An AI-generated fake Christmas card featuring Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet went viral on social media, with users quickly identifying it as fabricated content.
A fake AI-generated Christmas card featuring Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children, Prince Archie (5) and Princess Lilibet (3), was posted on X (formerly Twitter) last week and went viral. The digital creation showed a black-and-white forged photo of the two children standing side by side surrounded by festive branches, with the message 'Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Prince Archie & Princess Lilibet.' The card appeared to use edited versions of older public photos of the children and included images of the family's rescue dogs. Social media users quickly identified the image as fake, pointing out poor editing quality including disconnected trouser seams, hidden hands and feet (typical AI limitations), and other technical flaws. Comments ranged from 'Completely fake' to 'Pathetic fakery' and 'That is NOT Archie! That's AI.' The fake card contrasted with Harry and Meghan's official Christmas card released earlier in December, which featured six genuine photos including one rare image of their children with backs to the camera running toward their parents. The couple had celebrated Christmas at their Montecito, California home with Meghan's mother Doria Ragland, having not received an invitation to the royal family's Christmas celebration at Sandringham.
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