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Smiling Kate captured alongside Prince William in new video a week after photo-editing scandal

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Catherine, Princess of Wales attends the opening of Evelina London's new children's day surgery unit on 5 December 2023 in London, England. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Catherine, Princess of Wales attends the opening of Evelina London's new children's day surgery unit on 5 December 2023 in London, England. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)
  • British media on Monday published new images of Catherine, Princess of Wales, a week after a furore over an edited photograph.
  • British tabloid The Sun published a video and a photograph of a smiling Kate, 42, walking alongside her husband, Prince William, at a farmer's market in Windsor.
  • Kate was at the centre of an uproar last week after she admitted to editing an official portrait of her and her three children that was released by Buckingham Palace on Mothering Sunday.

New images of Catherine, Princess of Wales, have been published in the British media - a week after a furore over an edited photograph of her and her children turned into a "PR disaster".

British tabloid The Sun published a video and a photograph of a smiling Kate, 42, walking alongside her husband, Prince William, at a farmer's market in Windsor, west of the capital London.

"Great to see you Kate," The Sun said on Monday evening, alongside the images of the princess wearing leggings and a black top.


Kate was at the centre of an uproar last week after she admitted to editing an official portrait of her and her three children that Buckingham Palace released on Mothering Sunday.

It came after Kate had not been seen at a public event since attending a Christmas Day church service, and underwent abdominal surgery in January, fuelling speculation about her health.

Instead of calming fears over her health, the edited picture sent the rumour mill into overdrive as the media scrambled to pull the picture.

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Kate apologised but faced criticism, even from usually supportive media.

The new images, British media, were taken on Saturday on a shopping trip.

The Sun - a usually pro-royal family publication - said experts had decried the video as a "perfect answer to trolls".

It said that William, the heir to the throne, and Kate were also present at a sports event on Sunday in which their three children - George, Charlotte and Louis - took part.

Another newspaper that is often supportive of the royals, The Daily Mail, lauded an "image that will silence the conspiracy theorists".

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The image "will reassure fans she is making a good recovery from her abdominal surgery", added the Mail, which last week described the edited photograph fiasco as a "PR disaster".

Before its release, Kate had actually already been photographed in a car with William.

But rumours about her health have persisted for weeks.

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British media over the weekend said that Kate was still not due to return to public duties until mid-April.

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