Lurie conspiracies and wild speculation about the Princess of Wales have dominated conversation about the Royals for many weeks.

Well, this beaming family photo released to mark the British Mother's Day on Sunday was supposed to end all that.

And for most of yesterday afternoon, it worked.

The picture of Smiling Kate kills the absurd conspiracy theory, said the Daily Mail.

I'm Smiles Better. Kate's joyous Mother's Day photo made a front-page splash of the Metro.

The front page of the Express says Kate thanks the nation for its support with charming photo

that proves she's on the mend. But just as these newspapers were rolling off the presses

last night, a bombshell development. Myriad major global pitcher agencies announced they'd taken the unprecedented decision to kill the picture,

deleting it entirely from their systems over concerns it had been manipulated at source.

And on closer inspection, well, there couldn't be much doubt about that.

There's a glaring empty space where Princess Charlotte's sleeves should be.

Charlotte's hair seems to end abruptly on her left shoulder.

The corner of her skirt is oddly pointed.

In the background behind Prince Louis' legs,

the white step is a clear break and a jagged gap where there should be a straight line.

And the list goes on and on.

There are 16 basic rudimentary errors in total.

It's not including question marks of whether the leaves or the trees

show this part of the photo is actually months old.

The photo apparently taken by the Prince of Wales himself last week

has very clearly been manipulated and manipulated pretty badly.

Now, Catherine hasn't been seen at an official

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