Kate and William shopping video: Will this end royal speculation?

Video emerged of Kate, the Princess of Wales, out shopping in Windsor with her husband, Prince William. And a photo of the Queen with royal children was altered, Getty says.

LONDON — A shopping trip may never have received such scrutiny.

After more than a week of speculation and rumors about the whereabouts and health of Kate, the Princess of Wales, a grainy video emerged appearing to show her out with her husband, Prince William.

That might have been the end of the story in a different era. Not so in the age of internet-fueled conspiracy theories and nosediving trust in public institutions: a time when anything is forgeable and therefore everything, especially anything put out by Britain’s royal family these past few weeks, remains open to questions.

The video, published by the British tabloid The Sun, shows a man in a baseball cap and a jacket, accompanied by a woman with brown hair wearing a hooded sweater and sports leggings. The newspaper said it was recorded at Windsor Farm Shop, near the couple’s home to the west of London, and it splashed the story on its front page alongside the headline, “Great to see you again, Kate!"

Britain’s most-read paper, The Daily Mail, summarized the generally sympathetic tone of the country’s news media, calling it the “image the world has been waiting to see.”

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