Royal portraits include section on retouching after Princess Catherine's photograph

A new Buckingham Palace exhibition on royal portraits has included a section on the history of retouching royal family photographs. It follows the controversy over the Mothering Sunday family image released by the Princess of Wales in March that was withdrawn by picture agencies worldwide over fears that it was edited. The Princess later apologised for digitally manipulating the family picture, taken by Prince William in Windsor, explaining that “like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing.” Now …