What should have been a simple family photograph celebrating Mother’s Day in the U.K. has turned into a worldwide drama and placed the British royal family under a microscope.

On Sunday, Kensington Palace released the first official photo of Catherine, Princess of Wales, since the sudden announcement she had been hospitalized for abdominal surgery in mid-January. The photo, which the palace said was taken by her husband, Prince William, shows Kate posing amongst their three children: Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5. Major international news agencies like the Associated Press and Reuters recalled the picture from distribution just hours after its release, alleging that the source had egregiously manipulated the original snap.