Kate's New Picture

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Anonymous wrote:https://imgur.com/gallery/QHyrtaJ

Ahahaha.

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Anonymous wrote:It feels like they are moving the timeline for her return? What has been stated for a while was "Easter" which if she attended a church service (Luke she did at Christmas) would be March 31.
Now it sounds like they are talking about releasing a photo for George's birthday, and returning to public duties after kids return to school after Easter break, and those aren't until mid April.

No, they said from the beginning "after Easter." Louis's birthday in April would be totally in keeping with their it final timeline.

I think one mistake they made early, which they may now be attempting to correct, is that they were intentionally very vague-- regarding her illness, her recovery, her condition, etc. From the start they stated that this was for her privacy, which is understandable. But I think knowing her immense popularity, the better approach would have been to be much more specific about a limited number of things. Like without disclosing her illness, they could have very specifically said "the princess will be solely focused on her health and her family during this time, and will not be making appearances even by photograph or video during this time" and "while the exact date of her recovery cannot be known it will not be until April at the earliest." Providing firm, clear language would have made people talk, yes, but it also would have stamped out a lot of the speculation. So many people are expecting her to rise like you-know-who on Easter morning and when it doesn't happen, even though they never said it would, it's going to give rise to ANOTHER round of speculation.

They created this controversy even before the release of that idiotic photo and the lies about it's provenance, by playing coy with a public and press that have a clearly demonstrated appetite for photos of the princess. They needed to be more clear and declarative from the getgo. It would have shaken people up at first but been better in the long run.

I hope this is a lesson learned. This is why transparency is useful. Lots of organizations need to learn this.

Gong to disagree with you there. The statement is fine. The issue is with social media and parasocial relationships. I promise you even if they had made an statement just like yours we'd still have wild rumors.

Their mistake in all of this was the release of the photo.

There will ALWAYS be wild rumors. It's about managing expectations, managing the press, and riding that tide. I think they tried to get away with saying too little, knowing interest would be high and there would be a lot of scrutiny. I think this is also traditionally how they've handled it, and I think they should have learned by now that it doesn't work, especially after the Sussex schism, with less "cover" than they once had to obscure things.

[Anonymous]

I’m not a royal fan so she could have taken a year off and I wouldn’t have even noticed. But this drama has me refreshing this thread several times a day and I’m intrigued. KP may not be good at PR but it appears they’re brilliant at marketing.

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Anonymous wrote:I think if they had never released a statement and Kate just quietly stopped working for a few months all of social media would be in an uproar about how "lazy" she is (even more than they already are). They released a statement asking for privacy, trying to provide enough so that anyone with a modicum of decency would give her a wide berth and it blew up. I hope they never explain what happened and then just proceed as business as usual once she feels better.

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

Roya Nikkhah (credible source) is saying they will reveal more about her surgery soon. Sorry to all the people salivating over the prospect of her death/divorce/husband’s illegitimate children.

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Anonymous wrote:Roya Nikkhah (credible source) is saying they will reveal more about her surgery soon. Sorry to all the people salivating over the prospect of her death/divorce/husband’s illegitimate children.

Well, I mean, they "revealed" a heavily doctored photo, too.

You mean "they will reveal [the story they want to tell] about her surgery soon."

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Anonymous wrote:Roya Nikkhah (credible source) is saying they will reveal more about her surgery soon. Sorry to all the people salivating over the prospect of her death/divorce/husband’s illegitimate children.

Well, I mean, they "revealed" a heavily doctored photo, too.

You mean "they will reveal [the story they want to tell] about her surgery soon."

And this will be their problem going forward. They’ve lost all credibility.

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[Anonymous]

What if there is nothing going on with Kate and this was all just a master scheme by BP to distract us from the real story about m Charles’s illness? The number of discussions about his health pales dramatically to the Where’s Kate drama.

Even if Kate comes out and tells us all about an illness/surgery, I’ll never quite believe them because they’ve shown us how they are willing to lie and twist the narrative. Their credibility is lost forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if there is nothing going on with Kate and this was all just a master scheme by BP to distract us from the real story about m Charles’s illness? The number of discussions about his health pales dramatically to the Where’s Kate drama.

Even if Kate comes out and tells us all about an illness/surgery, I’ll never quite believe them because they’ve shown us how they are willing to lie and twist the narrative. Their credibility is lost forever.

I agree. But who really cares if Charles is dying? People thought (hoped) he’d abdicate and were ready for William to ascend after the Elizabeth died. Charles feels like a boring interim seat warmer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if there is nothing going on with Kate and this was all just a master scheme by BP to distract us from the real story about m Charles’s illness? The number of discussions about his health pales dramatically to the Where’s Kate drama.

Even if Kate comes out and tells us all about an illness/surgery, I’ll never quite believe them because they’ve shown us how they are willing to lie and twist the narrative. Their credibility is lost forever.

No one seemed to care about Charles. He seems to be one of the most disliked royals.

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Anonymous wrote:What if there is nothing going on with Kate and this was all just a master scheme by BP to distract us from the real story about m Charles’s illness? The number of discussions about his health pales dramatically to the Where’s Kate drama.

Even if Kate comes out and tells us all about an illness/surgery, I’ll never quite believe them because they’ve shown us how they are willing to lie and twist the narrative. Their credibility is lost forever.

I agree. But who really cares if Charles is dying? People thought (hoped) he’d abdicate and were ready for William to ascend after the Elizabeth died. Charles feels like a boring interim seat warmer.

Ha! He really does!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Roya Nikkhah (credible source) is saying they will reveal more about her surgery soon. Sorry to all the people salivating over the prospect of her death/divorce/husband’s illegitimate children.

Well, I mean, they "revealed" a heavily doctored photo, too.

You mean "they will reveal [the story they want to tell] about her surgery soon."

This. I believe they were not in any way ready to have a repeat of Charles and Diana. I believe people here holding strong for their marriage were not old enough to remember the marriage those two had.

I think the doctored photo was used to save face and backfired. The lack of school runs being reported and general odd behavior from KP at this time, is not revealing a great picture.

These are real humans, not fairytale creatures with some magical power to avoid one of the most common relationship trends in human history. There will never be another Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip and she stuck thru some cheating apparently there too. They were not the perfect couple either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What if there is nothing going on with Kate and this was all just a master scheme by BP to distract us from the real story about m Charles’s illness? The number of discussions about his health pales dramatically to the Where’s Kate drama.

Even if Kate comes out and tells us all about an illness/surgery, I’ll never quite believe them because they’ve shown us how they are willing to lie and twist the narrative. Their credibility is lost forever.

I agree. But who really cares if Charles is dying? People thought (hoped) he’d abdicate and were ready for William to ascend after the Elizabeth died. Charles feels like a boring interim seat warmer.

Ha! He really does!

I care and you don't know much about the British monarchy if you think he, or any other monarch, would abdicate. They die on the throne. Edward had to abdicate because he married a divorcee which was not allowed at that time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if there is nothing going on with Kate and this was all just a master scheme by BP to distract us from the real story about m Charles’s illness? The number of discussions about his health pales dramatically to the Where’s Kate drama.

Even if Kate comes out and tells us all about an illness/surgery, I’ll never quite believe them because they’ve shown us how they are willing to lie and twist the narrative. Their credibility is lost forever.

I agree. But who really cares if Charles is dying? People thought (hoped) he’d abdicate and were ready for William to ascend after the Elizabeth died. Charles feels like a boring interim seat warmer.

Ha! He really does!

I care and you don't know much about the British monarchy if you think he, or any other monarch, would abdicate. They die on the throne. Edward had to abdicate because he married a divorcee which was not allowed at that time.

I know more than you think, and I can tell you, he isn’t much beloved. I wasn’t speaking of what the Monarchy does, I know what they do. But THE PEOPLE wouldn’t have cared if he, for whatever reason, never made it to the throne.