Prince William Comes Face to Face With Royal Who Mocked Princess Kate

Prince William came face to face on Thursday with a European royal who publicly poked fun at Princess Kate’s Photoshop scandal that erupted in the weeks before her cancer announcement.

William attended the international commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach in France on Thursday. The prince joined world leaders including President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron. Also in attendance were King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands.

The king made world headlines in March when he was caught on camera joking with a young fan that his family portraits weren’t “Photoshopped” as an image-manipulation scandal engulfed Kate and Kensington Palace in Britain.

The scandal sparked when the palace released a portrait of Kate and her three children taken by William to mark Mother’s Day, celebrated in Britain on March 10.

The photo was significant as it was the first official image of Kate released since Christmas Day in 2023. The princess stepped out of the public eye in January to undergo “planned abdominal surgery.”