Indian daily lashed over Kate’s ‘Marilyn moment’
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ONE of India’s top newspapers faced a social media backlash yesterday after it splashed a picture across its front page of Britain’s Princess Kate suffering a “Marilyn moment” as her dress rose up in the wind.
Readers accused the Times of India of being disrespectful to the Duchess, who was wearing a white 1950s-style dress reminiscent of the one in the iconic Marilyn Monroe photo as she laid a wreath at the India Gate war memorial with her husband, Prince William.
“Times of India” was one of the top trending topics on Twitter yesterday morning as users questioned the paper’s judgement in picturing the Duchess inadvertently flashing an expanse of royal thigh.
“Sleazy journalism at its best,” tweeted reader Shagun over the image, which was accompanied by the headline “Kate’s Marilyn moment at India Gate.”
“Well done Times of India! Our guests come to India and this is the photo you decide to put on your front page...” tweeted another.
Many recalled an incident last year in which the paper was strongly criticized for promoting video footage of a top Bollywood actress with a tweet that read “OMG! Deepika Padukone’s cleavage show.”
But Shekhar Gupta, who has edited some of India’s biggest publications, differed. “Objections to ToI on Kate’s Marilyn moment silly. Brits have grown-up view of royals as glamorous celebs,” Gupta tweeted.
Britain’s newspapers took a more restrained approach. Several published shots of her dress rising in the wind, but none was as revealing as the The Times of India photo.
The Sun tabloid came closest with an image of the Duchess laying the wreath under the headline “A Royal Flash in India — Kate’s Marilyn moment.”
The Daily Telegraph said a series of such problems had led to “suggestions that she should follow the Queen’s lead and slip small lead curtain weights into the linings of her outfits.”
Yesterday, Prince William and Kate met Prime Minister Narendra Modi for lunch, with the Duchess pictured wearing a calf-length teal-colored dress.
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