Kate's New Picture

[Anonymous]

It all seems very hinky.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13191277/Kate-Middleton-Mothers-Day-photo-row-Easter-return.html

We will see when she returns and how things go from there. Easter is still a few weeks off.

I'm surprised that there have not been simple attempts to repair William's image re: how all of this has played out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It all seems very hinky.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13191277/Kate-Middleton-Mothers-Day-photo-row-Easter-return.html

We will see when she returns and how things go from there. Easter is still a few weeks off.

I'm surprised that there have not been simple attempts to repair William's image re: how all of this has played out.

William has been assessed to be a wife-beater here based on evidence that no one can actually cite. He’s gotta know he’s lost the DCUM branch of SVU so why bother image managing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It all seems very hinky.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13191277/Kate-Middleton-Mothers-Day-photo-row-Easter-return.html

We will see when she returns and how things go from there. Easter is still a few weeks off.

I'm surprised that there have not been simple attempts to repair William's image re: how all of this has played out.

William is waiting for the crazies to move on to something else. It'll happen pretty soon. It always does.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Easiest explanation is that William wants out of the marriage and Catherine is not cooperating with his plans. The related stress of the marital strife induced a medical incident for Catherine.

I think this is the core of what's happening right now. It would perfectly explain the communications meltdown happening in KP over the past few weeks + the changing tone toward Catherine in the UK media.

Everything else - Rose Hanbury/cheating, DV, pregnancy/abortion, school choice for George, comas - are unverifiable rumors or silly conspiracy theories. I wish this thread would stay away from this crap, it's dumb noise.

The core issue is that the marriage is on the verge of complete breakdown and Catherine is on the outs. And this is absolutely within the realm of possibility in the highly dysfunctional Windsor family. The Palace was similarly dysfunctional when Diana and Charles were breaking down.

If William does divorce Catherine, I will feel bad for little George - no one will want to marry him. What woman would possibly sign up to be the 3rd generation jilted wife of the future monarch?

-DCUM Nostradamus

I don't have a theory on the reason why or who pulled the plug first but I do agree this is likely the case. it makes sense the boiling point happened around Christmas, she may have gotten sick from the stress, then decided she wasn't working with them anymore.

Catherine does not have an incentive to pull the plug on the marriage. She was built for this and would do what it takes to make it work, especially for the kids. A divorce means she loses a lot of control when it comes to the kids' future, their education, how they are raised, who they associate with, day-to-day living, etc. And, of course, there is the issue of how Catherine provides for herself and security as a commoner. No way in hell Catherine is pushing for a divorce; the math doesn't add up.

The only person incentivized to divorce is William - if he's unhappy, if there's someone else, or just simply is having a petty midlife crisis and wants to be rid of Catherine. And he has to do it before he becomes King. He can't divorce Catherine once she's the Queen, not gonna happen. Charles's cancer speeds up the timeline of William taking over the crown.

My suspicion is that Charles got the bad news about the cancer late last year and William decided to pull the trigger on divorce around the holidays. The dominos then start falling with the December 28 medical incident, the January surgery and hospitalization, etc.

All of this makes sense and, of course, everyone - the BRF, KP, the Middletons, Harry & Meghan, friends, and even the UK media - has gone radio silent because they can't confirm anything without Catherine playing ball. William/KP are now stuck with putting out increasingly frantic statements on their own, without Catherine's participation or authorization. All because she does not want to divorce.

-DCUM Nostradamus

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Anonymous wrote:The doctored pics really are the most troubling aspect. They felt the need to get an image out there, but absolutely could not use a real one for whatever reason. This is suspicious. With all this speculation, they would force her to take a real photo if they could. She would likely want to in order to kill all the rumors and protect her children from them. Even if she does have a puffy face, colostomy bag, or whatever. It could be subtle so tgat they wouldn’t have to refer to this chaos - such as mentioning a current event. She could even send her well wishes to the king in light of his cancer diagnosis.

I am really curious why her family is so quiet.If she really was recovering, they would have verified that by now, and everyone would believe them. But if she is in danger, why wouldn’t they speak up?

Exactly. Kate does respect and honor her role. She would help quell the rumors regardless of how she looks as it's now damaging KP's credibility. She's not willing to work with them so something serious is happening outside of health issues

+2 Even if she doesn't like the way she looks right now, she's not so vain that she'd refuse to cooperate in quelling all these conspiracy theories that make the entire RF look bad. She knows her role and has always played it impeccably.

Thank you!! Everyone expect certain fans who are in denial realize how serious this situation has gotten. This isn't like Spare or the racist rumors where Kate can just ignore it. It's one thing when it's the public whose attacking you but now it's press agencies.

It's not about vanity, it's a real knowledge that if she doesn't look beautiful they will TRASH her. So either she is trashed for how she looks, or she's trashed for not showing up. There is no winning situation, but in the long run not being shown looking like shit, bloated from steroids, is the best scenario out of the two. She would never live down those pics, but everyone will forget about this current Kate-gate once she shows up again, looking great.

....That is vanity?? People trash her as it sounds when looks healthy. She already said she's sick. People would be understanding. She's not vain to this level she allow KP's credibility to plummet. Are you even a fan of Kate or just when she's together with William?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:His using his solo letterhead for the first time since his marriage cannot be attributed to the media, etc.

Anyone have a link to this?

https://x.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1759918664403259822?s=20

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:His using his solo letterhead for the first time since his marriage cannot be attributed to the media, etc.

Anyone have a link to this?

It's on his IG and has also been posted in this thread

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Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. Kate had surgery, is recovering, and William took a photo of her with their kids. She edited it, probably because she didn't like the way she looked.

Why are there conspiracy theories about this?

People have medical issues. They get surgery. They probably don't look their best for awhile afterwards.

What am I missing?

This has already been buried!

Can someone explain to me what people are speculating about? I really don't get it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13191311/amp/Kate-Middleton-Prince-William-Kensington-photo.html

Cool, so it's exactly what I thought. Woman had surgery, is recovering from surgery, edited a photo of her so she'd look better.
Nothing to see here.

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Anonymous wrote:The doctored pics really are the most troubling aspect. They felt the need to get an image out there, but absolutely could not use a real one for whatever reason. This is suspicious. With all this speculation, they would force her to take a real photo if they could. She would likely want to in order to kill all the rumors and protect her children from them. Even if she does have a puffy face, colostomy bag, or whatever. It could be subtle so tgat they wouldn’t have to refer to this chaos - such as mentioning a current event. She could even send her well wishes to the king in light of his cancer diagnosis.

I am really curious why her family is so quiet.If she really was recovering, they would have verified that by now, and everyone would believe them. But if she is in danger, why wouldn’t they speak up?

Exactly. Kate does respect and honor her role. She would help quell the rumors regardless of how she looks as it's now damaging KP's credibility. She's not willing to work with them so something serious is happening outside of health issues

+2 Even if she doesn't like the way she looks right now, she's not so vain that she'd refuse to cooperate in quelling all these conspiracy theories that make the entire RF look bad. She knows her role and has always played it impeccably.

Thank you!! Everyone expect certain fans who are in denial realize how serious this situation has gotten. This isn't like Spare or the racist rumors where Kate can just ignore it. It's one thing when it's the public whose attacking you but now it's press agencies.

It's not about vanity, it's a real knowledge that if she doesn't look beautiful they will TRASH her. So either she is trashed for how she looks, or she's trashed for not showing up. There is no winning situation, but in the long run not being shown looking like shit, bloated from steroids, is the best scenario out of the two. She would never live down those pics, but everyone will forget about this current Kate-gate once she shows up again, looking great.

....That is vanity?? People trash her as it sounds when looks healthy. She already said she's sick. People would be understanding. She's not vain to this level she allow KP's credibility to plummet. Are you even a fan of Kate or just when she's together with William?

I am not a "fan" of anyone. I like her though. People would not be understanding at all. The British press is ruthless and hateful. She is right to protect herself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Easiest explanation is that William wants out of the marriage and Catherine is not cooperating with his plans. The related stress of the marital strife induced a medical incident for Catherine.

I think this is the core of what's happening right now. It would perfectly explain the communications meltdown happening in KP over the past few weeks + the changing tone toward Catherine in the UK media.

Everything else - Rose Hanbury/cheating, DV, pregnancy/abortion, school choice for George, comas - are unverifiable rumors or silly conspiracy theories. I wish this thread would stay away from this crap, it's dumb noise.

The core issue is that the marriage is on the verge of complete breakdown and Catherine is on the outs. And this is absolutely within the realm of possibility in the highly dysfunctional Windsor family. The Palace was similarly dysfunctional when Diana and Charles were breaking down.

If William does divorce Catherine, I will feel bad for little George - no one will want to marry him. What woman would possibly sign up to be the 3rd generation jilted wife of the future monarch?

-DCUM Nostradamus

I don't have a theory on the reason why or who pulled the plug first but I do agree this is likely the case. it makes sense the boiling point happened around Christmas, she may have gotten sick from the stress, then decided she wasn't working with them anymore.

Catherine does not have an incentive to pull the plug on the marriage. She was built for this and would do what it takes to make it work, especially for the kids. A divorce means she loses a lot of control when it comes to the kids' future, their education, how they are raised, who they associate with, day-to-day living, etc. And, of course, there is the issue of how Catherine provides for herself and security as a commoner. No way in hell Catherine is pushing for a divorce; the math doesn't add up.

The only person incentivized to divorce is William - if he's unhappy, if there's someone else, or just simply is having a petty midlife crisis and wants to be rid of Catherine. And he has to do it before he becomes King. He can't divorce Catherine once she's the Queen, not gonna happen. Charles's cancer speeds up the timeline of William taking over the crown.

My suspicion is that Charles got the bad news about the cancer late last year and William decided to pull the trigger on divorce around the holidays. The dominos then start falling with the December 28 medical incident, the January surgery and hospitalization, etc.

All of this makes sense and, of course, everyone - the BRF, KP, the Middletons, Harry & Meghan, friends, and even the UK media - has gone radio silent because they can't confirm anything without Catherine playing ball. William/KP are now stuck with putting out increasingly frantic statements on their own, without Catherine's participation or authorization. All because she does not want to divorce.

-DCUM Nostradamus

This makes sense to me

[Anonymous]

William has been using that letterhead all along. On that twitter page, it is shown he used it after the queen died.

[Anonymous]

Silly Americans. William does not want a divorce. He wants an open marriage like his predecessors had hundreds of years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:The only conspiracy theory I’m willing to entertain is this:

Kate’s surgery was planned, but they didn’t plan for the *King’s* cancer diagnosis.

They are using Kate as a distraction. They are fanning the flames to keep the press’ attention on William and Kate—and steer it away from the King.

And it’s working.

Nobody is inquiring about the King…who is completely MIA.

No, Charles has been seen regularly and is taking the complete opposite approach than Kate's seclusion. He's made appearances, released videos, etc. He team has actually been handling his illness very well.

This sh*t show is all KP.

One colossal blunder after another. All brought on themselves.

Yes..my theory is that harry and william boyh have such deep trauma and animosity toward the press, understandably and for a variety of reasons, that they cannot accurately get it right when there's a very challenging, perhaps complex situation. They react rigidly. Charles learned from his mother and has perhaps a greater maturity and sense of "duty"thst came from decades in the trenches. He and his team find a middle way and know how to deal with the public and the press in a more sophisticated way. Or so it seems.

Most rational post in this thread!

He’s protecting his wife…something nobody ever did for his mother.

She will resurface around Easter in a fabulous dress coat and hat.

By reverting to use of his SOLO letterhead?

He was a parentified child passing his mother tissues under the bathroom door as she wept. No child should be put in that position. He may have a lot of anger from those days.

He’s the future king and it was a quasi-political statement. It would be inappropriate to add her name to such a statement.

The FLOTUS isn’t included in joint statements.

Exactly. The Prime Minister meets regularly with the King, not the King and Queen Consort.

William had not used the "W" letterhead in 13 years.

Yes he did

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Silly Americans. William does not want a divorce. He wants an open marriage like his predecessors had hundreds of years ago.

To clarify, open for him, not for Kate.

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Anonymous wrote:The doctored pics really are the most troubling aspect. They felt the need to get an image out there, but absolutely could not use a real one for whatever reason. This is suspicious. With all this speculation, they would force her to take a real photo if they could. She would likely want to in order to kill all the rumors and protect her children from them. Even if she does have a puffy face, colostomy bag, or whatever. It could be subtle so tgat they wouldn’t have to refer to this chaos - such as mentioning a current event. She could even send her well wishes to the king in light of his cancer diagnosis.

I am really curious why her family is so quiet.If she really was recovering, they would have verified that by now, and everyone would believe them. But if she is in danger, why wouldn’t they speak up?

Exactly. Kate does respect and honor her role. She would help quell the rumors regardless of how she looks as it's now damaging KP's credibility. She's not willing to work with them so something serious is happening outside of health issues

+2 Even if she doesn't like the way she looks right now, she's not so vain that she'd refuse to cooperate in quelling all these conspiracy theories that make the entire RF look bad. She knows her role and has always played it impeccably.

Thank you!! Everyone expect certain fans who are in denial realize how serious this situation has gotten. This isn't like Spare or the racist rumors where Kate can just ignore it. It's one thing when it's the public whose attacking you but now it's press agencies.

Yes. This is serious. Dire, even. The situation is out of control. Only a team of gossip specialists, each with her particular set of skills, can operate Occam’s razor skillfully to give us all the straight story. Which is that William beat Kate’s anorexic body into a coma and then forced her to apologize to the planet in a rare burst of consciousness while Pippa got fitted for a bunch of Kate-doppelganger outfits. Right?

With our powers combined...!