Newspaper apologises for airbrushing out Solange Knowles' braids

Britain's Evening Standard newspaper has apologized to Solange Knowles for digitally altering an image of the singer on the cover of its magazine. 

Knowles — who had released a song called "Don't Touch My Hair" — complained on Instagram that an elaborate braided crown on her head had been digitally removed from the cover photo.

"dtmh @evening standard magazine," she captioned an image of herself with the braided crown. 

In the magazine article, Knowles spoke about her experiences spending time at her mother's salon as a child.

She also discussed braiding's importance to her and praised it as "its own art form".

The newspaper said in a statement yesterday that the photo was altered for "layout purposes" but it was sorry for the offence caused.

"Plainly we made the wrong call and we have offered our unreserved apologies to Solange," the statement read.