Yes. It’s news because she hasn’t been seen in public for quite a while now and the royal family wishes not to speak about her whereabouts. Rumours has it that she had a surgery which failed and she is now in a possible medical induced coma.

To calm the rumours the family decided to release this picture but it now appears to be photoshopped or AI. And in a response to the backlash, a press statement by Kate was made saying that ‘she sometimes likes to edit pictures as a hobby’.