Editor’s Note
The photograph from Kensington Palace that accompanied this story has been removed because the wire services that distributed the photo determined that it had been manipulated. The Washington Post is pursuing a story about the issues surrounding the photograph and will link to that story as soon as it is published.
LONDON — Kensington Palace released an official photo of Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Sunday — her first since she stepped back from public view as she recovered from abdominal surgery, an absence that has sparked frenzied speculation in recent weeks.
The photo, of Catherine surrounded by her three children, Prince Louis, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, was taken “earlier this week” at their home in Windsor, a spokeswoman for Kensington Palace told The Washington Post on Sunday, and Prince William, Catherine’s husband and heir to the British throne, captured the moment.
