Joe Biden's White House chief issued a frosty response to a question on the Princess of Wales as she sent a message to the royal.
Princess Kate admitted to editing a photograph that was shared by Kensington Palace on Mother's Day.
Karine Jean-Pierre, the top spokesperson for the Biden administration, was asked if the White House ever digitally altered photos of officials before releasing them to the public.
Jean-Pierre asked: "Are you comparing us to what's going on in the UK?"
Karine Jean-Pierre responded to a question about Kate
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She then added: "What does the monarchy have to do anything with us?
"No, that is not something that we do here."
Kensington Palace's release of the photo and subsequent apology from the Princess of Wales caused a stir on social media.
Jean-Pierre did say the White House offered Kate a "speedy recovery" from her abdominal surgery, which she had in January.
Karine Jean-Pierre is the top spokesperson for the Biden administration
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She continued: "We will offer speedy recovery and I'm just gonna leave it there.
"I don't have anything else to share."
Prince William took the photograph of the princess with their three children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, five.
Kensington Palace aides are said to have spent weeks planning to release a photo of the Princess of Wales to quell speculation about the nature of Kate's health.
The Biden administration has spoken about the Kate photo controversy
PAInstead, the blunder resulted in another load of baseless claims about the mother-of-three's condition.
Six of the world's top picture agencies, including the Associated Press, Reuters, and Getty, "killed" the photo from their wires and libraries amid concern that the "source has manipulated the image".
The princess later issued an apology on X and Instagram, admitting she "edited" the image.
Kate added that she does "occasionally experiment" as an "amateur photographer" and apologised for "any confusion" the image caused.
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Princess Kate is currently recovering from her operationGettyPublicly taking the blame, the princess wrote on Monday: "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing.
"I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused.
"I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother's Day. C."
Despite calls for the original to be published, Kensington Palace has said it would not be reissuing the unedited photograph.
