Palace making an announcement at 2pm

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my- how quickly some of you are rewriting history.

The cancer comment was shortly after the official statement released about Kate’s surgery. Within a day or two.

Second- the only reason that KP released the photo was the ridiculous speculation aboyt comas and affairs and DV being floated. Kate wasn’t beaten, in a coma or threatening William with a divorce. She most likely felt pukey and didn’t want the pic released as is. This isn’t rocket science.

They had weeks to retract that “not cancer” statement and didn’t. Even Charles and Camilla publicly said they should be more forthcoming.

So? They can release new info if/when they are ready. They don’t owe anyone detailed medical information. They also may have been waiting on further info for diagnosis/treatment.

If you allow disinformation to stand, you don’t get to whine when people point out that your statement doesn’t match your behaviors and start speculating about what is really going on. The PR disaster and social media firestorm is their own doing.

PR disaster? Don't be ridiculous. A bunch of whiny people that don't have anything going on in their lives is not a disaster. Some version of what they just announced was obviously the most likely explanation of what was going on, and they're not obligated to tell you anything.

Kate was forced to make a video she should never, ever been forced to make. That is the definition of a PR disaster.

Why do you think this? I think they released now, so the kids didn’t have to go to school for 2 weeks and their classmates wouldn’t pester them with questions. Makes perfect sense. She announced to the world when they had processed the info, told the kids and during a time it would have the least amount of impact on their children. It is what parents do. It wasn’t in response to the PR/photo issues.

If they had handled this well from the beginning, she wouldn’t have had to make a video at all. Nobody undergoing chemo wants to make a video that is released to the public, particularly not someone like poor Kate who knows it will be picked apart by ghouls. KP should have released a short and neutral statement originally, should not have lied via the fake photo that now has them treated like North Korea, and should have issued a further statement later clarifying the fact of cancer once it was confirmed.

This was an unmitigated PR disaster. Kate should never, ever have been put into this position. It’s absolutely terrible that the video was made.

Kate is of course handling it gracefully because she is a class act. But that doesn’t mean that the way KP handled this wasn’t an absolute disaster.

The only person treating them like North Korea is that crazy French guy and you.

Sure, the last few months have been a little rough for KP in the media - but they don't really care. The last few months have been more than a little rough for them personally. As they make their way through that, the public will do what the public will do.

Kill orders are supremely rare and reserved for countries like North Korea, typically. The entire mainstream media is treating them like North Korea now. I get that you don’t understand the significance of the kill order, but in the mainstream press, that is huge. It is in no way the equivalent of things being just a little rough.

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I was just out at the store. When I saw the gossip magazines with their false headlines about Kate wanting a divorce, infidelity and whatever else, I hoped they print apologies. They won't.... I know that.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never wanted to bring a family a casserole more than I do now….

New York Post: "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ‘had no idea’ about Kate Middleton’s cancer: ‘Trust has been broken’"
source: https://nypost.com/2024/03/22/world-news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-blindsided-about-kate-middletons-cancer/

If you read the article, the trust is referring to William’s trust, which was broken by Harry and therefore he did not tell Harry anything.

I feel for William. Supporting his father and wife, no brother to lean on, no children old enough to lean on. Hopefully he has one or two really close friends

I do, too. It doesn't matter what position you are in in life, having your father and wife both diagnosed with cancer within weeks (?) Of each other is tough.

Yes, when my mom was diagnosed, my husband was my rock. I can't imagine if he'd been diagnosed too.

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It seems like posters run out of things to say and then just start fighting with each other. I don't want to deal with that on a Friday evening. So, I'm locking the thread.