charles, Camilla, William, Kate, Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland, and Princess Diana’s sisters.
Mr. Allerton vehemently refuted these allegations, stating, ‘Load of nonsense. Goodbye.’
Global picture agency Getty has announced the recall of Prince Archie’s official christening photo, citing allegations of ‘digital enhancement’ in the portrait.
Following the uproar from last week surrounding the Princess of Wales’s Mother’s Day portrait, prompted by her acknowledgment of occasionally experimenting with editing, various international news agencies have issued a ‘kill’ notice, retracting its use.
Getty has also applied the same labeling to a portrait of the late Queen, captured by Kate in August 2022 at Balmoral. Both images now carry an ‘editor’s note’ in their Getty captions, indicating: ‘Image has been digitally enhanced at source.’
Kate’s portrait of the late Queen, featuring her two grandchildren, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex, along with eight great-grandchildren—Lena Tindall, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Isla Phillips, Prince Louis, Mia Tindall, Lucas Tindall, and Savannah Phillips—was unveiled on April 21 last year, commemorating what would have been Elizabeth II’s 97th birthday.
Princess Charlotte’s floral dress displays a recurring pattern, potentially indicating editing.
The tartan pattern on the late Queen’s skirt seems to have been cut and appears misaligned.
The dimple in the green sofa they are seated on seems to have undergone digital alteration.
