Prince William's Compliment To Kate Middleton After Photo Fiasco Is Raising Eyebrows

After Catherine, Princess of Wales, confessed to editing her suspicious U.K. Mother's Day portrait, Kensington Palace likely hoped that would squash the story. However, no such luck. A compliment that William, Prince of Wales, gave to Kate Middleton after the fiasco has brought the photoshopped picture back to the forefront of peoples' minds.

On March 14, 2024, William attended the opening of London's WEST Youth Zone. As seen in a video posted to the Sky News account on X, formerly known as Twitter, the prince was decorating cookies at the event. When someone commended him for his work on the cookie, William said, "No, it's really not that impressive. My wife is the arty one. And my children, my children are artier than I am." He then asked one of the kids at the event which frosting color to use next.

The comment about Kate being "arty" is definitely interesting timing after the graphic design drama. One reply to the tweet brought that up, with the commenter saying, "Not very good at Photoshop, though." Despite the fiasco that is the doctored photograph of Kate and her kids, the princess does enjoy photography as a hobby. Lewis Carroll's photography was even the subject of Kate's master's thesis at St. Andrews.

PA News (via Yahoo!) reported that during a campus visit to Nottingham Trent University Clifton Campus, Catherine, Princess of Wales, said that the hobbies she picked up in university are ones she still enjoys. She continued, "I loved trying out new things, and challenging myself, whether [in] sports, music, or art." She mentioned a few by name, including tennis and photography.

While speaking with Woman & Home about the things Kate Middleton loves to do for fun, royal expert Carolyn Harris said Kate takes the photos of her children that are shared with the media. Harris continued, "And so we're seeing the Duchess' perspective on royal life and on her family, and that this is clearly an important creative outlet for her, as well as being a way to manage images of her children, reaching the wider public." Of course, that backfires sometimes, as people have seen with the U.K. Mother's Day photo.

But photography isn't the only artistic pursuit of Kate's. One hobby that she and Princess Charlotte of Wales have in common is playing the piano. Princess Kate is also very sporty, indulging in tennis and one strange hobby William, Prince of Wales, can't get behind — swimming in ice-cold water. That doesn't mean, however, that he doesn't admire his wife's endeavors, and he's not shy about giving her compliments.

Given Princess Catherine's recent photo-editing scandal, Prince Williams' compliment to his wife about her artistic skills may not have been given at the best moment. It's likely, though, that he didn't even give the comment more than a passing thought, as he's actually quite the devoted fan when it comes to Kate, regularly praising her for a variety of things.

After their engagement was announced in 2010, the couple sat down for an interview. William talked about trying to impress Kate while in university by cooking meals and applauded her for being a good sport and stepping in to save things from burning. During another appearance, as noted by The Guardian, he shared his affection. "Obviously we both have a very fun time together, both have a very good sense of humor about things, we're down to earth, we take the mickey out of each other a lot, and she's got plenty of habits that make me laugh that I tease her about." 

William has also been known to express admiration for his wife with fans. In 2022, while the couple were walking through Wales, Hello! reported William commenting on the cold weather, then noted, "[Kate] has the coldest hands ever. They say, 'Cold hands, warm heart.'" And when a fan told William they liked Kate's outfit at an event in 2023, Express shared that William heartily agreed, replying to the fan, "Aww ... she always looks stunning."