Agence France-Presse (AFP), one of the biggest news agencies in the world, announced that Kensington Palace is no longer a “trusted source” for photos following the Kate Middleton photo scandal that’s been dominating headlines this week.
The organization’s global news director Phil Chetwynd told BBC Radio 4’s Media Show that AFP would closely scrutinize any future submission from the Prince and Princess of Wales, per Deadline.
When “Media Show” host Ros Atkins asked specifically if Kensington Palace was a trusted source, Chetwynd said, “No, absolutely not. Like with anything, when you’re let down by a source the bar is raised … We sent out notes to all our teams at the moment to be absolutely super more vigilant about the content coming across our desk — even from what we would call trusted sources.”
The news director went on to explain how rare it is to…
