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Creepy or touching? Photoshopped image of Princess Diana, the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte divides the internet

The image has been shared more than 250,000 times on Facebook

Rose Troup Buchanan
Wednesday 19 August 2015 18:34 BST
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The two original images. The Duchess with Charlotte at her christening, and Diana meeting Mother Teresa in 1997
The two original images. The Duchess with Charlotte at her christening, and Diana meeting Mother Teresa in 1997 (Getty Images/Rex Features)

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A photoshopped picture of Diana, Princess of Wales cooing over Princess Charlotte is creeping people out.

The image, which was created by an American Lori Eastwood, shows the Duchess of Cambridge at her daughter Charlotte’s christening earlier this year alongside Lady Diana.

Ms Eastwood, who says she creates “Diana photo blends every Sunday in her memory”, merged the photograph with another taken of the then Princess of Wales meeting Mother Teresa in 1997.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge arrive at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in July
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge arrive at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in July (Rex)

Diana greeting Mother Teresa in New York in 1997
Diana greeting Mother Teresa in New York in 1997 (Rex)

The result shows the late Princess of Wales bending over her granddaughter, held in the daughter-in-law’s arms. And it looks like this:

What a great job at photoshopping ... Let's make this go viral!

Posted by Mary Kohnke on Monday, August 3, 2015

 

Mary Kohnke, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shared the image on 4 August with the caption: “What a great job photoshopping … Let’s make this go viral!” And it has, being shared more than 250,000 times on Facebook.

Prince Harry on mother's death

For arch-monarchists everywhere, it was too much to take:

 

 

Others, however, felt the picture was disturbing to say the least:

 

 

 

 

 

Diana, Princess of Wales died in a car crash in a Paris tunnel on 31 August 1997.

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