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The picture was released to co incide with mothers day, and came after weeks of Wild Speculation on social media about the princess, after abdominal surgery. Lets speak to our royal correspondent sarah campbell. She is there at Westminster Abbey and, of course, it is commonwealth day. The service there and this story totally overshadowing that, isnt it . ,. , ~. , story totally overshadowing that, isnt it . ,. ~. , isnt it . Yes. I mean, matthew, this isnt it . Yes. I mean, matthew, this is normally isnt it . Yes. I mean, matthew, this is normally one isnt it . Yes. I mean, matthew, this is normally one of isnt it . Yes. I mean, matthew, this is normally one of the isnt it . Yes. I mean, matthew, this is normally one of the big isnt it . Yes. I mean, matthew, this is normally one of the big events i isnt it . Yes. I mean, matthew, this is normally one of the big events on the royal calendar. We have representatives from the 56 Commonwealth Nations who are inside Westminster Abbey just in Commonwealth Nations who are inside Westminster Abbeyjust in the last few minutes we have seen the queen, who is here, of course, the king would normally be here as head of the commonwealth but he is, after his cancer diagnosis, is not carrying out any public facing engagement so the queen is leading the service and arriving shortly before her we saw Prince William, of course, and, as you say, the Headlines Today have not been about celebrating the commonwealth which is what the royal family would have hoped, but they have been about this issue over this mothers day photograph issued yesterday by Kensington Palace and, as you say, a few hours ago, after a storm of social media comments over editing issues, it was agreed, it was admitted by catherine, the princess of wales, that she had digitally altered the picture. Lets talk about how damaging, potentially, this is for the monarchy at a time thatis this is for the monarchy at a time that is particularly High Pressure anyway with two senior members unwell at the moment. The former press secretary to the queen, Communication Secretary to the queen, i should say. How Communication Secretary to the queen, i should say. How damaging is this . It has certainly queen, i should say. How damaging is this . It has certainly been this . It has certainly been everywhere . Well. I dont know whether everywhere . Well. I dont know whether we are in a bubble and we think whether we are in a bubble and we think it whether we are in a bubble and we think it is whether we are in a bubble and we think it is damaging. I think it is sad it think it is damaging. I think it is sad it has think it is damaging. I think it is sad it has happened on the day of the Commonwealth Service which is something the Commonwealth Service which is something so special and close to the hearts something so special and close to the hearts of the royal family. The kin the hearts of the royal family. The king had the hearts of the royal family. The king had a the hearts of the royal family. The king had a special message today, has pledged his support to the commonwealth and the timing is not great commonwealth and the timing is not areat. ,. , commonwealth and the timing is not areat. ,. , great. Can you remember anything like this before great. Can you remember anything like this before in great. Can you remember anything like this before in your great. Can you remember anything like this before in your time great. Can you remember anything like this before in your time with i like this before in your time with the Palace Press Team . Perhaps the difference here is that it was a picture taken by the prince of wales . It was not taken by a official photographer and that is something that Catheter Building and perhaps have done more so than other members of the royal family, perhaps have done more so than other members of the royalfamily, for understandable reasons. Members of the royal family, for understandable reasons. Protecting their children. Understandable reasons. Protecting their children. This understandable reasons. Protecting their children. This is understandable reasons. Protecting their children. This is led understandable reasons. Protecting their children. This is led to understandable reasons. Protecting their children. This is led to the their children. This is led to the situation their children. This is led to the situation. Yes. And i was working at buckingham situation. Yes. And i was working at Buckingham Palace obviously most of the photographs were taken either by official the photographs were taken either by official photographers or by the royal official photographers or by the royal rotor so newspaper photographers or broadcasters but Social Photographers or broadcasters but social media was not as prevalent as it is today social media was not as prevalent as it is today so social media was not as prevalent as it is today so i think it is quite clever it is today so i think it is quite clever that it is today so i think it is quite clever that they do use social media and their clever that they do use social media and their own team to take photographs. I also think it is very charming photographs. I also think it is very charming that the princess of wales has taken charming that the princess of wales has taken family photographs they can he has taken family photographs they can be issued to the media and to the ouhiio can be issued to the media and to the ouhiio i can be issued to the media and to the public. I mean, she is obviously an accomplished photographer but we all want an accomplished photographer but we all want to an accomplished photographer but we all want to have the best photographs of ourselves cannot who hasnt photographs of ourselves cannot who hasnt been guilty of editing your own photo. Hasnt been guilty of editing your own photo hasnt been guilty of editing your own hoto. ~. , ~. , own photo. What you think happens now that the own photo. What you think happens now that the apology own photo. What you think happens now that the apology has own photo. What you think happens now that the apology has been own photo. 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As i said, the Commonwealth Service happens now . Good to talk to you. As i said, the Commonwealth Service is l i said, the Commonwealth Service is under way. I said, the Commonwealth Service is underway. Senior i said, the Commonwealth Service is under way. Senior members of the royalfamily, the queen, Prince William r inside Westminster Abbey as we speak but the discussion outside is not really of the commonwealth, which is the headline that the royal family would prepare. Back to you. That the royal family would prepare. Back to yon back to you. Lets explore this a little more back to you. Lets explore this a little more and back to you. Lets explore this a little more and obvious back to you. Lets explore this a little more and obvious issues i little more and obvious issues around trust and what this story tells us. Around trust and what this story tells us. So, what made the News Agencies suspicious about the picture in the first place . Nick eardly at bbc verify has been investigating. We have been looking at a lot of the details of the picture and also some of the meta data. I will come back to that in a minute but there is always frenzied speculation about the royals and theres been a lot of unsubstantiated speculation online about the health of the princess of wales. This was the image released yesterday morning. The First Official image of her this year after that surgery in january but a number of people noticed some discrepancies which, once you see them, are actually quite hard to ignore. Lets start with this one here. This is princess charlottes sleep. You can see this bit here does not match up with this bit here. Something has clearly gone wrong. Another one here. This is princess catherines zip. Look at thats there and that there. The parts of zip dont match up. And finally this is her hand as well which is around the waist of one of the princess. As you can see, it is a bit blurry. There are a few others too. About half a dozen in total. The others are bit less obvious. But thatis the others are bit less obvious. But that is the picture and it has led to these issues which are a number of Picture Agencies Saw and decided they cannot keep these pictures up. That is clearly not normal. That then led to the statement this morning from the princess of wales, apologising for the confusion because in saying she experimented with editing, like many amateur photographers. Before that statement and sense, we have been speaking to and sense, we have been speaking to a number of Photography Experts about what might be going on here and all of them have said that it does look like it was editing. Perhaps in an application like photoshop. None of them think theres any evidence of anything like Artificial Intelligence being used. And the theory that it is editing seems to be back up by their split at this is meta data from the picture. Basically information which is attached to images about them. This is the meta data from the press Association Picture we have been using. We have been searching through it. If you at this bit and to this but here, it does show that the image was saved twice on photoshop put up once on friday evening, another time on saturday morning. Both on a evening, another time on saturday morning. Both on evening, another time on saturday morning. Both on a computer. Now, kensington morning. Both on a computer. Now, Kensington Palace morning. Both on a computer. Now, Kensington Palace will morning. Both on a computer. Now, Kensington Palace will be morning. Both on a computer. Now, Kensington Palace will be by Kensington Palace will be by explaining it and admitting there are some edits to this, to end the debate on this picture. It is debate on this picture. It is important debate on this picture. It is important to debate on this picture. It is important to bear debate on this picture. It is important to bear this debate on this picture. It is important to bear this in mind. We dont actually have the original image. We have this, we have noticed the problem with it but we cannot be certain about what changes have been made because we do not have anything to compare this to. Well, nick, thank you very much. Well, nick, thank you very much. The former Conservative Party deputy chairman, lee anderson, has defected, to the populist party reform uk. Lee anderson was suspended by the tories last month, for refusing to apologise for comments about londons mayor, being � controlled by islamists. It means reform uk now has an mp, for the First Time Since it launched in 2018. Heres helen catt. Just two months ago lee anderson was a senior conservative, the deputy chair of the party. Since then he has quit that post, been suspended and this morning was presented to the cameras as the first mp for reform uk. People will say that ive took a gamble and im prepared to gamble, as i know from my mail bag how many people support reform uk. Like millions of people, all i want is my country back. He was suspended by the conservatives last month. He refused to apologise for claiming that the london mayor was controlled by islamists. I made some remarks about the london mayor. For which i was stripped of the whip from the Conservative Party. A let me be clear now, i will not apologise. Reforms leading believes that he will win them voters who switched to the tories from labour. We are going to get lee re elected as reform uks mp and the second part of the dials lee will be a fantastic champion of the red wall and we will replace the tories as the alternative to keir starmer. Elected in 2019 anderson has often hit the headlines for his opinions and built on that high profile as a paid presenter on gb news. A former miner he was previously a labour activist. And as a an mp rose to the top. A minister played down his defection. Lee is someone i have worked with, i like him personally. I think he has made a real mistake. Because as he has said, in his own words, reform is not the answer and a vote for reform will only let in a labour government. What this reveals is the chaos in the Conservative Party, a government divided from top to bottom, and rishi sunak too weak to assert authority. Country, constituency and then party. Mr anderson gave a spiky defence, but he will prove a thorn in the side of his former colleagues. Lee anderson spoke to bbc Political Editor chris mason a short time ago. Take a listen. You talked about, when you are reflecting on the mayor of london in the interview that you did that has triggered a lot of what has come along in the past few weeks, you talked about his mates, who are you referring to . Referring to . Anyone who disrupts our wa of referring to . Anyone who disrupts our way of life referring to . Anyone who disrupts our way of life on referring to . Anyone who disrupts our way of life on london. Referring to . Anyone who disrupts i our way of life on london. Marchers, demonstrators. Why would they be his mates . Theyre definitely not my mates. Why would they be his . When you see somebody flashing, like, graphics onto big ben that says from the river to the sea and their chanting murderous chance, and he does absolutely nothing, then you can make your own mind up. He is actually turning a blind eye, he has not called it out. It is as though it is acceptable on The Streets Of London and it is not. But it is acceptable on The Streets Of London and it is not. It is acceptable on The Streets Of London and it is not. But you are not suggesting. London and it is not. But you are not suggesting, in london and it is not. But you are not suggesting, in labelling london and it is not. But you are | not suggesting, in labelling those people as his mates, that there is a connection between the two of them because of a shared faith . It has because of a shared faith . It has not because of a shared faith . It has got nothing because of a shared faith . It has got nothing to because of a shared fa