Kate's New Picture

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So the actual story is that Kate Middleton has an eating disorder and collapsed right after Christmas because of her eating disorder. It's pretty bad and the abdominal surgery was to fix some of the damage her eating disorder did to her organs. She then needed to go to in-patient treatment. The royals are freaks about mental health issue and let her obvious eating disorder go way too long without any intervention. Now they're covering it up because they can't even say "The princess is suffering from exhaustion, has been admitted to inpatient rehabilitation and needs time and privacy to recover"which is the euphemistic way an an American PR firm would handle it for an American celebrity.

The palace is awful. Poor woman.

This is believable.

Agreed. This is the most plausible explanation I've seen.

[Anonymous]

I’m all in on the eating disorder theory. It all came to a head at Christmas after she spent so much time in spotlight with her new role. I’m sure there are likely other stressors that impacted it as well but something clearly happened at Christmas and it was the tipping point. She is probably going to need a long time to come to terms with her new body, being in public and photographed. That’s why she isn’t out in public for pictures because it’ll set her back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not one to believe conspiracy theories, but if this Spanish reporter has as good a reputation as claimed and she double downed, then I think Kate may actually be in a coma. Eating disorders can damage internal organs, if laxatives were involved she could absolutely need abdominal surgery. If your body is malnourished and shutting down from an ED you are not in great shape for anesthesia.

I was into the Crohn's theory for a while, and sure you can have flairs and issues with stress, but I remember reading about her diet her mom shared back when she lost a lot of weight pre-marriage and it was definitely concerning enough I was shocked she was fertile enough to have kids.

If she were not in grave condition she would be photographed unless it's a ploy being used in an upcoming divorce. Still I am sure even American reporters are stalking her and someone would see her walking around.

I really hope she didn't end up in the hospital from DV. Definitely think there is a lot of conflict if the press is now getting "stories" that she is volatile. They are starting to throw her under the bus.

What about the pic the other day with her mom? That certainly looked like her.

Yeah that's what I need explained to me. Especially since KP didn't seem happy at all about it getting out.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe we live in a world like this. Everyone edits photos. It's like she did something no one's ever seen before.

Agree. There was some bad photoshopping - so what? There's a lot of bad photoshopping out there. Is the AP really going to pull half their pictures? Or was their statement inaccurate?

I take it you have not followed any of the developments in this story, nor read the thread?

I've read the entire thread. I think y'all are really really nuts and I also think the news agencies are playing strange games right now. They are either lying in their reason for taking down the picture, or are setting themselves up for huge problems with other edited pictures.

I wondered this as well: what celeb pic out there which is posed like that is NOT edited? Why pull it when all other pics of all other celebs which were edited are out there?

+1 Also I don't know how their press offices work, but do wire services and other news organizations routinely distribute pics posted on their social media accounts? That's what the problem seems to be.

A family's social media account is not the same as an official "news" photo. The wire services picked up the photo because of the "Where's Kate?" hoopla and failed to ensure a family photo (that would be perfectly fine for tweaking) met their "news standards." In their haste to put out the picture, they obviously didn't follow standard protocols.

Are y'all just not paying attention and hopping in at page one-hundred-eighty-whatever without context? Honestly.

No, the press did not just pull a photo from their Instagram. Their press office posted the photo to the Instagram and then also distributed a copy of the photo to news agencies for wider publication. This is part of the problem -- these agencies then published the photos as an official release of Kensington Palace, with the context that it was taken by William earlier in the week, as evidence that the Princess was recovering from surgery. And then it was revealed that the photo was heavily edited and may in fact have been 5 months old and that major elements of the photo, including what people were wearing, their expressions, etc., may have been altered.

The news agencies followed protocol, including killing the photo when evidence of photoshopping became so overwhelming that they could no longer justifiably use the photo as evidence of what they were reporting.

They're doing it on purpose because they don't like the pushback KP, William, and even Kate are getting. They know exactly what's wrong with this situation. If they were actual fans of Kate they would be worried and concerned as well. Instead, they're worried the fantasy with Kate/William has been broken.

Yes, those of us who aren’t conspiracists live in fantasy worlds. We need to show respect to the Woodward and Bersteins of this story, too true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not one to believe conspiracy theories, but if this Spanish reporter has as good a reputation as claimed and she double downed, then I think Kate may actually be in a coma. Eating disorders can damage internal organs, if laxatives were involved she could absolutely need abdominal surgery. If your body is malnourished and shutting down from an ED you are not in great shape for anesthesia.

I was into the Crohn's theory for a while, and sure you can have flairs and issues with stress, but I remember reading about her diet her mom shared back when she lost a lot of weight pre-marriage and it was definitely concerning enough I was shocked she was fertile enough to have kids.

If she were not in grave condition she would be photographed unless it's a ploy being used in an upcoming divorce. Still I am sure even American reporters are stalking her and someone would see her walking around.

I really hope she didn't end up in the hospital from DV. Definitely think there is a lot of conflict if the press is now getting "stories" that she is volatile. They are starting to throw her under the bus.

Terry Schiavo, the woman whose persistent vegetative state gave rise to litigation between her husband and family, had suffered a cardiac arrest due to an eating disorder. It led to a coma, and then a vegetative state. Not saying it happened here but, for sure, it is something that can happen as a result of an eating disorder.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7318508

Ok, bridge too far for me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not one to believe conspiracy theories, but if this Spanish reporter has as good a reputation as claimed and she double downed, then I think Kate may actually be in a coma. Eating disorders can damage internal organs, if laxatives were involved she could absolutely need abdominal surgery. If your body is malnourished and shutting down from an ED you are not in great shape for anesthesia.

I was into the Crohn's theory for a while, and sure you can have flairs and issues with stress, but I remember reading about her diet her mom shared back when she lost a lot of weight pre-marriage and it was definitely concerning enough I was shocked she was fertile enough to have kids.

If she were not in grave condition she would be photographed unless it's a ploy being used in an upcoming divorce. Still I am sure even American reporters are stalking her and someone would see her walking around.

I really hope she didn't end up in the hospital from DV. Definitely think there is a lot of conflict if the press is now getting "stories" that she is volatile. They are starting to throw her under the bus.

Terry Schiavo, the woman whose persistent vegetative state gave rise to litigation between her husband and family, had suffered a cardiac arrest due to an eating disorder. It led to a coma, and then a vegetative state. Not saying it happened here but, for sure, it is something that can happen as a result of an eating disorder.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7318508

This is also very likely. I think that Kate slipped into a PVS, and then the kids were drugged with something mild to stop them from freaking as they were posed against her. Like a more Boden-styled twist on Weekend at Bernie’s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not one to believe conspiracy theories, but if this Spanish reporter has as good a reputation as claimed and she double downed, then I think Kate may actually be in a coma. Eating disorders can damage internal organs, if laxatives were involved she could absolutely need abdominal surgery. If your body is malnourished and shutting down from an ED you are not in great shape for anesthesia.

I was into the Crohn's theory for a while, and sure you can have flairs and issues with stress, but I remember reading about her diet her mom shared back when she lost a lot of weight pre-marriage and it was definitely concerning enough I was shocked she was fertile enough to have kids.

If she were not in grave condition she would be photographed unless it's a ploy being used in an upcoming divorce. Still I am sure even American reporters are stalking her and someone would see her walking around.

I really hope she didn't end up in the hospital from DV. Definitely think there is a lot of conflict if the press is now getting "stories" that she is volatile. They are starting to throw her under the bus.

Terry Schiavo, the woman whose persistent vegetative state gave rise to litigation between her husband and family, had suffered a cardiac arrest due to an eating disorder. It led to a coma, and then a vegetative state. Not saying it happened here but, for sure, it is something that can happen as a result of an eating disorder.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7318508

Ok, bridge too far for me.

Take the bridge! This can get to 1,500 pages!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m all in on the eating disorder theory. It all came to a head at Christmas after she spent so much time in spotlight with her new role. I’m sure there are likely other stressors that impacted it as well but something clearly happened at Christmas and it was the tipping point. She is probably going to need a long time to come to terms with her new body, being in public and photographed. That’s why she isn’t out in public for pictures because it’ll set her back.

How does the ED theory square with KP treating her so poorly? Like giving her the blame for the photo, not visiting her, etc.?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m all in on the eating disorder theory. It all came to a head at Christmas after she spent so much time in spotlight with her new role. I’m sure there are likely other stressors that impacted it as well but something clearly happened at Christmas and it was the tipping point. She is probably going to need a long time to come to terms with her new body, being in public and photographed. That’s why she isn’t out in public for pictures because it’ll set her back.

How does the ED theory square with KP treating her so poorly? Like giving her the blame for the photo, not visiting her, etc.?

They’re trying to kill her to put Rose in her place. Duhhhh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not one to believe conspiracy theories, but if this Spanish reporter has as good a reputation as claimed and she double downed, then I think Kate may actually be in a coma. Eating disorders can damage internal organs, if laxatives were involved she could absolutely need abdominal surgery. If your body is malnourished and shutting down from an ED you are not in great shape for anesthesia.

I was into the Crohn's theory for a while, and sure you can have flairs and issues with stress, but I remember reading about her diet her mom shared back when she lost a lot of weight pre-marriage and it was definitely concerning enough I was shocked she was fertile enough to have kids.

If she were not in grave condition she would be photographed unless it's a ploy being used in an upcoming divorce. Still I am sure even American reporters are stalking her and someone would see her walking around.

I really hope she didn't end up in the hospital from DV. Definitely think there is a lot of conflict if the press is now getting "stories" that she is volatile. They are starting to throw her under the bus.

Terry Schiavo, the woman whose persistent vegetative state gave rise to litigation between her husband and family, had suffered a cardiac arrest due to an eating disorder. It led to a coma, and then a vegetative state. Not saying it happened here but, for sure, it is something that can happen as a result of an eating disorder.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7318508

Ok, bridge too far for me.

Take the bridge! This can get to 1,500 pages!

Let’s just top the soccer thread that’s heading to 200 pages?!?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe we live in a world like this. Everyone edits photos. It's like she did something no one's ever seen before.

Agree. There was some bad photoshopping - so what? There's a lot of bad photoshopping out there. Is the AP really going to pull half their pictures? Or was their statement inaccurate?

I take it you have not followed any of the developments in this story, nor read the thread?

I've read the entire thread. I think y'all are really really nuts and I also think the news agencies are playing strange games right now. They are either lying in their reason for taking down the picture, or are setting themselves up for huge problems with other edited pictures.

I wondered this as well: what celeb pic out there which is posed like that is NOT edited? Why pull it when all other pics of all other celebs which were edited are out there?

+1 Also I don't know how their press offices work, but do wire services and other news organizations routinely distribute pics posted on their social media accounts? That's what the problem seems to be.

A family's social media account is not the same as an official "news" photo. The wire services picked up the photo because of the "Where's Kate?" hoopla and failed to ensure a family photo (that would be perfectly fine for tweaking) met their "news standards." In their haste to put out the picture, they obviously didn't follow standard protocols.

Are y'all just not paying attention and hopping in at page one-hundred-eighty-whatever without context? Honestly.

No, the press did not just pull a photo from their Instagram. Their press office posted the photo to the Instagram and then also distributed a copy of the photo to news agencies for wider publication. This is part of the problem -- these agencies then published the photos as an official release of Kensington Palace, with the context that it was taken by William earlier in the week, as evidence that the Princess was recovering from surgery. And then it was revealed that the photo was heavily edited and may in fact have been 5 months old and that major elements of the photo, including what people were wearing, their expressions, etc., may have been altered.

The news agencies followed protocol, including killing the photo when evidence of photoshopping became so overwhelming that they could no longer justifiably use the photo as evidence of what they were reporting.

They're doing it on purpose because they don't like the pushback KP, William, and even Kate are getting. They know exactly what's wrong with this situation. If they were actual fans of Kate they would be worried and concerned as well. Instead, they're worried the fantasy with Kate/William has been broken.

I think you're right. There was a lot of this with Diana, too. I was a teen when the divorce went down, but I remember women my mom's age (age wise right between Diana and Charles) flipping out over it all in part because they'd bought in so hard to the fairy tale. They'd watched that wedding on TV and coveted Dianas big princess dress and the jewels, watched this tall striking couple jet around the world and be cheered by adoring crowds, seen them welcome home two healthy babies, one an heir to the British throne. They didn't want to give up their fantasy and there was a lot of denial about the reality (which was tawdry and sad) for a long time. You can actually track public sentiment on everyone involved (Diana, Charles, Camilla, the Queen) based on who seemed to most threaten that fairy tale at the moment. Sometimes Camilla was the villain for being the AP, sometimes Diana for not finding a way to make it work, sometimes Charles for cheating, sometimes all of them for spoiling the image. But the Queen rarely came in for criticism because she was part of the fantasy. It was only much later that people started realizing (in part due to the Crown, which yes is fiction but these aspects of the show were based heavily on books about this era and interviews done later that shed light on what happened) that a lot of the problems in that marriage were caused by a family that basically forced Charles to marry Diana because she was a "suitable princess" and they needed an heir, ignoring the many, many reasons why they should not have married. And Diana was really young and poorly parented and the royal family did very little to support her or protect her. But it took years for people to understand that, because the image of this fairytale romance with a prince and a carriage and a castle and a happily ever after were so strong.

And it persists. That's why the royals have those big televised weddings and funerals and coronations. They want you to buy into the fantasy. That's what they are selling.

[Anonymous]

The Ed story makes sense because she looked noticeably fuller in the face in the unauthorized TMZ photo where she was in the car with her mom. Maybe she’s gaining weight for recovery and she’s uncomfortable with her new body / being photographed?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m all in on the eating disorder theory. It all came to a head at Christmas after she spent so much time in spotlight with her new role. I’m sure there are likely other stressors that impacted it as well but something clearly happened at Christmas and it was the tipping point. She is probably going to need a long time to come to terms with her new body, being in public and photographed. That’s why she isn’t out in public for pictures because it’ll set her back.

How does the ED theory square with KP treating her so poorly? Like giving her the blame for the photo, not visiting her, etc.?

They’re trying to kill her to put Rose in her place. Duhhhh.

I can't imagine they would actually want to put in Rose. That would take decades to recover from. Kate is a huge asset. Kate either can't or won't give them the proof of life they need, and they are botching the job of covering for that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m all in on the eating disorder theory. It all came to a head at Christmas after she spent so much time in spotlight with her new role. I’m sure there are likely other stressors that impacted it as well but something clearly happened at Christmas and it was the tipping point. She is probably going to need a long time to come to terms with her new body, being in public and photographed. That’s why she isn’t out in public for pictures because it’ll set her back.

How does the ED theory square with KP treating her so poorly? Like giving her the blame for the photo, not visiting her, etc.?

They’re trying to kill her to put Rose in her place. Duhhhh.

They're trying to show she's incompetent. Can't have an incompetent mentally ill Queen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Ed story makes sense because she looked noticeably fuller in the face in the unauthorized TMZ photo where she was in the car with her mom. Maybe she’s gaining weight for recovery and she’s uncomfortable with her new body / being photographed?

Or it was Pippa in the car