For a moment, I worried that another “Kate Missington” fiasco was unfolding before our very eyes yet again. Last year, the Princess of Wales’s disappearance was largely fueled by palace/courtier incompetence across the board. Kensington Palace’s staffers refused to give regular briefings on Kate’s health, and everyone’s squirreliness around “the state of Kate” led to conspiracies, manipulated photos and outright lies. When Kate suddenly pulled out of Royal Ascot yesterday, my biggest fear was that the royal courts have learned absolutely nothing from 2024 and that this could end up being Kate Missington 2.0. But guess what? They did learn something – well, at least they learned how to brief anonymously and give the nod to “nothing to see here, she’s fine, she’s just tired y’all” articles. Speaking of, the Telegraph published this: “Ascot absence is just a blip in Princess of Wales’s remarkable recovery; Catherine continues to tread a careful line as she makes her way back to health, but signs are good.”
As the sun blazed down on Royal Ascot on Wednesday, racegoers were abuzz with news that the Princess of Wales would be attending the meeting. The official list of carriages in the Royal Procession had her name on it, along with those of the King, the Queen and the Prince of Wales, in what was expected to be her return to the summer season after her chemotherapy this time last year. In the end, it was not to be. In the hours ahead of the procession, Kensington Palace confirmed that the Princess would be unable to attend.
It is said that while she was understandably disappointed not to attend, the Princess was mindful of treading a careful line as she returns to work. It is a salient reminder that life, even for the royals, is not a fairytale. There is no magic wand for health.
There is no cause for alarm, we are told, backed by evidence of the Princess laughing and happy at the Garter Day ceremony at Windsor Castle just two days ago.
She has, in truth, been staging a remarkable comeback. Since the September video in which she announced that she had finished her chemotherapy, the Princess has surpassed all expectations in her steady march back to work…However, behind closed doors, it seems, things have not been so blissfully uncomplicated. The “cancer journey”, Catherine said in September, “is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone, especially those closest to you”.
With three small children, a future King among them, she is focused on the long term, supporting her husband and being there in all senses for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
She is disappointed to miss Ascot. But the big picture, as she, William and their advisers know, is more important. The watchword at the Palace is “balance”. Her illness was serious, sources emphasise, and the long-term effects for any patient are unpredictable. The public are kind enough, nowadays, to understand that royals are human and they cannot perform at all times.
The summer season at Ascot will survive, with royals aplenty. The presence of the Prince of Wales, who would have no qualms about shouldering criticism to skip the event to be by his wife’s side if needed, as well as that of Carole Middleton, the Princess’s mother, was reassuring.
The Princess is likely to be seen again very soon, at Wimbledon as well as official engagements, before the children break up for their school holidays.
I hope that Kate is feeling OK and that she’s able to get the rest and recovery she needs. I appreciate that it doesn’t look like the royal courts are going to be playing the same games this time around – someone high up gave the authorization for this story, letting people know that Kate is not about to go missing for months again. It’s a sleight of hand though, because Kate was already scheduled to go missing for months, because of her “summer vacation.” Still, we should only worry if she misses Wimbledon entirely.
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- Members of the British Royal Family at the annual Order of the Garter Service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle Featuring: Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Windsor, United Kingdom When: 16 Jun 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- Members of the British Royal Family at the annual Order of the Garter Service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Windsor, United Kingdom When: 16 Jun 2025 Credit: Cover Images
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- Members of the British Royal Family at the annual Order of the Garter Service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle Featuring: Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: Windsor, United Kingdom When: 16 Jun 2025 Credit: Cover Images
I don’t necessarily think she’s going to go missing once again, but “no signs of alarm“ absolutely means something weird went on around her absence.
In the official announcement about her surgery from 2024, one of the last lines was something to the effect “it’s absolutely not cancerous” which made me immediately go …. Who said anything about cancer?!? I’m not saying she had cancer, simply that the fact that it was denied so out of the blue and with such quickness made me think – she absolutely has cancer.
Same with this. No cause for alarm. Right.
I assumed William was throwing pillows, and there wasn’t enough time or makeup to cover the rage of the feather thrower. And so she had to back out very suddenly.
She didn’t have cancer. That’s the only true thing they’ve said.
Becky English made sure to rule out cancer when the surgery announcement was made in January. She is fed the information directly from KP and so she would not have said that had they not told her to.
The total 180 after that is what is unexplained.
,@Friendly Crow
I don’t understand how many more facts need to hit people in the face before they stop making up what happened to Kate, how she disappeared?
The answer was there on the first outing, a big scar on the left eye socket.
That’s what I think happened in December 2023 and that’s kind of what I assume happened this time, too, though probably not as severely. Either that or Crohns as someone said down thread.
I think William is a massive massive risk.
@Betsy
I don’t know if this speculation is necessary. Kate has been sidelined from official events for a long time and is absent from most of them, such as banquets. She was at Trooping and William had had enough of her company, and at Ascot all the aristocracy, lots of his friends, showed up, he wanted to have freedom, not a woman showing everyone the depth of her throat.
The presence of the Prince of Wales, who would have no qualms about shouldering criticism to skip the event to be by his wife’s side if needed, as well as that of Carole Middleton, the Princess’s mother, was reassuring.
Touche!!
“All signs are good” why shouldn’t they be? She said she was in remission months ago and she’s well enough to know that she’ll be around for Wimbledon. She’s certainly fit enough for multiple ski vacations. Why does it always sound like they’re trying to walk back her health?
It’s like no one has explained what remission looks like in reality.
The two skiing holidays may have been a remarkable recovery. That was months ago.
They probably want to lower expectations for why she isn’t doing much. If it’s health related, people will likely back off and not question it.
This is exactly it.
The article is very carefully worded. It doesn’t say she missed ascot bc of her health, it just says she missed ascot and then goes on talking about her remarkable recovery but don’t forget that it WAS very serious, so serious that even though she stopped chemo almost a year ago and announced her remission in January she still can’t work. This is what we’re going to hear for the next 30 years.
She’s had four or five holidays this year already, one of which was a physically demanding skiing holiday. which is it? is she treading a careful line of balance, or just can’t be arsed / not contracted with Willy to attend?
Skiing with young children (who are vacation skiers and not weekly skiers) is not that physically demanding.
George is not that young and kept up with dad. Kate did not slow down. It’s demanding even for beginners
She was seen skiing on her own on downhill courses that are not bunny hills.
The kids were with instructors. The RR have also said she works out vigorously hours a day. Plus she loves hiking and swimming.
It’s more demanding than sitting in a carriage and then in the shade in the stands.
Oh riggghhhttt….going out for bit of chit-chat at Ascot is far more demanding than skiing. Puhleeze…
The second one
Her travel schedule is more rigorous than what passes for work for these two.
The pictures of her skiing make it really hard to swallow the line that she is trying to find the right balance. At least in regards to her cancer journey. I’m not sure what they should be saying instead but it feels insulting to see that she can ski and walk through the woods but not ride in a carriage and then sit in the shade afterwards to watch the races. Whatever the truth is, they will not be saying.
Both the cancer itself and chemo do a number on your system and recovery isn’t a straight line from not well to better; it can be really unpredictable. You may feel well-enough one day and then too tired to do anything the next. I don’t think it’s insulting that her recovery is like that.
She’s always well for 2x ski trips, multiple Caribbean beach holidays and events she actually enjoys. Amazing! Her *cough* ‘cancer’ that she’s been free from for 9 months or so really makes sure she does fun stuff.
Look I wish her no ill health. At all. But when you have cancer patients still going through treatment and going to work almost every day and then you have pictures of her skiing and just having coming back from another vacation less than 2 weeks ago, it comes across as her having a pretty fair balance in comparison to others. So canceling a carriage ride at the last minute in order to find the right balance is fine, sure. Lucky her in that regard. Will we be getting a 4 seasons summer video soon?
@Kirsten — I am being treated for cancer, I had a complete bowel resectioning and am in my 10th month of chemo. Aside from a very bad reaction to a chemo drug that I was taken off of followed by a month of recovery, I’ve been able to have a normal life all things considered. I’m certainly well enough to get together with friends, travel a bit, I eat well and exercise. She never had cancer, this story has been a massive coverup for the breakdown of her marriage, possibly with some DV, and a subsequent *unofficial* separation. It enrages me that this whole fakakta “she’s still in recovery from cancer” bullshit is STILL being used as an excuse for her utter laziness and ineptitude.
She said in September that she had stopped her chemo treatments by releasing a fully edited video which would have been filmed prior to its release. She then later came back in January saying that she is in remission. So we aren’t talking about someone who is in the throws of having cancer with chemotherapy treatments. We are in the throws of someone who admits to being in remission for at least six months. Also let’s remind ourselves that during the time that she claimed to have cancer and was going through chemo, she was still going out publicly without wearing a mask and avoiding sun exposure. She attended Trooping and Wimbledon for long stretches of time going what medical professionals would recommend against, which is excessive sun exposure and going out in public without wearing a mask. She has since gone on numerous vacations, at least five or six where she is outdoors, still in public and the sun. She went skiing. She was just recently at two other events this week, neither of which are more strenuous than skiing. The cancer recovery excuse doesn’t apply anymore.
@Jaded…prayers for your health. As for Kate…I don’t believe she had cancer either. I had chemo after my cancer was found post-surgery. It was tiring and there were side effects, but I worked as well. Months later, I was back to attending sport events, mask in hand. Kate, William, the courtiers are using Kate’s “illness” as an excuse for her laziness. She picks and chooses when the side effects will hit and prevent her from working. Unsurprisingly, it’s never during vacations or Wimbledon.
I don’t actually want her to be in ill health, but they can’t keep framing her absences like this if they don’t want people to just presume it’s laziness. Yes I’m sure she does have days that are better than others, but she’s consistently better doing things that she wants to do.
You can’t say she will be better for Wimbledon, somewhere she always goes and visibly loves, and good enough to go on multiple vacations this year, but you don’t know and have to play it by the ear for anything work related.
That’s it exactly. Play it by ear for work but not vacations?
She’s cancer free? Why is she still recovering? What line is she treading? Multiple ski holidays, multiple beach holidays versus actual work? Going to a horse race?
BTW Kate, I absolutely was not and never will be worried about your health. It’s on par with me worrying about Trump’s health.
The royal propaganda machine is solid. Hats off to the colonizers. Propaganda is their forte. They’ve been doing the propaganda dance for hundreds of years. Who else could get poor people to despise poor people on benefits and adore rich royals on benefits. They are masters of lies and obfuscation. 👀 Last year they were blown away by the suddenness of social media interest but they’ve learned and adapted. 👍
Kate’s not going to miss Wimbledon. It’s very interesting to see the press react to Kate pulling out of Ascot. So much grace but there was none for Meghan when she didn’t attend the luncheon for Trump’s State Visit when she was on maternity leave.
Maybe no cause for alarm, but cause for some chaos. The reports say that she decided not to attend 1 hour before the event and the royal procession didn’t start until sometime in the early afternoon. If you’re feeling too tired to do something, you’ll know it in the morning. If she doesn’t want to attend an event, that’s fine – but she shouldn’t be making life more difficult for those doing the work.
This is not a woman who thinks of others. She’s never had to be responsible to a boss or work colleagues & she’s not going to start now.
It’s interesting that Sykes in the Daily Beast had a completely different take than the Telegraph. Sykes “sources” say there was complete disarray in KP, everything came as a complete surprise and the staff had no idea what was going on.
I can absolutely believe that the staff had no idea what was going on.
I’m still laughing at poor Lord Soames, Churchill’s grandson, being ousted as a result of Kate’s last minute cancellation. In the pictures, he was invited into the royal box, right next to Carole. A consolation of some sort I suppose. Apparently he once called Diana paranoid so I won’t feel too bad for the poor lord.
@Jais, lol, next to Carole!!!! Lord Soames who meets with dictators, presides over liquidated companies, calls a woman who was kind, hardworking and did good “paranoid” after he said to her “accidents could happen”……. Along with the Saudi Royals, a rascist (Charles), another rascist mean girl who pulled out last minute, a woman who left all her creditors out of pocket…… what an inspiring lot.
Oh Belinda, thank you for more details about the “poor” Lord Soames. I felt like he was given the consolation prize of being photographed in the royal box with the king and the queen after being ousted at the last minute from the carriage ride. He and Carole were both leaning against the rails to make sure they were very clearly photographed. Birds of a feather perhaps.
Lord Soames went an television to call Diana paranoid.
Such a drama queen. She wants that applause at Wimbledon being the center of attention
Once I heard starmer’s government is not pleased with Royal family. Seems like new government is giving pressure to the palace. Even in the political campaign last year, Labour party hates monachy was seen very much. I don’t remember clearly, one of the Labour MP said to abolish the monachy. Also there were articles last year (GB new or sky new) that starmer once shouted to abolish the monachy. If Charles die in starmer’s period I don’t think William can survive. Very specially kate will never. Who know in a decade the monachy may loose more privileges and finances. With support of current generation the PM can bring any such ideas to parliament. Also I don’t believe even all the Conservatives would love Williams rule. Because WanK aren’t traditionalists nor Democrats. Just some lazy uninteresting unprofessional people.
@Honeybee
Once they won, formed their government and understood how much power the monarchy has to influence the establishment, they quietly acquiesced.
Some see it but many don’t, the media and the monarchy collaborate to control the government (the cabinet and parliament).
They socialize at exclusive clubs, country homes and palaces. There are non public engagements where conversations happen to influence key decisions in law and finance.
lol. Starmer doesn’t have the balls to abolish the monarchy. He can’t survive the media campaign against him, he already kissed the Murdoch ring. The BRF is one of the most important revenue sources for the tabloids. What will the royal reporters do if there is no royal family?
Starmer has made it quite clear that he’s pro-monarchy and has no plans to abolish it. There are some labour members who think the UK should be a republic but those people don’t hold power in the Labour Party.
All your comments are logical. But I feel something different in recent day. May be my thought about starmer is wrong. What I am trying to say is for any Party to remain in future they need people support. But the fact is young brits are clearly not royal lovers. I don’t think even they would go after Wales kids. Consider W was rejected by many, even though they knew he will be king. World have seen what happened to Diana and meghan. This year’s trooping colours is another evidence. No any mother except grifters like Carol would accept WanK as their daughter’s in laws. Also I don’t see the Wales kids are popular like other royal kids. Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Norway royal kids were popular at this age. Consider Norway princess ingrid and Princess leonor. They took almost diplomatic styled roles in their early teenage. I don’t see Wales children getting right lessons on public speaking. Princess ingrid once hosted Kate. Leonor made oversea visit alone. They all had started early. It is not good to pressure kids. But if it can happen in other royal family why not in britain. And in this social media era people can easily access news of other royal houses. So I don’t think current generation would accept william. If people hate monachy the government can publicly show support. Ruling party will always focus on saving their reputation than fighting to save king. Say william become king in two years, just think of people’s reaction. Will brits accept to spend millions on his coronation?? Even the Republic protests are growing. I don’t see people welcoming william as future king. Even if he was forced abdicate, George can’t fit in King’s shoes. He is young. According to constitution a regent will be appointed. But who will be that regent??? Only possibilities are Ann and Edward. Others have no capacity. (Definitely they won’t invite Harry). But the question are can Ann work continously without health issues??? If Edward is chosen, won’t he prefer his children instead of George??? With power and control he can influence a change. We can’t make predictions only based on constitution. If any nation wide protests or discontentment arise, no constitution can save any royals. If most of the parliament agreed to change succession rule or abolish the monachy at such case king nor william can’t fight back. I don’t think william will rule Britain or George will be accept as young kind. Also the on going palace struggle seems like K3 is not for long. May be in few years he may abdicate. Wales aren’t making any effort to save the monachy nor training the kids. Non of them are popular.
I’ve never had preventive chemo but worked with a lady who did. She would be functioning well in the a.m. then hit a wall of sudden exhaustion that took her off her feet. The effects of having had chemo can be on going for a while.
10 months later though? If this was last June I’d say yeah that’s highly likely. But she said herself she stopped treatment in September of 2024, and confirmed that cancer was in remission in January of this year. Obviously there can be long-term effects to pumping your body full of chemicals, but I don’t think the after effects of chemo is the issue almost a year later.
I’m on preventive chemo, will be for the rest of my life. Oh, and I just finished a week of radiation. I certainly couldn’t go skiing like Kate (I’m old, that’s why) but I have energy enough to do just about everything else. She’s just effing lazy and entitled and I get so angry that she’s milking this so-called cancer recovery bullshit for all it’s worth.
You are missing the most important part about all of this regarding Kate. We are taking her at her word that she actually had cancer and chemo. She told us in September that she WAS FINISHED WITH CHEMO and in January she WAS IN REMISSION. So at least 9 months ago SHE FINISHED HER CHEMO TREATMENT and 6 months ago SHE WAS IN REMISSION. So there isn’t any effects of chemo that she had more than 9 months ago. At this point using cancer and chemo as an excuse for her to continue to be as lazy as she was before she allegedly had cancer, is insulting to those who are actually still dealing with cancer and chemotherapy.
So Kate knew she would be fine when Wimbledon came around in a few days (how many days or weeks I don’t know) but she didn’t know she couldn’t go to Ascot until the very last minute ? This doesn’t make sense.
She said she finished treatments when she did that shampoo commercial last year
@Tessa
In January she said she is in remission. 🤷🏽♀️
If they intend to use cancer as their propaganda narrative for the rest of her live, then so be it. It’s their choice and up to the British people to figure out how to regard their expectations of Kate’s role in their lives. Frankly, I think once people accept Kate accept that they are fine with Kate not making any public appearances, the crazy propaganda surrounding why she didn’t show up at an event will not be necessary anymore. I don’t think most of the British public really wants to see Kate but the media claims that most people want to see her. The emotional support polls tell a vastly different story than what British people in the streets tell. It’s evident in the poorly attended Trooping of the Colour and the tv ratings of royal public events that many British people are not bothered 😕. Globally, the Windsor brand has lost value 🤷🏽♀️ and I don’t think Kate can help to improve that at this point so I think if she stops all public engagements it would not matter to anyone.
They lost their value the minute the Queen died and was substituted by a uncharismatic Chuck and his unpopular former lover, now wife. They lost their value when they protected Andrew and his minor sex trafficking ways. They lost even more value when they decided to abuse Meghan and by association, Harry.
It’s definitely strange – she would’ve had to do prep with hair, make-up and clothes – to pull out 20 minutes before was bizarre. But I don’t believe the palace will give any health updates on her again after what happened last year. They’ve learned something from that and will work hard to mask. I know some journalists have hinted she isn’t out of the woods, but again, if she is doing any kind of treatment – they aren’t going to say. I did wonder briefly at Trooping because her coat collar was positioned similarly to when she had to wear a port at Wimbledon last year.
??? ‘Positioned’? She’s worn that Self Portrait dress before, in other colors, and last year’s Wimbledon dress was a variation on a previous Wimbledon dress. Short sleeves, basic neckline, giant bow-like detail on the shoulder. But no actual ‘positioning’ of anything, just standard fabric on some basic clothing.
Maybe she was just wobbit in the heat and having a bad day. Can you imagine if she’d have attended , only to faint in the carriage with Will having to slap her face to revive her??
They should allow a Kate to stop all public appearances and focus 💯 on being the mother of her children. It seems like that’s what she prefers but the media or the royals or both seems to want her to make public appearances. 🤷🏽♀️
The children are all in school. She can’t go to their classrooms
She can have tea and crumpets with their mothers and play tennis, spend time bee keeping and run around in the woods with them. 🤷🏽♀️
It is well documented that the woman is lazy. It’s evident that ‘work’ for her is like pulling teeth without anesthesia – painful and debilitating.
They can save people the lies and obfuscation. A lot of people are tired of the propaganda. 🥱
She is taxpayer funded and this is a role that she signed up for when she chased William for ten years. She’s from the UK so she knows the treatment they Diana experienced while in that family and public eye, yet she still fought tooth and nail for the role, even though William had cheated and broken up with her numerous times. You can’t apply for a job, get the job and then expect to be paid to not do the job or show up to the job just because you’re lazy. She’s always been lazy and that’s fine, but that isn’t a luxury for all of those people funding her.
@Nerd
If they ever allow her to stop working their reputation will be irreparably damaged within the Commonwealth. After all they created the ‘working royals’ definition to excommunicate the Sussexes and Kate was outed by the UK media as one of the persons who was racist toward the Sussexes.
By definition royals are not expected to work. The term ‘working royals’ was introduced in 2020. This is their documented statement on the royal family website:
“As announced in January 2020, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have stepped back as working members of The Royal Family.”
Their discrimination towards the biracial American woman has resulted in this current conundrum for Kate. Their racism towards Meghan will be further exposed and documented for history if they announce it. I want to see if they’re going to do it. People (especially from the US and Commonwealth) are very focused on them and how racist they continue to be towards Meghan.
I agree. She doesn’t want to do anything, let her live a private life. Same when shes QC. It wasn’t until Alexandra or Mary (can’t remember which) that they started doing charitable visits IIRC.
It’s not just whether or not charitable visits is the thing, it’s that they introduced the term ‘working royals’ to excommunicate the Sussexes. Now they are stuck with that framing of their roles as the basis to validate taxpayer funding.
The discrimination towards Meghan has now created a conundrum for the institution, more-so Kate who was exposed by the media as one of the racists in the family.
@bluhare — then pull her financial support. No more bespoke outfits, jewelry, free homes, free vacation travel, EVERYTHING. Let Willbur support her out of his vast Duchy monies although he’s as tight as Ebeneezer Scrooge. She married into the BRF, there is and always has been the expectation that she’d do a decent amount of public service for her lavish lifestyle.
And don’t forget, only ‘working royals’ get taxpayer funded royal protection officers. Let’s see the pretzel logic they use if this actually becomes the case, Katie Keen removes herself from all public appearances.
Sums it up perfectly @Jaded.
The bad day narrative was from last year when she allegedly had cancer and was going through chemotherapy. She told the whole world in September that SHE FINISHED CHEMOTHERAPY and in January she said SHE WAS IN REMISSION. There is no good or bad days now that she is no longer being “treated” for cancer.
I found it rather delicious that the Telegraph pointed out that Kate would be sure to attend Wimbledon before taking another month’s long break.
@Harla 2 months Summer break incoming. Last year she attended the Men’s Singles final in preference to the women’s which was risky because of the likely longer duration of the Sunday match. I’ll be interested if she opts for just one event this year because of heat is an issue for her, then Saturday’s match is a better bet!
I’m sure she’ll recover enough for Wimbledon and yet another holiday.
Say KP just announce that Kate and Will have decided as parents , that it’s the right balance as a family for her to be a SAHM. She doesn’t have a constitutional role as Will ‘s wife, whatever title he holds, so there can’t be a crisis ? This could be the eventual announcement if either her health or state of marriage doesn’t permit full-time joint work appearances? Any body knows of existing precedent for a happily married spouse to heir staying out of public service?
Taxpayers should not supply money for her upkeep then
If she isn’t working she won’t need expensive clothes, hairdressers, make up artists etc.
It certainly seems like we’re heading towards that scenario, whether KP want to admit it or not. They can’t force her to work. The problem here is why should she still receive taxpayers money to frolic around the forests?
KP are in a corner and they know it.
@Lady Digby
By definition royals are not expected to work. It’s not a job. The work definition was only used to excommunicate the Sussexes. The term ‘working royals’ was introduced in 2020.
This is their documented statement on the royal family website:
“As announced in January 2020, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have stepped back as working members of The Royal Family.”
Their discrimination towards the biracial American woman has resulted in this current conundrum for Kate. Their racism towards Meghan will be further exposed and documented for history if they announce it. I want to see if they’re going to do it. People (especially from the Commonwealth) are very focused on them and how racist they continue to be towards her.
Up until about 100 years ago that’s exactly how it worked. I wish she would. I get tired of hearing how brave she is.
@Bluhare
They created this conundrum when they mistreated the Sussexes, by the discrimination towards Meghan. Now every decision they make will be viewed through those lenses – ‘working royals’.
I think she has Crohn’s disease, thus the need for abdominal surgery to remove some inflammation in the intestines. That’s when they found some evidence of some cancer cells. Anyone with Crohn’s can get a case of diarrhea suddenly so that would explain pulling out of the appearance at the last minute and not scheduling her to attend lunches or dinners, and why she’s so thin now.
That would really make the most sense. It could explain why she’s fine for some things and not for others and having “good days and bad days.” Also, it explains her weigh loss. I had a work friend with this, and it took time to find a medication that would work for her.
Something like this makes sense.
@Sharon
They did not say she was sick. They said she is figuring out the right balance for her work. She does not have Crohn’s disease. 🤷🏽♀️
Agree. To me they have to be held to account for what they say. They said she is trying to find the right balance after having had cancer. I’m not just gonna assume she has such and such disease bc she holds her stomach.
That’s what I’ve been thinking, she has Crohn’s or something similar. Look at how she’s holding her stomach in the photos from the other day. That’s just what she was doing in the fall of 2023 before she eventually had to have surgery.
Never underestimate the global reach of the monarchy’s little grey men and their success in getting influencers/vloggers/gossip bloggers etc, to write their stories and blurbs from the POV of the monarchy.
Thats all I got.
PS: one understands if this kind of truth-telling has to be sacrificed
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Kate does not want to work but because of what they did to the Sussexes they are in a conundrum about how to handle it. 🤷🏽♀️
They forced the Sussexes out denying them half in/half out. Now publicly exposed racist Kate who participated heavily in the discrimination towards Meghan does not want to work. They’re trying to figure out the way to push the propaganda to manage the debacle.
For the first couple years after they left, Meghan and Harry were pretty quiet. It’s been clear since the start of last year that they have moved into a new stage where they plan to be in the public more. How can William and Kate be a WFH King and Queen if the Sussexes are in the news weekly. If they plan to be off after Wimbledon until mid September they are ceding the news cycle to the Sussexes.
@Tina
I think they expect their propaganda media friends like Rebecca English and Richard Eden to figure out a narrative that will enable the limited work arrangement they intend to pursue during that time.
Who else, Meghan included, gets so much grace for skipping work appearances?? No one.
Not in the real world. Not in the royal bubble, where merely showing up counts as work. FFS, Princess Anne “worked” after a serious head injury. Charles is “working” through treatment.
Well, she was not at Ascot today as well. Most of the royal clan were.
Wait for an announcement on Meghan’s As Ever 2nd launched tomorrow. Perfect timing to deflect from the mess behind the seens happening between W&K.
Keen’s absence might not be a concern, but Peg hanging out with his drinking buddies wherever he goes is a concern. Peg is supposed to be a king in waiting, not a drunken frat boy.
@MSLOVE was the asinine one shouting, “I’m free!” to his mates like he infamously did in 2007 , when he ditched his then GF over the phone ?
I wonder if Kate is friends with Lucy Straubenzee? You never hear stories about the four of them out and about. Maybe Kate is a fishwife nobody likes.
Something is weird. Making her sit this one out and then making sure Carole went….its designed to make everyone thinks everything is okay. If the lady can ski, she sure as hell is in good enough health to attend Ascot. Kate and William definitely are separated and I am guessing part of the terms ensures William gets to keep her away from events he wishes to attend alone. Because boy was he looking happy minus his dear wife. Also William definitely slashed her botox budget. Its been evident. He is sick of her taking away spotlight and letting her visibily age is the fastest way to kill her appeal because lets face it, she offers nothing of substance otherwise. It’ll even out the field.
I think you’re right about Crohn’s Disease. It would explain the abdominal surgery, the detection of pre-cancerous cells, the preventive chemo, as well as the truncated course of said chemo, on an accelerated timeframe relative to “real” cancer, the weight loss, and the successive cancellations / curtailments of official events at the last minute… exploding diarrhoea (as they spell it) is not very seemly for our saint Kate, sworn to the cult of image management. Oh my lord….. i have to say, there are not many people for whom I have no pity, but she is one of them. Karma came, baby.
@Parkrunmum
They did not say she was sick. They said she is figuring out the right balance for her work. She does not have Crohn’s disease. Her mother was also in attendance and looking very chipper at the races so it’s safe to say that Kate is fine but did not feel like working that day.
The question is – who are “they”? It’s the Telegraph that said blah, blah, blah about balance and “we are told” and “it is said,” but who is saying it? The only confirmed statement out of KP regarding this event is “she not attending” and they’re letting the press fill in the blanks with all the balance stuff that was said before.
But work/life balance doesn’t make sense when the cancelation happens the very last minute, especially when it’s an organized and choreographed event like a royal procession. I’m not saying Kate is sick – it’s just weird – and they’ve told so many lies about Kate that it’s even more weird to me.
@MSJ, I don’t think we have enough information to rule out anything, she could be genuinely ill, I just don’t find the cancer story compelling given the timeline and two facts at variance: when she went in for surgery, 18 months ago, the Palace official comms announced it was not cancer. They did that pre-emptively. Which struck me as odd, but I figured, they were just trying to get ahead of speculation. Then she emerged from the hospital and a few weeks later filmed her park bench video in which she said “cancer had been present,” which is oddly phrased. She apparently began chemo in March and was already well enough to announced in September that she was out of the woods, literally and metaphorically, with that nature film. 6 months is the length of in-patient treatment, as I know because a friend was treated (successfully) for leukaemia three years ago, but the before / after if you’ve been there are *nothing* like Kate’s appearance. We had another friend recently die, having battled cancer for years. If you’ve been there, the story just doesn’t ring true. I can believe she’s ill, I just don’t think it’s cancer.
Like I said yesterday, Kate already did two events in a row . She was not about to do a 3rd. Not when she has to get her workout on and then binge watch suits and make up her Meghan mood board.
And I don’t have sympathy for Kate and I am not wondering if she is sick because she went skiing twice this year. Zooming down those mountains is not something someone who is sick would be doing. Kate is lazy as f and she gets away with it because why would the media call out the white princess when they could use the black one as target practice to protect the white one who does f all. And I don’t think the public is okay with it because it’s not like the public has a choice in the matter.
Agree racism is a big factor in press treatment, and Khate has personally contributed to the racism. But also, Khate is the future queen (as far as we know) and as such she’s protected by the palaces in a way Meghan will never be. Whether or not Khate has done anything to deserve the protection. Plus, the British and American publics seem far more interested in Meghan than in Khate, and while a lot is definitely racism among Fail commenters, it’s also true that Meghan is the more charismatic, interesting person who actually does things.
Both Kate and Will have been figuring out the right balance for them since university. Based upon available data and previous output: availability for “work ” depends upon fun factor, alcohol, celebrities present and standing ovations for turning up! Exclusivity and unpredictability will be maintained and written up by faithful scribes as modernization, impactful and a blessing to a grateful nation. Please order your Coronation mug now at a cost of 26 million because us British are indeed being taken for mugs paying for this shower!!
Sad that she and they aren’t being honest about what is really happening. It’s all quite weird. Can’t imagine living like she does. So little joy
My theory: Kate never wanted to go to Ascot but Carole really, really did want to sit in the royal box and mingle with Charles and William. What other opportunities does Carole get for such upscale mingling? Carole sits apart from the royals at Wimbledon and Kate’s Christmas thing, and AFAIK she never gets invited to Sandringham Christmas or Balmoral summers. So Carole begged. And Kate agreed, with no intention of ever going. Then yesterday rolled around, Kate’s staff reminded her mid-morning, and she said “what, am I still on the books for that?” and cancelled.
This woman is so frighteningly thin. I mean really. It’s not for anyone to label a stranger as anorexic. But I think that this frightening thinness can’t be healthy and doesn’t develop on its own.
She has been lazy forever, and will be for the rest of her life. She was called duchess Dolittle for years. Once Meghan came it had to change. She becomes a saint. With Meghan gone she needs to keep that title and while as long as Meghan is alive she will for most, but they need something else. When she got cancer it was a goldmine. It will forever be used as an excuse. Ten years from now they’ll be saying the same, she needs balance and she needs to rest and take it one day at a time. No media and no tax payers will ever challenge that in any great numbers. Please spare me the well she may be tired because cancer, it’s insulting. She was fine skiing, she’ll be fine for Wimbledon, funny how that works.
I’m still stunned by the phrase “..surpassed all expectations in her steady march back to work”.
Yes, what were the expectations exactly?
What a soap opera these royals!
Fell down rabbit-hole looking at George Cruikshank caricatures and landed on Caroline of Brunswick, married then Prince of Wales/later King in 1795 without having first met. What a mess!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_of_Brunswick
On a serious note: She’s dreadfully thin.
George and Caroline conceived their only child Charlotte on their wedding night. He did his duty and wanted nothing to do with her after that. Charlotte married to prince Leopold died in childhood and baby did not survive.
Edit she died in childbirth
He had to marry a wealthy princess because George was heavily in debt. They only child Charlotte died in childbirth her baby did not survive.
I don’t think she’ll ever recover from being exposed as a massive snob in Spare and asking about the baby’s skin color in the Dutch version of Omids book. She carefully crafted a certain image for decades and that all went down the toilet in a short period of time. I think it did a massive number on her because she’d painted herself into a corner as just a middle class girl and yes, girl, not grown woman, who was perfect yet relatable. She can’t go back to that because the cat’s out of the bag and won’t ever go back in. She can’t pivot because nobody in her camp knows how to manage this so she’s going to play peekaboo like this with her appearances because at least we’re then not talking about this other stuff, right? What a mess.
Maybe William just doesn’t want her there, but the press can’t say that, can they? What a farce.
Tom Sykes at the Daily Beast is sending up the flairs, even if the rest of the British media is, as he says, dutifully going along with the story that this is just Kate trying to find a sense of balance. Sykes writes that, “The Daily Beast can reveal that the announcement left staff behind palace walls ‘bewildered and worried’ as they tried to figure out what was happening.” He adds that pulling out a high-profile event like Ascot is “highly unusual” instead of just routine, nothing to see here. And lots more along those skeptical lines.
Couldn’t get her sobered up in time to get her dressed is my guess.
I’d really like to have a conversation with the person who thought that “oh everything is fine, she’s just tired” is a good excuse to skip an event their principal was confirmed to attend.
In my book, that’s worse. If you’re tired, suck it up and go anyway. It’s your literal job. Brits must have a lot more patience than me.
the thing is, the fate of the UK doesn’t hang on whether Kate goes to Ascot. LOL. And the fate of the monarchy doesn’t really hang on whether Kate likes volunteer work. Or philanthropy. Or social activism. Some people find a niche, and really get stuck in; some just treat it like an extension of their social life. Both of which are valid. I don’t think she has to earn her keep; I don’t think she owes the tax payer anything. If you don’t like the bills, don’t have a monarchy. I have two objections to Kate, which really boil down to one objection: she lies through her (fake) teeth. She hates Meghan. She’s vile and snarky and unrepentantly sneering and we have seen the boiling-over belligerence play out in church, no less, at a funeral, no less, on multiple occasions. Which is simply shocking. The whole crying saga? Pure BS. Shocking. And apparently being unmasked was so traumatic, she had to go into hiding. Which is kind of funny. But she lied about why she was MIA. FFS, when you’re in a hole, stop digging. The whole thing is just … supremely unedifying. If the monarchy does not survive, it will be in no small measure attributable to this woman’s wretched personal behaviour. She makes Camilla look wise, and restrained, by comparison. And I get the feeling Camilla can’t stand her. Which may be another reason she’s not at Ascot, where Camilla is the Queen Bee. Literally. I don’t think Charles or Camilla appreciated being thrown under the bus in Spare. Even if they were behind the story.
Absolutely Camilla cannot stand Kate. Kate has those stories out about preparing for being queen. It is a state of mutual dislike . If Camilla and Charles did not like how harry wrote about them. It’s their problem. Harry even toned things down in the book.
I think its a combination of ED, mental illness and William