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Oh, hail no!
An AI-generated Christmas card of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's two children has taken the internet by storm.
The digital creation, which appeared to be posted by a royal fan on X last week, featured festive branches surrounding edited versions of Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3, standing beside each other in a forged black and white photo.
“Merry Christmas & Happy New Year,” the card read and was signed off “from Prince Archie & Princess Lilibet.”
Eagle-eyed netizens were quick to point out that the image seemingly made use of older public photos of the kids that were then edited to look like a new portrait.
Several users on X weighed in on the sloppy editing that all but confirmed the card was a fake.
“Crap photoshop…trouser seam isnt joined together,” one person commented on the post.
“Completely fake,” a second person agreed, with another adding, “Pathetic fakery.”
“Hidden hands and feet very strange Ai can’t do hands and feet properly yet Also b&w filter hides a whole lot of things Like the red hair The eye colour etc,” another sleuth pointed out.
“That is NOT Archie! That’s AI,” an internet user claimed.
Earlier this month, Harry, 40, and the "Suits" alum, 43, released their actual Christmas card that included a rare photo of their little ones.
"On behalf of the office of Prince Harry & Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Archewell Productions and Archewell Foundation, we wish you a very happy holiday season and a joyful new year," the official message stated.
The card featured six images, including one showing Archie and Lilibet with their backs to the camera as they ran toward their parents.
Other moments captured in the seasonal greeting card included the "Spare" author and his wife attending several philanthropic events this year.
The couple was seen on their joint trip to Columbia in one snap, and another photo illustrated Harry visiting a man in the hospital.
The family of four have been living in Montecito, Calif., since the couple resigned from their royal duties in 2020.
A source claimed last month that Harry and Markle did not receive an invite to the royal family's Christmas celebration amid continuing tensions with his dad, King Charles III, and his brother, Prince William.