Did a photograph shared in April 2025 authentically show Diana Fox Carney standing alongside her husband, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney? No, that's not true: the image was digitally edited. The original was taken by the Reuters news agency in March, when Carney won the race to replace outgoing prime minister Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader.
The fake picture appeared in an April 7, 2025, post on X (archived here), along with the following caption:
Why does Mark Carney's 'wife'...look like his evil twin brother?
This is what the post looked like at the time of writing:
(Source: X screenshot)
The image of Diana Fox Carney was digitally edited. The original Reuters photo (archived here) was taken on March 9, 2025, when Carney was confirmed as Liberal Party leader. The moment when Fox Carney joined her husband on stage can be viewed below:
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