Trump defends Kate Middleton over photoshop scandal and claims everyone 'doctors' images

Donald Trump has rushed to defend Kate Middleton and said the controversy surrounding her photoshop blunder 'shouldn't be a big deal'.

The former president, 77, added that the Princess of Wales is 'in a rough patch' during her recovery from abdominal surgery and absence from royal duties, and insisted she'll 'be back'.

Kate has been the victim of a mountain of conspiracy theories while she recuperates and many have questioned her whereabouts.

Donald Trump has rushed to defend Kate Middleton and said the controversy surrounding her photoshop blunder 'shouldn't be a big deal'

The speculation accelerated when she released the edited photo with her children on Mother's Day in the UK.

Trump backed Kate amid the furor and said 'everyone doctors' photos during an interview with Nigel Farage on GB News on Tuesday night. 

'That shouldn’t be a big deal because everybody doctors,' he told Farage. 

Trump backed Kate amid the furor and said 'everyone doctors' photos during an interview with Nigel Farage on GB News on Tuesday night

Trump also criticized Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and praised the Queen during his interview which aired on Tuesday night 

Kate was recently filmed in Windsor by shopper Nelson Silva, 40 (pictured) 

'You look at these movie actors and you see a movie actor and you meet him, and you say is that the same person in the picture? 

'I looked at that actually and it was a very minor doctoring. I don’t understand why there could be such a howl over that.

'She'll be back, I mean, it's a rough patch.'

It came as the hospital where Kate was treated was at the center of a huge security scandal after reports staff attempted to access her private medical records.

Bosses of The London Clinic, where she underwent planned abdominal surgery in January, launched the investigation after it was claimed at least one member of staff tried to access the royal's notes.

On Saturday, Kate was filmed smiling alongside her husband during a visit to a farm shop in Windsor.

Donald Trump during his interview with Nigel Farage

William and Kate stand outside of Westminster Abbey after their Royal Wedding in London Friday, April, 29, 2011

Donald Trump and Nigel Farage discuss the royal family

In the video the princess can be seen with her hair down, wearing a black jacket and leggings, chatting with William and carrying a large white bag.

he Windsor Farm Shop is a short drive from their Adelaide Cottage home in the grounds of Windsor Castle.

People flock to the shop, which was the idea of the late Duke of Edinburgh, to buy locally sourced goods and produce from the royal estates.

Nelson Silva, who saw the royal couple, told TMZ: "I noticed a couple choosing loaves of bread and the woman turned her face and I felt like I had seen the face before. It was familiar.

"I went to my car and as they came out of the shop I just filmed them. I think they walked out through a gate out of the grounds. They just vanished and I didn't see a car.

"Kate looked happy and relaxed. They look happy just to be able to go to a shop and mingle.

"Kate looked relieved, like it was a success going to a shop. It felt natural."

Kate's absence from public life, following abdominal surgery on January 16, has led to wild conspiracy theories on social media about her whereabouts and health.

The Prince of Wales during a visit to the Learning Zone in the Northeast of the Sheffield on March 19, 2024

Details of her condition have not been disclosed but Kensington Palace previously said it was not cancer-related and that Kate wished her personal medical information to remain private.

The online speculation increased after irregularities were spotted in a Mother's Day photograph of Kate and her children, which led to the princess admitting to "editing" the image and apologizing for any "confusion" caused.

The future Queen has been photographed in public twice since her operation.

In a picture published on March 4, she was a front-seat passenger in a car driven by her mother, Carole Middleton, in the Windsor area.

She was also spotted sitting next to William in a chauffeur-driven car last Monday, when he attended the Commonwealth Day service in London and she was driven to a private appointment.

It was reported at the weekend that Kate may speak about her health during public engagements which are not expected to resume until after Easter.