Prince William cares ‘deeply’ about protecting Kate and his children

Prince William is “determined to have a really, really private life” and is deeply concerned about protecting his young family, the editor of The Sun has said.

The spotlight has been firmly on the Prince and Princess of Wales in recent weeks as she recovers from her ongoing recovery from abdominal surgery in January.

The comments from Victoria Newton, who has been editor of one of the UK’s biggest-selling newspapers for four years, follow a marked increase in scrutiny of the royals after it emerged a Mother’s Day photograph had been digitally altered by Kate, sparking headlines and social media speculation around the world.

Despite Kate’s subsequent apology over “minor alterations” to the image, the Waleses have been urged to produce the original version (or versions) of the image to dispel rumours as to the extent it had been changed.

But Kensington Palace has remained silent on the issue, with critics arguing that this has allowed even more speculation to take root on social media and even mainstream media outlets in the US publishing unfounded rumours