Princess Beatrice, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Mike Tindall and Zara Tindall at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse on March 14, 2024.Photo:Adam Davy/PA Images/Getty
Adam Davy/PA Images/Getty
Princess BeatriceandZara Tindallare kicking off spring with a double date at the races.
On Thursday, the first cousins and their husbands,Edoardo Mapelli MozziandMike Tindall, spent time together at the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. The foursome laughed in a few group photos taken on the third day of the horse race, which is known as St. Patrick’s Thursday.
While the outing seemed social, Zara was technically on duty. The equestrian, 42, is on the Cheltenham Racecourse committee and attended the race for the third day in a row. Zara’s mother,Princess Anne, also came to spectate for a second day, which is no surprise as she’s adedicated horsewomanlike her daughter.
Members of the royal family often slip into the stands at certain equestrian events around the U.K., andQueen Camilla,Princess EugenieandJack Brooksbankchecked out theCheltenham Festivalon Wednesday.
Princess Beatrice, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Mike Tindall and Zara Tindall at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse on March 14, 2024.Adam Davy/PA Images/Getty
The Thursday trip to the Cheltenham Festival came three days afterKate Middleton, 42, released arare apologyto social media for “any confusion” regarding the Mother’s Day photo published on Sunday after multiple global photo agencies pulled the picture of the princess and her kids due tosuspicion of manipulation.
Sky Newslater announced aninvestigation of the metadatathat indicated the original image was saved twice in Adobe Photoshop.
Kate Middleton with her three children, Prince Louis, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.The Prince and Princess of Wales/Instagram
The Prince and Princess of Wales/Instagram
A palace insiderdownplayedthe PR crisis, telling PEOPLE exclusively that the situation is a “bump in the road, it’s not an earthquake.”
“[Kate] has apologized and graciously so,” the insider says. “She has done something that 99% of us do — and we don’t have the scrutiny that they do.”
“Think of the level of scrutiny of pictures of her, as people pore over them,” the insider continues. “You’re always on display and always got to be perfect.”
Kate Middleton at the opening of the Children’s Day Surgery Unit at Evelina London on December 5, 2023.IAN VOGLER/POOL/AFP via Getty
IAN VOGLER/POOL/AFP via Getty
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In another ripple, some then wondered ifthe picture of Princess Katedriving away from Windsor Castle with Prince William on Monday was doctored, as the brickslooked differentthrough the window and above the vehicle.
Goff Photos, the agency that got the shots, denied editing the images. Goff toldE! Newsthat the pictures “have been cropped and lightened” but clarified that “nothing has been doctored.”
Jim Bennett, the photographer who snapped the photos, tells PEOPLE, “We don’t change our photos in Photoshop other than adjusting the light levels if necessary. Car shots are unpredictable at the best of times and with some reflection on the glass it can be difficult.”
source: people.com
