Prince William presents the Diana Awards after the scandal over Catherine’s photo

Prince William, the heir to the British throne, will attend the Diana Legacy Awards this Thursday when the monarchy is still under pressure following the controversy over a photo retouched by his wife Catherine.

All eyes will be on the eldest son of Charles III. and the late Princess Diana at tonight’s event at the Science Museum in London, in which, according to the media, his brother Enrique will also participate via video conference from the United States.

Although this has not been confirmed by the palace, ‘The Times’ and ‘The Telegraph’ They announced, citing sources from the organization, that the Duke of Sussex will talk to the winners after his brother leaves the gala evening.

They are both estranged Enrique and Meghan left in 2020 from active members of the monarchy, he moved to California and after the prince published his memoirs ‘Spare’ (‘In the Shadow’, in Spanish), which revealed the inside of the royal family.

According to the press release fromKensington Palace -the official residence of the Princes of Wales-, William will say speech at the 25th anniversary of the creation in 1999 from the charity which presents the awards in honor of his mother and will later speak to the 20 winners.

although Diana awards They are delivered every year – usually with the participation of two brothers-,

Although the media storm subsided in Great Britain, William and Catherine They are still being questioned over their handling of the March 10 post on their X account of a Mother’s Day photo of Catalina and her three children in the UK, which she later admitted she had retouched.

The controversy arose because there are several graphic agencies decided to remove the image of her services after discovering it had been tampered with, after which the Princess of Wales clarified that it was her “experimentation as an amateur photographer”.

The photo, her first since undergoing abdominal surgery on January 16, shows her sitting outdoors with her three children behind her and to the side.

Some of the inconsistencies were noticeable in the cuff line princess charlotte, the print on Luis’s sweater and other blurry outlines.

Although the family tried to downplay the retouching – which experts believe could have been done using an editing program or from the cellphone itself – emphasizing the informality of the image, critics say the episode undermines the credibility of her messages to the public.

This is particularly relevant as speculation continues over the nature of Catherine’s illness, about which the palace has given no details other than to reassure that it is not cancer and to note that the princess will not be making any commitments until at least after Easter.

Charles III, who is being treated for cancer, and Camilla have a different press office than that of the Prince of Wales and in this case stayed out of the controversy that caused a storm on social networks.