The energy around Prince William and his wife is still decidedly weird and growing weirder by the day. One week ago, Kensington Palace released Princess Kate’s big announcement video, where she spoke about having cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. She seemed emotional and strained, and many noted that it was strange that her husband wasn’t sitting beside her, holding her hand or simply being present for this very difficult thing. Then, days later, the Times of London buried some exclusive information about William’s whereabouts when Kate (allegedly) filmed the video in Windsor on March 20th – he was not around, anywhere. He wasn’t even supporting Kate behind the scenes during the filming. The Times reported it as: “William was not present during the filming of Kate’s clip, as it is understood that the princess wanted to record it on her own. However, insiders said that she believed her recovery has been enormously helped by the daily support of her husband.” So… People Magazine is now running a similar story as an exclusive. Some highlights:
Prince William is a pillar of strength for Kate: “He is a very reliable, strong person. She doesn’t feel isolated in this because of William, who is right beside her,” a longtime family friend exclusively tells PEOPLE. “This is about supporting her and her feeling supported. It is a joint effort. She doesn’t feel isolated at all. The nuclear family that they have created so well is an immense support not only to him but to Catherine too.”
Kate chose to film the video alone: While Princess Kate deliberately chose to film the personal video message about her health news alone, Prince William has been there for her every step of the way. “It is a particular time in their lives, and I know their priority will be to look after each other,” the family friend explains. “His priority is on his family, and the other questions can wait.”
Why William didn’t join her in the video: Princess Kate appeared solo, prompting some to wonder why her husband, 41, didn’t join her. “It is a message from the princess about her health, and she wanted to personally deliver the message on her own,” a palace source tells PEOPLE. The insider says Princess Kate made clear her husband has been “supporting her throughout.”
William is proud of Kate: “William is extremely proud of his wife for the courage and strength she has shown not just this week but since her surgery in January, ” the source says. “Now more than ever, he’s focused on ensuring his wife has the privacy she needs to fully recover and that his children are shielded from the understandable interest in the news that has been shared.”
Time off during the kids’ school break: “The children are at the center of their world,” a close friend says of the couple in this week’s PEOPLE cover story.
This is all authorized stuff from Kensington Palace, I can tell because of the circular nature of the arguments. What don’t you understand? Kate filmed it alone because she feels supported by William and that’s why he didn’t support her by showing up to the filming, because she feels supported. Like, I would have gone along with it if they said that Kate didn’t want William sitting beside her while she spoke to the camera. It was HER news, she was the one who went missing for three months, people were worried about her. There was probably also a completely reasonable belief that if William sat beside her, he would have looked coercive or… worse. But to not even be there, behind the scenes, to give her a hug after she finished filming? That says a lot and none of it good. Of course, plenty of people sort of doubt that Kate was even there for “filming,” but that’s a completely different story.
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Yep they sure are trying to sell just what a supportive husband is Peg. So supportive that they don’t even live together. They think the public is stupid and is now back to believing whatever nonsense they put out but they are wrong.
Yep, the BRF is just like Russia, whatever they say, the opposite is true. I’ll fix it: Kate feels totally isolated, and William is no support at all.
The statement feels like an abused women trying to convince police that she’s not being abused because the abuser is looking at her and there will be consequences. Chills
Well let’s face it, their supporters are stupid. Not in general but they have a blind spot where the royals are concerned. I have a British friend living in London who is otherwise quite bright, but when it comes to the royals she would literally drink their bath water. She thinks they can do no wrong. She was parroting the most lame-assed excuses from the tabloids about why Kate did the video alone: she’s a strong woman, she’s got this, she doesn’t need a man sitting next her, yadda yadda yadda. All you can do with people like that is change the subject, because they really believe the royals are the UK’s last defense against Meghan’s evil machinations to undermine the stability of the monarchy, and the monarchy won’t survive if she isn’t stopped.
That psycho Tom Bowers saiid the Sussexes need to be obliterated for the Momarchy to survive. If one lone biracial American woman can bring down a thousand year old institution all by her lonesome, the institution doesn’t deserve to survive. JMO.
Brainwashing works!
Are people in the UK all in dysfunctional marriages because the amount of people who defend William just blaming Kate for the photo shop and not bothering to physically be there for here is not the sign of a healthy marriage.
This is the time she would need him the most and he could only be arsed to visit the hospital once? And then he can’t be bothered to be there when she records this video?
That’s not normal. He has specifically stated that’s he’s taking more time to be with Kate yet he isn’t actually with her.
One of my close group of uni friends is broadly in this camp. We don’t discuss the royals (I avoid it) but she’s really surprised me with some of the anti-Sussex stuff she’s come out with.
Brainwashing does work, and also…racism is a hell of a thing.
The election of President Obama exposed huge swaths of otherwise rational appearing white people as being racist at their core.
Kate doesn’t have supporters, she’s supported by people whose reflex was to very quickly and easily find fault with the Black woman married who into the whitest of white institutions.
Agree with Tiger, President Obama’s election broke alot of white brains here in the US, and something similar happened in the UK with Meghan–all the racists crawled out and went nuts. Not just the usual fools, but people who you would think are otherwise gentle, intelligent and thoughtful. I am white myself and I don’t understand it, but it is a fact. I am saddened. I used to want to visit the UK, but since Brexit and the hate for Harry and Meghan–not anymore. I used to think Brits were a bit more ‘civilized’ than us Yanks, but that illusion was shattered.
I too have a relative living in England. She too is a bright confident woman and yes there is a blind spot. She is visiting us right now and I do not dare bring this subject up. Two years ago at her last visit I asked her what she thought about this Rose Hanbury thing and I got a blank stare back and she said ‘I have no idea what you are talking about.’
Yes brainwashing does work and when you read the D express and the D mail you can see what they are up to. The lying headlines don’t help especially as many don’t read past the headline, BTW the Late Queen refused to sign the race relations act unless she was exempt, the King is still exempt, the firm is legally racist.
I do not ever recall seeing Kate sitting with crossed legs.
I have had stomach (just) ache and sitting with my legs crossed pulls on my stomach and hurts…but after major surgery, someone just sits straight up with legs crossed?
There are a lot of photos showing her sitting with crossed legs, both in dresses and in pants.
I can understand why she wanted to be alone.
But still their marriage is a mess.
This is what they are trying to cover.
The more they say “he is supportive” the more he isn’t.
Just like when they said “the Princess is FINE”.
That’s my take on KP from now on: if they say something, the truth is the opposite.
The creepy fairytale love story keeps resurfacing. She stalked him for ten plus years, got rid of all competition including anyone in Williams family, a mean girl with no conscience. Never forget her vile campaign to destroy Meghan. Relentless attacks which seem to be based on pure jealousy. Now she has new tactics to get attention, disappear for months, she said she HAD cancer not has it. How could William divorce her when she is so sick. The manipulation is extraordinary. Trying to manipulate people into believing she is like Diana is really stupid, there is no evidence of empathy, kindness or humbleness, we see only superiority, snobbery, boredom or pretending that William has said something mean to her and flashing her naked butt is of course very regal…..
I think most people believe they are living together. The press and palace do everything they can to maintain that fiction.
Such treacle. William is not strong or supportive. He cant even help with royal work and disappears.
LOL! All he seems dedicated to doing is the school run!
Yes, only he can ensure that the children get to school on time!
I’ve never been one of those people who believed the WanKs would divorce — and I still don’t think they will because you’d have to pry her rings off her cold dead hands, and William has everything he needs too (a cover for his private activities, whatever they may be). But, in spite of all this, I must say whenever these people try to convince the public of how supporting and “present” William is the more falsely it rings. It has reached the point where their statement that “It was Kate’s idea” that she appear solo to make her chemotherapy statement sounds a lot like the statement that Kate engineered the FrankenPhoto fiasco, you know, after William boasted about taking the picture — in support of Kate on Mother’s Day.
“The children are at the center of their world.” That’s how they excuse their laziness every single time. The rest of us have to do our jobs and then take care of our kids. We figure it out.
William wasn’t there because he didn’t want to be there, and Kate didn’t ask him to be there in order to spare herself the pain of his rejection when he said no. He’s going to let her go through this ordeal alone. He’s a shit husband, a shit father and a shit human being.
🎯🎯🎯
Don’t forget that he’s also a shit prince!
And will be a shit king one day (hopefully not anytime soon).
A really shit brother too.
Or she asked him and he said no.
KP is continuously trying to work around the William, Prince of Wales-shaped holes in their PR.
ML, LMAO! 😂
And these William-shaped holes are not new. He’s been backing away for at least a year now. As for Kate’s isolation, that’s not new, either. When have we seen her with a friend? We don’t even see her with her family all that much anymore.
Tangent: When the BM got all bent out of shape that when K hadn’t been seen or heard from led to rumors about DV and/ or divorce…Kate’s isolation is a big red flag.
This is exactly what’s going on. And even the court stenographers can’t hide this either.
Ah, but they can’t help trying though. I think they figure that the chemotherapy video bought them some breathing room from all the headlines about the KP public relations disasters which have been going on for months. So, now they are engaged in a “clean-up” phase, whereby they try to re-write history about the other photos released, and explaining William’s screw up at not showing up for the godfather’s funeral, etc. They already started with the Kate video by having her wear Big Blue so that everyone could see, and mention that William was “supporting” her (pinkie swear) even though he wasn’t by her side or even in the same event behind the scenes, or the same borough. Mixed in with all these transparent efforts, I’m sure will be the usual tossing in of other unrelated people from other continents, and the online commentators too.
It’s amazing how they can’t help reacting to every less than glowing observation and keep making things worse.
Many people where I live had no issue that K did this alone, without her spouse. That is cultural—the Dutch saw it as her independent message. However, if a British person feels the need to explain this to People (American audience), which may be quoted in British media afterwards, then it’s a problem. If you have no issue with K doing this by herself, you do not explain this in the media because it will haunt you down the line. It also puts s bright spotlight on W saying that he cannot work (much) because he is taking care of K: then he has to show himself doing what his words are saying.
I don’t think there’s anything weird about him not being in the video, but the fact he wasn’t off-camera for support is just not explainable by anything except that their marriage is emotionally over. It’s not like there’s any other reason for him to be absent – he didn’t have to work or do anything else.
And it’s also so weird that they’ve even said he wasn’t present. Why not lie that he was behind the camera ready with hugs?
At first, I thought it was horrible that William didn’t appear in the video with her but now I realize that it was probably better messaging if she spoke alone. But the fact that he wasn’t on the sidelines, giving her support before, during and afterwards is really appalling and truly gives the state of their marriage and his indifference. There’s just no other reason that he would not have been there, other than if Kate didn’t want his presence.
Plus, we know W was briefed in advance that K was doing this video. He had advance notice it was happening and could have been there if he or K thought he should (or wanted to) be there. It’s just so cold.
As someone said here (but i can’t reply to them directly), it’s weird that they didn’t at least lie that William was behind the scenes with Kate for support at the filming of her video. My thought on why they’ve specifically stated that he wasn’t even there, is that the video is fake (it’s A.I.) and William doesn’t want to be associated with it in any way. If & when it comes out that it was fake, he will have had nothing to do with it. I think something awful is going on and that eventually it will come out that Kate didn’t even film a video talking about cancer.
@ML. I hadn’t thought about the cultural aspect. Very interesting.
“But to not even be there, behind the scenes, to give her a hug after she finished filming?”
That is the point not talked about intentionally by the sources. I understand someone would choose to announce a personal news like that themselves in front of the camera. However, a husband not being near his wife in such a vulnerable moment is very cruel. Anyone would need a hug, kiss after that kind of recording, which was emotionally consuming, I am sure. Will is not the kind of man you would want to have as a husband if you are dealing with illness.
The “and the other questions can wait” part is doing the real work here, for me. Yep, we know you know Will is a terrible person, and they 100% don’t live together, but let’s all just keep pretending Kate isn’t somewhere sobbing in a corner alone, okay?
It has to be a big reason why William wants it out there that he wasn’t even at the taping of Kate’s video. It makes him look like a selfish asshole, but despite that he still is willing to take that hit to his reputation for a reason. He wants to make it clear that he had nothing to do with that video. I think the reason is because the video is fake—it’s A.I. If & when it comes out that Kate never really was videoed talking about cancer (and i believe it will), William won’t be associated with it.
Ooookay, whatever you say guys. If a source and “close friend” says it, it must be true.
KP are aggressive in dealing with false reports and rumours. They issue legal threats over stuff like a tabloid saying Kate uses hairpieces, or Tatler referring obliquely to the “royal rivals” story without even saying one word about any alleged affair.
If this story is false, KP will 1000000% issued a statement saying William was present, and threatening to sue.
If they don’t, well…
Samuel Whiskers, People Magazine is where celebrities in the States go to leak. This publication is enormously celebrity-friendly and does not want to piss anyone famous off (if you want, you can see how Brad Pitt has used it to polish his image since late 2016). They have been the go-to spot for KP at least since H&M absconded to the States. I would literally be shocked if this was untrue, because traditionally they don’t print stuff they haven’t checked out.
Exactly, ML – this is obviously not some fake tabloid rumour as others have implied. And we’ll know for a fact that it’s not, if William doesn’t deny it.
Even if she wanted to deliver the news on camera herself because it was about her health, it doesn’t make any sense that he wouldn’t even be there. He’s such a strong support but we never see you together? Where was he that he couldn’t be there? He’s not working, we all know this so what is eating up his time? At what point are people going to admit they do not behave like a happily married couple, and that if they looked at their own relationship they would acknowledge that they don’t appear to be together in any meaningful way.
It’s getting more and more obvious that they’re not spending much, or even any, time in the same place. My theory is that much of the communications fiasco is due to William’s increasingly hamfisted and desperate attempts to conceal their apartness.
Even the new improved comms team hasn’t managed to produce anything that shows them together.
LOLOLOL!!! “Kate filmed it alone because she feels supported by William and that’s why he didn’t support her by showing up to the filming, because she feels supported. “
I am wondering if he causes her emotional distress, simply by being in the same room.
Is the tail wagging the dog now? This clearly is William. So he is listening to his critics online now? Write the critique on here, read a denial two days later.
To people not seeing the dragging here or on social media, are they ever like, “where did this come from?” Like when we were wondering what prompted the unprompted “William’s absence has nothing to do with Kingston’s death” claims. Maybe there is always a direct allegation William reacts do, even if we don’t see it.
@Shawna. You are absolutely right. There is always a reaction to social media and comments from here with their PR. Even minor details they seem to push on. But I specifically don’t remember anyone on social media saying anything about Thomas Kingston until they came out and said it which was very odd.
Thank you! I also think this may be why the projection stories happen. Prompt: William sees something written about him. Response: Get to the phone to leak that he isn’t. If Harry is around, project onto him.
Shawna, I was thinking this was a Ma Mids article. IF Billy Idle is wanting to divorce Bone Idle then they will push how wonderfully supportive, etc., Billy is. Idk, this is a planted story and it could have come from a couple of different people.
These “family friends” and “insiders” sound neither convinced nor convincing. In fact, they sound rather pathetic and desperate.
Considering that not many of Kate’s “friends” or “insiders” even knew about her diagnosis, makes it impossible to believe that they know anything about how she’s doing now.
The more they talk, the more I disbelieve any of this. William’s not there because he doesn’t want to be there, or Kate didn’t want him there. They talk about him being supportive, but he’s not demonstrating any sign of it. We see his absence more than his presence. Plain and simple. This is not the sign of a normal marriage.. Got that, KP?
One of the most interesting things about this whole story is witnessing in real time just how slow KP is to realize that their principals are coming off REALLY badly. Like, it took them this long to realize that William looks like a douche who isn’t there for his sick wife. They finally decide to try to counter the narrative, to paper mache over the gaping whole in this marriage with a PR fluff story. Incredible.
I’ve gotten so used to, in my head, reversing the headlines about WandK that I do it automatically now. For example, this headline actually reads “Kate feels isolated due to the lack of support from William”. Doing this is the only way I can make sense of these nonsensical headlines. And I’d like to believe that my way of reading headlines brings me a bit closer to the truth. 😊
Clever! 😁
So…she’s definitely isolated and he’s not supporting her.
I think she is in treatment for more than just cancer and not anywhere near him. She’s got whatever caused the abdominal issue to deal with plus chemo. He’s pissed about whatever else she’s dealing with (because she needs therapy which is a dumb Harry thing in his eyes) which is why he’s tried to make her seem perfectly healthy with the Frankenphoto and farm shop vid. The family is pretty much shunning him because he’s heartless to his ill wife. Carole and Kate in the car was a real photo, but banned in British press because it was a rental car, proving she’s not in the area they say ahe is. And why after this video they are saying not to photograph her out and about.
Her issues beyond cancer are why he didn’t use it for cover earlier. He wants to pretend she’s fine to divorce her, probably. But Kate is well enough now to go meet with Charles for tea behind Will’s back and set up the bench vid to checkmate him.
I think she has serious MH issues. I mean, who would do in public what she did getting out of a car to meet the Korean first family??
I been seeing Alot of gossip stories that Harry is leaving Meg!! A big fat lying distraction from William and Kate. Harry would of been with his wife hugging her and comforting her. It must burn like vinegar to Kate that Meg got the loving husband.
It sounds like Kate did not want Willi there. This has the vibe that Kate was worried that Willi would take over the whole video, telling her what to say, what facial expression to have, how to sit on the bench. Now KP realising how bad it looks that Willi was not present it looks they are sending Willi’s and Kate’s friends and sources out to mop up.
I think this is very likely and she probably kept him in the dark as well about taping this video.
I doubt KP staffers would release it without William’s knowledge; he is the boss and the whole Firm ethos is that no one matters except the Monarch and Heir. They’re lazy and incompetent but I have no doubt William either approved or insisted on this video.
It’s not like Kate is hiding in the bathroom trying to remember the KP Twitter account password.
Maybe Kate didn’t want him there because she was forced to do the video and didn’t want to. She’s obsessed with privacy and got mad at Meg because saying “hormones” was too personal (from her own sister in law!!), and she hates public speaking. I think she was forced into the video.
Or maybe BP took control of the situation and arranged the video without the knowledge of KP. I mentioned yesterday in another thread that I need one of those red string wall charts to keep track of all these theories. Anything is possible!
The monarchy is a hirarchical institution. So I believe that Kate needed approval from the aparatus. Apparently Kate had lunch with Charles on Thursday the day before the release of the video. So I think Charles at least was informed of the video and going by his reaction he seemed to have approved of this. Charles might even have given some advice to Kate and Willi how to handle the disaster.
Would Kate have preferred to have said nothing? Probably. Kate probably hoped to disappear from public view for a few months, have her treatment and recovery, appearing again as nothing has ever happened, not disclosing anything. The last year the BM put Kate in the centre of the royal reporting. Every other day was a photo of Kate in one of the tabloids. So KP discovered very quickly that this did not work. KP can control the BM but not social media. They had to do something especially after the Mother Days fiasco and the Farm shop video. Did Kate feel pressurised to do the video message? Probably.
This piece is about why was Willi not at her sight to support Kate when she recorded her message. I believe if Kate had to do it she wanted to do it on her terms. I still believe Kate did not want William present when she actually recorded the message. Imagine Willi behind the camera, pulling faces to get Kate’s attendtion, having arguments in front of a BBC camera crew how best to record the message. I believe that Willi being present would have put too much pressure on Kate to handle at that moment.
More things can be true at the same time.
So real translation: she DOES feel isolated and William doesn’t give a 💩 that she is sick ( as he already proven with his behavior the last 3 months).
I’ll play the other side of this: I would not have been able to make a dignified video, for public consumption, about how I explained to my children how I almost died but probably wouldn’t now. Not with my husband sitting next to me, or watching me behind the camera. I would want to do it in as professional and detached way as possible.
I keep circling back to her announcement, shoehorned into the newscycle a few hours before Charles’ announcement. If Charles were very sick or intending to pull a Queen Magrethe this year, this would be Kate and William’s last window of time to cosplay Bill and Kathy Everyman. It would explain why the two of them have quiet quit public life, why BP gave them such a long leash to do it, why Camilla looks ecstatic all the time, and reports “behind the scenes” that William is a completely anxious overwhelmed mess. Do I think they would lie abour cancer just to silence the questions? Of course I do. But then it’s also just as likely they’ve been telling the truth the whole time and are just shady, arrogant people who don’t have any kind of plan for anything.
Anyway, thank you Celebitchies for giving me a place to discuss this topic that means *blank stares* to everyone else in my life!
They use People magazine like their personal social media account, it’s rather nauseating that it’s allowed tbh. People should learn to leave the propaganda articles for the brf in Britain.
These people are just so exhausting. William is right there with her—except when he isn’t.
He’s like Jesus that way
I think of 2020 an then VP and Dr SLOTUS did an ad together and the campaign released some footage after the take of Dr Biden letting out a sigh of release that they finished it well and VP Biden said Jilly did great and was just showering her with complements.
I don’t know why I just thought of that.
If this was filmed at Windsor, where they live, it’s curious that William is missing. Points to either filmed elsewhere with a green screen or confirming he doesn’t live there.
I doubt William even knew Kate was filming this. And neither did the staff at KP as it wasn’t leaked to a Rota Rat or any of the British tabloids. Kate probably didn’t even tell Ma Middleton as it didn’t end up as an exclusive for US People or Cameltoe or even Woman’s Day or New Idea.
I think William with his mood swings, bad temper, incandescence and grudge holding would be the last person who would be a soothing balm to his wife.
He looks impatient with her at the best of times and like he could make a stressful situation worse.
And that’s probably a reason why he didn’t sit with her in the video, because he wouldn’t be able to control his sneering expression or try to mask it but would still make it obvious. What a lout!
What the rat was trying to say was Kate feels isolated because Willy doesn’t visit her often.
Apologies if this has been said before but Kate on that bench is very ‘Diana alone outside the Taj Mahal’
OMG – yes to this
Yes, that hit me immediately when I first saw it. Sending another message there, Kate?
I thought exactly the same thing. Kate on The Bench sitting sad and alone is deliberately meant to remind people of Diana sitting sad and alone in front of the Taj Mahal. It’s manipulative and seeking sympathy.
Diana did not want Charles to accompany het to her father’s funeral. Diana did not like the hypocrisy. The queen insisted and after the funeral Charles left Diana and quickly left.
Not only that but they arrived separately – he helicoptered as he had ‘very important meetings.’
After they’d cut short their skiing holiday. Riiiiiiight.
BP is fully supportive of Kate. KP and Will on the other hand seems “whatever love means”.
She doesn’t feel isolated because they’ve been living separately for a while, even before the move to Adelaide Cottage. Kate’s well used to living without him and relying on staff and her parents. He can barely pretend to like her when they do have to get together for public engagements. I can see them attending school events “together” and I imagine they arrive in separate vehicles, watch whatever activity one of the kids is in and then head back to their individual residences.
So the video was arranged through BP without KP. William and Kate are separated and have been living separate lives for years now. Hence the inability to even pantomime a caring husband performance.
Simple really, William is a selfish prk with teeth. He wasn’t there, because it wasn’t about him. She had to mention him or he would have sulked for a month and people would ask questions. The marriage is done, Billy is out of there and when bone gets the all clear Billy won’t hide his blond friend away any more
Mary! I was just thinking about you this morning. Glad to see your comments, as always!
@Mary Pester
Will her husband become the next Andrew Parker Bowles?
Always so happy when your comments pop up, Mary P…
He’s found his ‘non negotiable’. The phrase Charles used to describe Camilla.
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.
by Raymond Carver who wrote this poem when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He still felt rich and blessed because he loved his wife and she loved him and they faced the worst together because the marriage vows are in sickness and in health, till death us do part.
I dedicate Last Fragment to Mary Pester and Schrödinger’s Kate and anybody else who reads here who is coping with cancer or caring for a loved one.
Thank you for posting this. Beautiful.
Lady Digby- thank you and 🙏🏽 to all those healing now.
I may be wrong but I think Kate has been isolated for a long time – she probably does have some friends, and she does have family. But she has given up a lot of freedom for this role, and I don’t think the royal family ever really understand that because they have never had that freedom. I am not a fan of Kate at all, but I do think she is very lonely. This is partly why her inability to support Meghan is so shameful – just as Diana and Fergie were such good friends in the early days. Many of us make friends through parents of our children’s friends… watching them play sport or in concerts or whatever their interests. I doubt Kate encourages other Mums to be friendly…
If I were her mother I would be insisting that a statement was made saying Kate would not be taking part in public facing duties for the next year… take away the speculation, allow her to do some behind the scenes stuff if she wanted, get her better, get her eating… when I see photos of her next to 8 year old Charlotte it is very concerning to see quite how thin she has become.
Her family want her to be royal because they want to be royal adjacent.
Willi wants her back out there because he knows she is why people come out to see them… she wears pretty clothes…
Who is really putting her wellbeing above all else.
I can’t believe I am almost defending her, I think her treatment of Meghan is so unforgivable, but I think the whole issue of her illness has been so badly handled it has put more pressure on her not less.
LRB, but this is the life that she continues to hang onto with both hands. She has the ability to say, “no more”. That hasn’t happened to date. The question is how far will Ma Mids go to get her daughter on the throne?
Bone Idle needs to be VERY careful with partnering up with KFC. Billy Idle will have all of the money and making him mad isn’t a very good strategy.
I don’t know if the RR are the ones who created the asinine “school run” narrative that runs through all their stories propping these two up, or if that’s what KP has told them — but either way, that’s going to bite them in the ass some day. Saying that they didn’t say anything publicly because they wanted to wait until the children’s “break” is essentially throwing them under the bus, much like they did with Kate and the Photoshop Apology fiasco.
It’s one thing to say “we’re supporting this XYZ charity because our children love the outdoors…” and quite another to say “we couldn’t act like professionals and leaders because our children are still in school.” (WTF?)
These people have all the resources money can buy in the world — they would have had endless options to break the news to the kids (psychologists, counselors, expert advice, etc.) to help tell the kids the news. They expect us to believe that they were silent because they didn’t want the kids to be exposed to the “public curiosity” about their mother’s health until they could tell them privately on the infamous “school break.”
WHAT DO YOU CALL THE LAST THREE MONTHS?! They must have seen/heard/been told/asked about “is your mom really dead? are your parents getting divorced? is your mom getting a BBL?” That’s 5 bazillion times worse!! The children would like to be excluded from this narrative.
Kate has been cosplaying (or trying to) Diana from the start.
The see through dress at the uni ball (remember Diana’s see through dress at the nursery)
Then the bench video reminiscent of the Taj Mahal.
These people are fakes through and through. So it’s ironic they’re in the deepfake state now too
The photographers tricked Diana for the see through dress outfit. They lined her up so sun would show through dress. Kate wanted to be sexy for William and did this on purpose
Like I said before, my husband wouldn’t let me go through any of this alone: He wouldn’t blame me for a photo disaster; he wouldn’t leave me sitting alone on a bench to tell the world I was seriously ill. He also doesn’t push my hand away when I reach for his hand in public … or hog his umbrella in the rain … or leave me to totter up stairs in formal wear.
For years, I’ve just wanted to yell at Kate, “Have some pride, girl. You’re setting a terrible example for your kids” (as is, obviously, William).
Methinks the palace doth protest too much.
Fwiw – will Will’s friend’s husband become the next APB? Maybe she’s not married..
I hope she isn’t married. But my leading candidate for Mary Pester’s Lucy is.
There are two I can think of. Charlotte’s teacher. And another L mentioned Orr Ewing. Works for commonwealth and brother is a friend of W.
If he thought the video was a bad idea (and he has a point), it may be that she didn’t want him there at any point. I think a statement would’ve been enough. She gave too much information, in my view. I imagine she thought presenting herself in a fragile state and explaining would diminish the trolling: people would remember she’s a human being. That’s probably reasonable for celebrities, I’m not sure it’s best for royals.
The good I could do with 1/100th of their wealth….
I’ve gone from being raised a royalist, to being a royalist because that’s how I was raised, to not paying any attention, to being excited that someone I followed had fallen in love w/Harry, to joy for their love, to horror for her treatment and experiences and the reporting around her, to absolute disgust and have come to loathing.
They are abominable creatures. H&M will never be entirely safe, nor their children, because of the hate they have encouraged and amplified.
I am appalled, disgusted and in an odd way, feel deeply betrayed.
They have proven to be so much less than what they claimed. What I was raised to believe.
Lies, deceit, one upping each other all for what? No words left to describe the depths of depravity these people have fallen and are still determined to fall further. Reaching the end zone, is my only hope.
Very well stated SG
The whole world loved Diana. Before I only knew there was a British queen named Elizabeth. Didn’t know anything else and didn’t care until the beautiful Diana came on the scene. After she passed, I wished the best for her boys. I used to like Kate until I realized how phony she is. Meg was a breath of fresh air. Harry and Meg made the royals interesting again. Well the queen has passed and the firm drove Harry and Meg away. Now it just a total F ing sh”t show over there !!!
Oh my…. this is honestly reaching.
Can you not leave them alone, especially after a message from a mom battling cancer. This is manufactured drama
Nan, if you listen to the video, she specifically said that she ‘had’ cancer and the chemo was prentative. I’ve known people in the same position. They want to make sure there are no remaining cells. I don’t know why everyone keeps saying she has cancer when she said she didn’t.
Exactly right, ‘had’ cancer.
The world is overreacting.
What I have begun to believe is that we won’t see her again as the POW. I believe that sooner or later a tale will be spun (which is completely unlike KP) that Kate’s illness was so wearing and taxing that she has decided to step down from her role as POW, and she and Wills are reluctantly separating, etc. I do hope she is not being audited. I say this because I have just casually wondered if Tom Cruise will begin to have any influence on William. Goodness, he may have already gifted the egg with a tin foil hat.
Therese I think you are 💯 right