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The fiasco began on Sunday when Middleton headed to Twitter with a Mother’s Day message for her U.K. constituents. Here is the photo that Kate posted online with the caption, "Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months. Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day. C"

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Yet more than her sweet sentiment, one element of her post managed to steal the show — the photo’s resemblance to something out of a KarJenner fever dream. Alongside Middleton’s conspicuously missing wedding ring and bright green trees that made some question whether the snap was actually taken this year, the image was defined by poorly blurred sleeves, fake-looking hair, freakishly long arms and strange hands.

“Not going to lie, this photoshop job is so bad that it's got me invested in this Kate Middleton scandal,” wrote @ItsDietrich while @amanblick came up with their own theory.

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But it wasn’t just tin-foil-hat sporting fans who had questions surrounding the post. Shortly after hitting the net, the Associated Press issued a “kill notice” for the photo, stating that “it appears that the source has manipulated the image.” “The AP later retracted the image because at closer inspection, it appears that the source had manipulated the image in a way that did not meet AP’s photo standards,” read the statement, citing “an inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte’s left hand.”

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Though Middleton ultimately hit Twitter with an apology, claiming that she had made the offending errors herself — “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” she wrote in what may be the understatement of the century — others had a whole lot of thoughts on Princess Kate’s Kardashian arc.

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