Kate Middleton Gets Photoshopped

It’s a sad day when women as slim as Kate Middleton get the photoshop treatment. Alas, this is the world we live in.




When Grazia‘s special edition wedding issue came out shortly after the Royal Wedding in April, readers were convinced that the magazine had digitally whittled Kate‘s already-whittled waist. Indeed, The Duchess of Cambridge‘s waist (in the image at left) does look preternaturally tiny. After initially denying the rumors Grazia finally published an apology and explanation in their most recent issue, reports the Daily Mail.




Conveniently, Grazia says it was all a big misunderstanding. Apparently the magazine wanted to feature Middleton solo on it’s cover but since the Duchess was not photographed alone, they had to photoshop William out of the picture–particularly his arm around her waist–untintentionally creating a slimmer-looking Middleton. “[Grazia] would like to reassure all our readers that we did not purposely make any alternations to the Duchess of Cambridge’s image to make her appear slimmer, and we are sorry if this process gave that impression,” the magazine said in a published statement.



While the explantion is plausible enough–we don’t need to tell you how much photo editors rely on photoshop to get the image they want–it’s still disconcerting that the cover went to print with such an unnaturally skinny Middleton. What do you think? Do you buy the magazine’s excuse?



Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, popularly known as "Kate", is the wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. William is second in line to the thrones of the sixteen Commonwealth realms, and if he becomes king, she will become queen consort.

Catherine grew up in Chapel Row at Bucklebury, a village near Newbury, Berkshire, England. She studied in Scotland at the University of St Andrews, where she met William in 2001. They started a romantic relationship that continued until a break-up lasting for several months in 2007. However, they continued to be friends and rekindled their relationship later that year.




Prior to the wedding, Catherine attended many high-profile royal events. Once their relationship became public, Catherine received widespread media attention and there was much speculation that she and William would eventually marry. Their engagement was announced on 16 November 2010, and they married on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey.
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