The Belgian royal family is not very popular in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking northern half of the country, where a growing part of the population favours independence. So, what do you do when King Albert and Queen Paola visit town and hardly anyone turns up? You fix the pictures.

This photo showing the crowds during the royal couple's recent visit to the town of Brakel, as published in the local weekly De Beiaard, has Queen Paola twice on the same picture. The caption says: "Royal couple gets warm welcome in Brakel."