One of the weirdest “oversights” of Kensington Palace’s statements about the Princess of Wales’s medical situation is that KP has never said that Kate expects to make a full recovery. KP has repeatedly briefed royal reporters about the timeline for her recovery – first saying past Easter, then suggesting it would probably be May or June – but those same palace insiders have never bothered to say “and of course she’s doing fine and she will recover completely.” No one has said that to the Mail, the Telegraph, the Times, nothing. So it’s weird that Us Weekly is out here, saying outright that Kate is already working from bed and she’s “eager to get back to work.”
Princess Kate Middleton’s abdominal surgery recovery has been enriched by her three little helpers, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.
“Kate’s procedure went well and she’s still recovering,” the insider says, noting that Kate, 42, “has seen all the children” following her procedure. The princess shares Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5, with husband Prince William. Kate’s kids have been hands-on since she returned home from the hospital earlier this week. “They’ve all made her some ‘get well soon’ cards along with some of her favorite snacks,” the source shares.
In the days since, the princess has been “back working from her bed,” the source tells Us, adding that Kate is “planning engagements and speaking with her team” about her next steps. “Kate will still be healing for several weeks but is already eager to get back to work,” the insider says.
Earlier this month, a separate source told Us that Kate “may disclose more information” about her procedure “in due course.” For now, she’s keeping the explanation private.
Maybe Us Weekly is just pulling this stuff out of thin air, but it does feel like there’s been a mood shift in the past few days, where media outlets are suddenly minimizing Kate’s mysterious medical issues. Over the weekend, there was a lot of very dire speculation about Kate’s situation, then suddenly on Monday, KP announced that Kate left the London Clinic and she was “back at home.” Now they’re making it sound like all of this was no big deal. If we learn, months from now, that Kate was in the hospital for weeks over a relatively minor issue, there will be huge questions asked about KP’s lack of disclosures (which led to wild speculation and rumormongering). On the other hand, if we learn at some point that Kate’s condition was incredibly serious, questions will be asked about why no one disclosed that and why there was suddenly such an effort to minimize it.
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- Britain’s Kate, the Princess of Wales, Patron of The Forward Trust, visits HMP High Down in Sutton, England, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, to learn about how the charity is supporting those in the criminal justice system to manage and recover from their addictions.,Image: 804839346, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: POOL, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kin Cheung / Avalon
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- Britain’s Kate, the Princess of Wales, Patron of The Forward Trust talks with a visitor at HMP High Down in Sutton, England, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, during a visit to learn about how the charity is supporting those in the criminal justice system to manage and recover from their addictions.,Image: 804839472, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: POOL, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kin Cheung / Avalon
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- Britain’s Kate, the Princess of Wales, Patron of The Forward Trust talks with visitors at HMP High Down in Sutton, England, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, during a visit to learn about how the charity is supporting those in the criminal justice system to manage and recover from their addictions.,Image: 804839504, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: POOL, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kin Cheung / Avalon
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- Britain’s Kate, the Princess of Wales, holds a speech after she participated in a series of workshops which focus on emotions, relationships and community action at Factory Works in Birmingham, England, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The Prince and Princess host the forum for young people on World Mental Health Day.,Image: 812603974, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Kirsty Wigglesworth / Avalon
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- The Princess of Wales, known as the Duchess of Rothesay when in Scotland, meets pupils from Burghead Primary School taking part in Outfit Moray, an award-winning charity delivering life-changing outdoor learning and adventure activity programmes to young people in Moray, Scotland.,Image: 819147585, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Jane Barlow / Avalon
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- The Princess of Wales, known as the Duchess of Rothesay when in Scotland, meets farmers at Brodieshill Farm, Moray, Scotland, to learn about efforts being made to better support the mental health and wellbeing of young people, in Moray, Scotland.,Image: 819149516, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Jane Barlow / Avalon
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- Dereham, UK, 08 November 2023: Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales visits The Queen’s Dragoon Guards Regiment for the first time as their Colonel in Chief, in Dereham.,Image: 820716395, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: ***NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS***, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: CHRIS RADBURN / Avalon
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- Catherine, Princess of Wales visits the Design Museum where she made a key note speech at the “Shaping Us” National Symposium in London, UK, 15 November 2023,Image: 822201133, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Richard Pohle / Avalon
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- Catherine, Princess of Wales visits the Design Museum where she made a key note speech at the “Shaping Us” National Symposium in London, UK, 15 November 2023,Image: 822201197, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Richard Pohle / Avalon
Ham fisted lies by KP. Frankly this is getting tedious and is now looking like she and her mother have been playing a game trying to get something from public sympathy.
Either she’s too sick to work for 5 months and Will can’t work either because she’s so sick or she’s not, in which case, why is she off work for 5 months and why the dramatics and vague attention seeking?
A mess. An absolute mess. It’s either really serious or not serious at all. Which makes it all seem fairly unserious.
KP’s Comms team is humped either way at this point. Whether her medical issues are benign and minor or complicated and major, they’ve really screwed the pooch here on communicating. They had one job, kwim? And they can’t even do that. What’s the point of paying salaries for courtiers that are going to be this bloody useless? They’ve destroyed their own credibility forever. Which means any announcement made in service of Workshy Wanderdick, little or large, will immediately be deemed suspect information. No one will credit it, full stop.
If they can’t be honest at the most basic levels with the public that pays heavy taxes for the monarchy to exist, how long do they expect it to endure?
I think it’s a lie, but I don’t know that KP would be giving lies to Us Weekly, instead of their usual suspects. More likely, the “insider” is somebody inside the Us Weekly offices.
I think they would, because they were going to “win” America from the Sussexes. I’m sure they’re (her? Ma’s?) PR people are working what must feel like overtime to them (that is, a few hours a day) pitching their off the record scoops to their roster of US publications who are receptive (and really, what publication in US hasn’t uncritically repeated royal propaganda).
The fact that the stories don’t match has never stopped them yet.
@Eurydice … US Weekly’s YouTube channel ‘Royally US Weekly’ lifts heavy water for the royal family–particularly William and Kate–and gives negative commentary, invites royal rota and experts who do the same, on Harry and Meghan.
Regarding Kate, if it turns out that she’s ‘allegedly’ had a serious refresh and plastic surgery pull/tuck (another reason why she wouldn’t want to be seen), the backlash will be incredible. Although, that would explain Camilla’s glee and deliberate hospital visits.
in fact it is so different that it is either completely made up or comes from a different source, and Kate resists Peg’s narrative?
Absolutely could be different sources (Kate v will, ma v will) or it could just be they are reactionary and inept, which honestly tracks with their performance thus far.
Different narratives from different camps can be the reason, but like @WhiththeAmerican pointed out. It’s not the first time KP has run with stories that don’t match. One thing is certain, KP or US Weekly have read the comments either here on CB or other media about the lack of home made cards.
Whichever camp is trying to sell that Kitty is “eager” to get back to “work” is clearly high.
Christine, actually this is sort of a slight delay to the normal time of year (after Christmas in January) when K gets “keen” to get back to work. KP is back on message🫤
I think this was either:
1. A play at sympathy for Kate to enhance her brand and make her look beloved and indispensable as POW, that totally backfired and did NOT go the way the palace planned…
or
2. Something serious happened to Kate, either by her own hand, William, or her mental health went kaput, and now they are trying to cover it up and minimize it since she’s now “out of the woods.”
There are so many possibilities: it’s all made up, William hurt Kate, Kate hurt Kate, Kate’s mental health collapsed, Kate’s physical health collapsed, Kate’s fine and this is cover for something wrong with William, or they’re both fine and this is all divorce negotiation tactics.
I don’t think it’s all made up. Something happened. The glaring absence of both William and the Middletons makes me think that this is bigger than just health, this is something to do with their marriage. We’ve seen William once, so whatever happened he’s still functional enough to drive and other people were willing to get into the car with him. I think there’s conflicting expectations about whether a return to status quo ante is even possible and that’s leading to chaotic PR.
@Rnot — you’re right. Something B-I-G went down involving Kate and Bulliam. Speculation is running rampant but the very fact that he’s gone MIA, the Midds are nowhere to be seen or heard from, the BM have circled their wagons and are laying low, is actually having the reverse effect. It’s encouraging people to dig deeper and try to get to the bottom of this massive coverup. I think whatever happened was caused by Bulliam, that’s why he’s run away like a scared chicken and feeding the press nonsense about him doing the school runs, looking after the kids and tending lovingly to Kate.
I think if it were a play for sympathy that backfired, we’d have seen K at some point…waving from the car, a photo of her with her mom visiting, SOMETHING.
So something happened. Something that has even Will keeping out of sight (because he’s dumb but not so dumb to think he can disappear for months on end and things will look ok).
I totally agree @gennessee , either of those are totally possible and either one will come back to.bite them on the derriere, deservedly so. They have manipulated the situation to the point that most people don’t believe a word the BM puts out or like me, don’t give a fat rat’s tail about it all. It just proof to me that WANK simply doesn’t have what it takes to “rule” and oh those poor children.
Who makes the snacks? The kids? *howling with laughter*
Anything to paint a “normal” life, yes?
1) The kids don’t make the snacks. 2) There are no snacks, favourite or otherwise. 3) Perhaps replace ‘snacks’ with ‘wine’.
Hell–_what_ snacks?!?!? 😂😈😎😂
So then she won’t be out until Trooping? Or after Easter? I think that story in the Spanish papers has them shook. Remember all those “Pray for Kate” headlines? Now, its no big deal, nothing to see. Weird.
I noticed that the timeline for her recovery went from several months to a couple of weeks, KP must have read comments on SM.
I think they expected an outpouring of sympathy and instead people started asking questions. I don’t think they liked that. Still, the original briefing said she would be out until after Easter. I don’t expect to see her before then.
Apparently “pray for Kate” did not bring up the desired response.
Isn’t that what they always do minimize what ever it is that is happening and is not good. They minimized the naming of the racists. They minimize when their tours flop so why wouldn’t they minimize this. They are the only ones allowed privacy. The only time it’s big and outrageous are when Harry and Meg take a breath.
You’ve got to laugh.
Kate is already working from home according to US Weekly. Doing what? She doesn’t work!
Wiglet combing? Cataloging coatdresses? Practicing smiling normally?
🤣🤣🤣
And Flashing, whether it’s Big Blue or the Royal Minge
Kate work? What a laugh
She is “working from bed” whatever that means. I wonder if she will ever realise that you actually have to do something to help other people, like kindness, caring and empathy, to be liked. K focusses only on K, spends a fortune on clothes to look very ordinary and also on how she can dominate every event to be certain that the majority of photos taken are of her. I am wondering what they are covering up, the Epstein files name mentioning has become quiet. Who are the 6 world known figures whose names have been redacted ? Andy is known, Charles was listed as visiting, dont believe William was involved, so who is being kept secret ? Could be a major scandal, because “business meeting” photos are emerging on social media.
This s what I think is haüüening:
William PR: William is a great dad, he will take care of the children. Kate? Ah yes, she is fine. she is at home right now. Maybe she will come back in June. maybe. She is fine
MIddleton´s PR: Kate is working from home! Kate is great! The Monarchy needs Kate! The children talk to her all the time. The hospital thing was no biggie.
This was my take as well, that Bucklebury PR is trying to set expectations of Kate’s rapid return to public life because she is indispensable, while Team William is trying to minimize Kate into the sunset. It is more of the same from these two, like the Diana statue unveiling drama, when Kate’s messaging was how she was William’s rock and would absolutely stand at his side, but William’s messaging was like lol Kate who? I’m good solo. How long after that did “they” move to Adelaide?
Diana statue was a preview of the things to come in a sense. William allowed the Middleton PR to run amok, then simply said NO.
it was a year after that that they moved to Adelaide, but IIRC the rumors about the Berkshire move started summer 2021, so around the same time.
moderatelywealthy, I think you’ve got it right. I don’t expect KHate back to work anytime soon since she’s working from her bed. Just how long is she going to be in bed before someone tells her to get on her feet?
They are making her favorite snacks? So it’s back to normal diet after just leaving hospital?
And they waited until she got home to give her some “get well soon” cards?
I misread that as “get well soon” carbs 🤣
@pinkorchid “get well soon” carbs sounds like a great idea!!
Yes, right back to normal snacks the way you do after a 2 week hospital recovery for abdominal surgery that requires 5 months of bed rest!
Also, once again, they are placing her in bed like a 19th century invalid in a Jane Austen novel. Someone really needs to inform the British media or whoever is inventing these ridiculous narratives that in the 21st century, one does not recover from major abdominal surgery “in bed”. Her next health crisis will be blood clots and perhaps a pulmonary embolism. Wait for it.
Right? I am picturing her in a long sleeved, high necked white nightgown with lots of ruffles and lace, propped delicately within a cloud of white pillows, eyes closed in exhaustion, while a nurse in an old fashioned pinafore and square cap hovers nearby.
As soon as I read about the extended bed rest I thought of fainting couches and smelling salts. Either this staged saga ends with Kate hurling herself from the top most window of the castle or wasting away in some dank medieval sanatorium. Twas consumption, the doctor said . . .
That seemed odd to me, too. Favorite snacks? What if those favorite snacks got her into this gastrointestinal trouble in the first place? And if she can enjoy her normal diet, what’s she healing from?
I was thinking that. Perhaps keep her off her faves. Then again, you never know with this lot. It goes round and round to the point of argh. She may want people to believe this is absolutely nothing to do with her digestive tract/bowels, possibly what she could have done to herself with her snacks, and just a hernia. Hence the press about hernias and back to normal food.
Her favourite snack consists of a lettuce leaf, a strawberry and a green bean.
I caught that too. Someone who has needed two weeks of hospital recovery after abdominal surgery is not going to be able to eat regular snacks any time soon.
And she’s not working already. They need to pick a lane with this.
“Her favourite snack consists of a lettuce leaf, a strawberry and a green bean.”
Hey, that are three snacks! 🙂
I read that line and thought, “cigarettes and chutney?”
Funniest comment today and just before I go to get supper ready! Thanks. Norfolk chutney of course, handmade by Rose.
Lol, and the occasional “crack baby” cocktail.
@Eurydice my first thought was aren’t the kids a bit young to be mixing cocktails and lighting cigarettes.
LOL!
Don’t worry. Her favourite snacks are water and iced water.
So no mention of William the Happy Hands On Helper? Who’s taking months off to be at wife’s side? Who hasn’t made a public statement since her alleged discharge and remains MIA? Wheres Willy?
Someone’s been reading SM bc now were hearing about get well soon cards from the children now that she’s home. And now the children are “hands on”! They’re all lying bc how is she planning events when her lengthy recovery time keeps getting extended in monthly increments?
The US publications keep propping Special K up while the BM is all over the place with its propaganda. Both approaches continue to guarantee more speculation and more questions bc the only conclusion to be drawn is that there is something seriously wrong with K. And W’s laziness and inadequacies now being are highlighted, leading to speculation that there’s also something wrong with/about him. Also, C-Rex’ obvious decision to not protect his heir from this self inflicted fiasco is a very interesting strategy…
Eager to get “back” to work? Forget abdominal surgery, did Kate get the first successful brain transplant? Maybe the latest Stepford software update has finished uploading?
She’s so eager to get back to work that they’ve already announced she won’t attend the Irish Guards parade. But she’s eager …
Huh. It’s not surgery anymore but downgraded to a procedure. In other words, sounds like the two sides were able to come to an amicable agreement. Kate must have got what she held out for.
Honestly one of my initial thoughts was this was some sort of negotiation tactic and she was sitting back chilling at Amner Hall waiting William out. Now will I feel awful if I find out there was an actual physical/mental health issue? Time will tell. Anyhoo these people are not good people and also very bad at this.
Harper, ITA.
If Keen’s surgery was no big deal, then Peg should have been reassuring their few fans in a brief press conference that she will be fine and they appreciate the well wishes. That’s all they had to do.
Kate “has seen all the children” gives me the impression that the children are “visiting” her one by one. It is odd phrasing because why isn’t she just at home with her children now, unless she is not in the same home as her children.
Yeah that was cagey AF and I read it like, she’s “seen them” on FaceTime from whatever clinic she’s at in Switzerland.
It gives very sinister vibes of getting kids used to “seeing” Kate, not living with her.
What if whatever happened was part of the plan to ship Kate to “the countryside” and keep her away from the kids?
This whole narrative is very far from “hands on mom Kate, early years expert”. She might soon be “unfit/too fragile” to deal with them daily.
That was my read as well @Tamsin!
My money is on lady bits or bowels for why they are being so cagey and weird about it.
It gave me the impression of a quick visit. It seems like two different articles were clashed into one.
‘Seeing all of them’ described that way does not fit with everyone being
‘at home’ under the same roof.
It also feels more like they’re some random children and not her own.
Whatever state she’s in, it certainly sounds as if she’s impaired or wounded in some capacity.
To me, it sounds as if her condition is hard to reckon with for the kids, or makes difficult for her to interact with them.
These are not the reassuring messages they think they are.
Ugh. Now we are going to get 5x a day theories from everyone and their dog about Kate.
I am burned out on all the BRF.
Holler at me when Andrew gets arrested. That I do want to see.
We’ll let ya know, JaneS! I myself am enjoying all the conspiracy theories. It’s cracking me up that they created such a PR mess.
Beanie: yes. My curiosity has been piqued, and I cannot un-pique it. Nor do I feel that I should. After seeing multiple photos of Kate every day on line for so very long, its a bit odd when that particular dog stops barking, yes?
Yes, I kick myself every time I click on their stories, but I get sucked in! I think it’s because the double standards are glaring. Healthcare in the UK is in a dreadful state. The whole episode seems to suggest that this level of hosp stay and recovery is what we Brits should expect if we truly care about out health properly, and also want to look after our partners appropriately. My new year’s resolutions inc not ever reading about Kate Middleton again. I am so fed up!
I think it’s starting to sound more and more like when in Monaco they try to cover everything when there is a situation involving Charlene.
Okay, so all this means is that they’re starting the bs machine back up after the obvious, weeks-long pause in making Kate sound like a human. Doesn’t make any of it true.
Whether this was a real crisis, some sort of game, or a struggle behind the scenes, KP can’t be happy about how this has played out. Let’s see what they managed to accomplish: proving to the world that Kate isn’t actually popular and nobody cares about her, even if she’s in the hospital for weeks; Camilla playing with some dollhouses is enough ‘royal work’ to keep the country afloat; Will is spending Duchy money on exorbitantly expensive cars, or accepting freebies; the MIL of the future king is a bankrupt grifter who used to use taxpayer money on birthday champagne; and it gave Charles and Camilla the best 2 weeks of publicity they’ve ever had, ever. Congrats, I guess?
And not one damn report to let us know how Wiglet Gopher is doing with all of this.
If this ends up being a game and not a real crisis there is going to be huge backlash. Headlines were sent all over the world for this.
These people are so inept, it’s not funny. Only God knows what this whole fiasco is really about. William needs to realize that he can’t compete with Harry on every issue. I think he thought he could pull off what Harry did when both Archie and Lilly were born. Both births were very private and the press didn’t know until after the fact. William and his dumb ‘yes’ people are not competent enough to pull off such operations. The worst part is we still don’t know whether Kate was at that hospital at that time. All we know is that William looks like a big loser, and a bad husband. Charles and Camilla schooled his dumb ass on how to be transparent, as a tax supported grifter, with the people who support you financially. Camilla showed him how a loving, caring spouse should act if his beloved is hospitalized. I think if he and Kate were playing dead to see their funeral, they now know – nobody gives AF. Neither of them is a Diana, let alone a secret weapon. I hope this will put all this secret weapon nonsense to bed. The British tabloids need to accept that the only secret weapons that family had are now living their best life in Montecito, CA.
“I think if he and Kate were playing dead to see their funeral, they now know – nobody gives AF.”
LMAO!!!! It doesn’t say much about them that I can totally picture either of them trying something like this.
Elton John ain’t changing any lyrics for you.
What work?
She is watching and learning sitting in her bed observing her nanny and staff while recovering.🤷🏻♀️
Yes, and if your husband can drop all his work like this for weeks on end, it seems to suggest that both of you do ***k all.
Those pie charts aren’t going to make themselves.
For a woman who barely works when she is supposedly 100% healthy, this is just laughable. Kate is not rushing to get back to work. Not one bit.
Offs, will someone please explain to KP what a clustefk their coms are!!
And as for her three little helpers giving her her favourite snack, yep they all gave her a single grain of rice and a sniff of curry sauce!!
It’s weird that this isn’t in a London paper. It’s in an American media outlet, so Us Weekly is making it up or someone in KP is trying to show that Kate is a more valuable asset than William thinks she is. William doesn’t call Us Weekly, but the Middletons might on Kate’s behalf.
More of William trying to assert some control and BP and Kate trying to control his odd duck ways by making their own media moves, like Camilla going to pick up her husband. These people make everything harder on themselves. The monarchy is dooming itself.
Because US magazine is even further up the royal butt than People is.
The headless chickens running the KP comms are at it again. It’s serious. It’s not serious. It’s major surgery. She needs to stay in hospital for 14 days. But it’s totally no big deal–kids don’t need to come.
It reminds me of: Meghan made Kate cry! Because of tights! (tights, people ask? wtf). No it wasn’t tights, it was x! no, y! no, z!
To me, there’s 2 possibilities: this whole thing is a bs story–that’s why it’s a work in progress whose details keep changing.
Or the surgery was real, but they are panicking about the length of time off she asked for and are trying to backtrack, especially now that the Sussexes have been spotted.
But clearly there’s no planned communication strategy, which is really important. If she’s truly desperately ill and she needs to be off until Easter, that’s fine. She doesn’t need to compromise her health to cut ribbons. Certain surgeries have long recovery times, and she needs to be mindful of what she does. But if now they are backtracking, it makes people question just how sick she was in the first place, and leads people to question the veracity of what’s being put out there.
And if she’s fine then why can’t see attend the Irish Guards parade in March? All she does is stand there in padded shoulders with a blank look on her face … or laughing hysterically at something.
KP has put themselves in between a rock and a hard place with all these competing narratives.
Like Kaiser said, either the surgery was very serious and she needs months to recover, potentially 5 months, and KP is now trying to downplay it, or the surgery wasn’t the serious and the story about not being back to public events until Easter was just Kate refusing to work (again.)
I agree with others who have said that it seems one story is coming from William and one story from the Middletons.
I always get stuck on the phrasing of Kate “sharing” the children with William.
And if this was just a minor “procedure,” why the hell is William not back at whatever counts for him as “work”?
Yes! Sharing children seems to be the new thing to describe having children with your partner. It always sounds post-split to me.
Exactly my thought. Very similar to reminding that they were in a relationship at one time. Ex. Tom Brady shares a son with Bridget Mohnahan.
Towards the end of the article:
“So, if Mum’s in hospital, he knows he’s got to be there,” Hardman added. “Otherwise, it’s unsettling for the children if both parents are out of the house.”
“Both” parents. Not “one parent”. If they were all living together, wouldn’t you say it’s unsettling for one of your two parents to be out of the house? It makes it sound like Kate is the sole parent and William is filling in.
So if buttons procedure was no biggie, then she and wank should not need so much time off work . She can just rest up this weekend and both of them can get back to doing something. After all, they are living high off the tax payers. And In their mouth pieces words, Kate is fine .
Haven’t you heard their income is private and from the duchies…as some idiots always reply on the DM about this issue of taxpayer money! Their income from the duchies is clouded in mystery tax-wise. You’re right, they are taxpayer-dependent to a huge degree, all hidden away from scrutiny. And the other one is, they bring in money from tourism. Seriously. How many people say they’re off to the UK to see Buckingham Palace.
Big Plan and Eager to work. Sure Jane!
Kate wants everyone to know she’s resting in bed. The kids are hands on and she’s seen them whatever the hell that means. Finally she’s needs a few weeks to heal but that doesn’t mean she’s returning to work in a few weeks bc she and Will still must recover from her procedure (not surgery). All’s well. Clearly the psych drugs need to be adjusted because the manic phase of the Wales bipolar messaging is a in full swing.
I think the minimizing is an effort to get attention off the matter, and I still think the matter was serious and unexpected. People were already speculating a range of things shortly after the initial announcement, but it’s only in recent days that the speculation of William’s potential involvement has really kicked up a notch, especially with his disappearing act. Perhaps it’s because of *this* that KP is now trying to downplay whatever happened. Now that more people are discussing and speculating about Will in addition to Kate, they’re trying to counter that. They’ve truly screwed themselves over, because the gossip isn’t going to magically stop.
Wasn’t everyone asking why there were no reports of the children making her cards, and making her some nice cookies or something… and oh look, here’s a report saying just that! You’d think they got all their ideas from the internet!
Reactive, that’s all they seem to be able to manage. Apart from Camilla.
I see Carole has been reading comments on this site.
We were wondering in previous posts why we didn’t see briefing of the kids making her a get well soon card or why she would miss out on the positive PR from talking about her condition
It’s interesting that both of the “minimizing” stories that have her back at KP and eagerly working from her bed are People and US Weekly – American outlets. Maybe an American outlet is more receptive to this particular spin – Top CEO and Professional Business Lady Kate is keen to get back to her suits and jazz hands!
Meanwhile, most of the British sources are writing about William and how he is singlehandedly modernizing the monarchy by…not working… and how great of a dad he is, and how attentive he is etc etc. It’s very much two camps within KP being published by different outlets, and telling very different stories.
Good observation. It’s v weird that we haven’t seen these stories in the BM. Where’s Camilla Tominey?
This one should be translated with the opposite of what it says. She’s not planning anything and she is dreading the day she has to go back to “work”. She’s in a job she never wanted. All she wanted was to be a queen some day and a mom. She didn’t figure she would have to “lead” so many things. And William isn’t letting her hire anyone to help her so of course she’s dreading having to meet with people who know way more about her causes than she’ll ever know or care to know. The stress of that has finally broken her and William is scared that he’ll be stuck with the kids. That’s why we see dad of the year stories about him. They’re just a cover for how unprepared he feels despite having way more help available than other dads. I’ll bet Louis is giving him hell while mummy is sidelined.
One thing that has become abundantly clear is that Queen Elizabeth was the glue that held the monarchy together. Since her death, the entire house of cards has begun to fall apart. Andrew has apparently been welcomed back into the fold, William has stopped “working” since the Duchy of Cornwall fell into his lap, Kate was (apparently) hospitalized with a serious-but-not-serious surgical procedure that requires a recovery period of half a year, Camilla is running the show…The British Royal Family has now morphed into a circus, teetering on its last legs. What a gong show.
I think we’ve been given so little information because:
(1) I think it’s pretty obvious this surgery was not planned very far in advance and everyone was scrambling
(2) if the surgery was for something that wasn’t embarrassing to Kate, and/or her life or health wasn’t on the line I think we would have heard more details about the reason for the surgery. I think that either she had major unforseen complications to a more routing surgery such that they didn’t and still don’t know if she’ll make a full recovery. Or the surgery was of a nature that embarrasses her die some reason – like a colon resection and she has a bag now. Or there is more to the story like a suicide attempt or mental health concerns that the obviously don’t want getting out.
I know people have speculated that the palace is flat out lying about her being in the hospital, etc but I thought they generally don’t lie, just give minimal or misleading information. So I actually believe that she was at the London clinic for some sort of abdominal surgery the day the palace announced that she was. But clearly there is also more to the story and that’s what we don’t know yet.
Is anyone on here well connected to the British press – I’m curious if they’re also in the dark, or if they know what’s going on but as part of their quid pro quo have agreed not to report on it?
So I disagree that they generally don’t lie. They lie. They do mislead and give minimal info but they also definitely do lie. The fake crying story was a lie. Meghan never made Kate cry. In fact, Kate made her cry. Harry was never William’s best man. The list goes on. So I actually do wonder what the rota knows. They definitely know more and they aren’t reporting it bc of the invisible contract. But do they really know the truth or do they know what the palaces have told them, which is more than the public knows but still just more lies and versions of lies?
I agree that they lie all the time but I don’t think Charles would lie about seeing Kate at the hospital. I think C&C wouldn’t want to play any part in the Wales’ PR disaster. If she wasn’t there, they would have just stuck to him checking in, getting the procedure and leaving. If his camp reported that she left before Charles then again, I don’t think they would lie about that. The truth will come out sooner or later and the last thing C&C want is to be caught up in their mess. Cams can’t contain how happy she is with all of this. The truth must really be something.
Weird description by royal rota rats. Kate shares the children with William? Sounds more like an arrangement rather than a proper marriage! Sussex supporters and squaddies been saying all along that they’re separated and this appears to hint at it.
Yes, what’s also odd is the phrasing that ‘she’s seen all her children’. Are they not all together? Is George hanging with Dad in his bachelor pad?
So ‘the mattress’ is ‘working from bed’. Makes sense.
Kate would not be bedridden for long. Rehab and physical therapy means that patients be needed and they can’t just stay in bed. I see patients being escorted by nurses to walk around gradually to get back strength and mobility. Hip or knee replacement patients get physical therapy a day after surgery. I doubt the children scurry around baking treats. They are in school and there may be dietary limitations on what Kate can eat.