Five Photoshop Fails in Princess Kate’s Family Portrait That We Can’t Unsee

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What should have been an innocuous family photo celebrating the U.K.'s Mother's Day has turned into

What should have been a simple family photograph celebrating Mother's Day in the U.K. has turned into a worldwide drama, and placed the British royal family under a microscope.

On Sunday, Kensington Palace released the first official photo of Catherine, Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery in mid-January. The photo, which the palace said was taken by Prince William, shows her posing amongst her three children: Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5. Major international news agencies like the Associated Press and Reuters recalled the picture from distribution just hours after its release, alleging that the source had manipulated the original snap.

The unprecedented move exacerbated the controversy surrounding Kate's abrupt absence from the public-eye as she recovers from surgery. Conspiracy theorists gained newfound traction on social media and outlets like CNN announced that they would be re-reviewing “all handout photos previously provided by Kensington Palace.”

The debacle led the palace to issue a rare personal apology written by the Princess of Wales herself, in which she confessed to editing the photo: “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day.” A palace source subsequently told Bazaar that the princess had “made minor adjustments.”

It's worth nothing that this isn't the first time that the royals have been accused of a bad Photoshop job. It's likely that the palace has pulled off stunts like this before, particularly when it comes to capturing a picture-perfect portrait with multiple (and probably fussy) children.

But if you're still curious which editing errors are causing all this commotion, we pinpointed five mistakes experts found in Kate's photo. Scroll ahead to see them all.

Princess Charlotte's sleeve

Associated Press killed distribution of the portrait on Sunday, pointing out the photo's most glaring error for their decision: the left sleeve of Princess Charlotte's cardigan had been partially removed.

Princess Kate's zipper

CNN noted that the zipper of Princess Kate's jacket is not aligned.

Princess Charlotte's hair

An analysis from the New York Times found an artificial pattern where Charlotte's hair meets her shoulder.

Tiles reappear

That same New York Times analysis also found tiles oddly repeating on the floor near Prince Louis's feet—possibly an issue with the clone stamp tool, which replicates one part of an image to another part.

Lines are misaligned

Behind Louis, many noticed that a straight white edge against the wall appears to have been disrupted or misaligned.

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