Kate's New Picture

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Anonymous wrote:Why are some people so bothered by the speculation here? Kate could easily debunk the crazy conspiracy theories (dead, coma, divorce, no-contact rehab) without disclosing any details about her medical procedure. "But she doesn't owe you anything!!!" Yup, agreed 100%. She can keep mum if she wants to. Totally valid.

... But in the absence of information, people are going to speculate. That's how it goes when you're a public figure. Can't have it both ways.

If the princess obsessives can be mocked so can the conspiracy theorists.

Not all theories are conspiracy theories. I have yet to hear a “conspiracy” theory about this and I’ve been here since page 3.

Now that's funny.

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Anonymous wrote:New Twitter rumors: Charles is dead. Charles is appointing a regent. Big announcement on Wednesday.

He’s appointing a regent from the afterlife?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

Well then you're a more evolved person than me. I will readily admit that I'm following this story out of sheer curiosity about one of the most famous people in the world. Sorry not sorry. I've always been a royal watcher, even though I'm opposed to monarchies. It's just interesting to a lesser person like me.

I don't believe in the conspiracy theories, and it's alarming that people here will take the word of some random person on Twitter as gospel. I don't wish anything bad for Kate. But this story is particularly intriguing because of how KP is mishandling the public relations aspect.

This latest story in The Sun is another example. It's almost certainly planted by KP. No "onlookers" were quoted by name and not one person took a photo on their phone, which would command a six- or even seven-figure sum if sold to press?! (And even if the British press didn't run it, such a photo would be in demand by publications worldwide.)

This mean KP is doubling down on the charade. The backstory may simply be that Kate is looking unwell during her recuperation and not willing to be photographed and picked apart by the public. BUT this is a case where the cover up has become the bigger story.

If you read about the BRF, you'll know that their primary goal is to endure. They are well aware that other European monarchies, with whom they were intertwined, have been toppled. They are not above PR -- to the contrary, public perception is a critical, guiding, ongoing focus. This is why the BRF has been focused on modernizing and being more relatable while at the same time preserving their station. This is a PR crisis for them. It will probably be overcome in time, but it's interesting to see how it unfolds.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are some people so bothered by the speculation here? Kate could easily debunk the crazy conspiracy theories (dead, coma, divorce, no-contact rehab) without disclosing any details about her medical procedure. "But she doesn't owe you anything!!!" Yup, agreed 100%. She can keep mum if she wants to. Totally valid.

... But in the absence of information, people are going to speculate. That's how it goes when you're a public figure. Can't have it both ways.

If the princess obsessives can be mocked so can the conspiracy theorists.

Not all theories are conspiracy theories. I have yet to hear a “conspiracy” theory about this and I’ve been here since page 3.

Now that's funny.

It is. Are you a knowledge worker, PP?

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Anonymous wrote:New Twitter rumors: Charles is dead. Charles is appointing a regent. Big announcement on Wednesday.

But Camilla was just on vacation. Or was that fake, too?

My theory is that Charles was undergoing treatment to reduce a tumor before his operation. Camilla knows she'll really be needed after the operation, so she went on vacation now. It seems like the kerfuffle over the big announcement with maybe a regent will be for the period of the operation and recovery.

Just my two cents.

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For those of you who don't believe Russia is engaged in a disinformation/fake news war, Russian media is reporting that Charles has died, complete with fake announcement from Buckingham Palace.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

This post is not normal.

Yes, the normal thing to do is to post 300 times that people need to please stop talking about the Princess of Wales on a thread about the Princess of Wales, when you could also just... not.

+1 She’s a (tax-funded) public figure. It’s not unreasonable for people to discuss what’s going on. Just exit the thread if it disturbs you so. GMAFB already.

And it's just really intriguing. It's like watching the show Succession, especially considering everything that has happened with Harry in the last few years, and everything The Crown revealed. I guess it's feels like the next season of The Crown. It's all deeply fascinating. I'm not a "royalist", I think it's absurd that England has never had a revolution and ousted these people, and my parents also immigrated from a former British colony (that was absolutely gutted by the monarchy). So of course I'm going to pay attention. And this thread is pretty good!

Same here (except for the British colony part). I've never posted on a royals thread before, but this cloak and dagger stuff is intriguing. Also intriguing are the people who want a Disney princess so they rationalize skeletal, dream about sheets, and who think Kate is reading 375 pages of posts from a bunch of Bethesda moms, so they keep bumping the thread with more posts.

It's like people watching x3

I'm inclined to think Kate's recovering from surgery, she's put on 10 pounds from steroids or a much less restrictive diet, and she doesn't want to go out win public because she thinks she looks puffy. Then KP made an own goal and stirred everything up. The domestic abuse people are way out there, but I don't blame them as much as I blame the Disney princess people who set the expectations Kate is hiding from.

Do you think there really are “Disney princess people” posting here? Is that your reality?

There totally are Disney princess people here. Early in the thread they were talking about how "gorgeous" Kate is and one of them unleashed giggles by fantasizing about her lying on "the most expensive sheets money can buy." They refuse to see that she's dangerously thin, because for them she's just a clothes horse whose only role in life is to be gorgeous.

You have fabricated this whole character in your head based on your twisted interpretation of comments from 100s of pages ago. You would realize that your assumptions and generalizations were wrong and there really aren’t “Disney princess people” here if you opened yourself up to reality.

Whatever you say. Just stop insisting she's a perfect, healthy weight because you think she looks better in her gorgeous clothes that way.

I enjoy that this is so triggering for you.

This makes zero sense. Next you'll tell me I'm fat (I'm not). But keep on with the insults, it really shows who you are.

Are we not entertained yet?

Keep bumping the thread, too, then go whinge again to the moderator about how long the thread is. LOL.

It is being bumped on purpose. We get it.

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who don't believe Russia is engaged in a disinformation/fake news war, Russian media is reporting that Charles has died, complete with fake announcement from Buckingham Palace.

I fully believe it and posted about it last week. It’s a policy of chaos. They are all over the political thread and I notice some responses in regular parenting threads as well.

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I have never cared about royals and would not have noticed if she took a year off, but the deception with the photo has me hooked on this story.

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who don't believe Russia is engaged in a disinformation/fake news war, Russian media is reporting that Charles has died, complete with fake announcement from Buckingham Palace.

I fully believe it and posted about it last week. It’s a policy of chaos. They are all over the political thread and I notice some responses in regular parenting threads as well.

Jeff has said before he had found no evidence of Russian disinformation agents posting on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who don't believe Russia is engaged in a disinformation/fake news war, Russian media is reporting that Charles has died, complete with fake announcement from Buckingham Palace.

I've actually wondered if The Princess Party that posts incessantly here is not Russian powered.

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Anonymous wrote:New Twitter rumors: Charles is dead. Charles is appointing a regent. Big announcement on Wednesday.

But Camilla was just on vacation. Or was that fake, too?

The pics were real but from a 2023 vacation.

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Anonymous wrote:I have never cared about royals and would not have noticed if she took a year off, but the deception with the photo has me hooked on this story.

Same. I'd say my pre-photo interest in the royals was mild and entirely for fun. I have long enjoyed looking at the fashion. But I barely followed the whole Harry and Meghan thing. To me it was on par with most celebrity gossip -- a way to pass the time in a waiting room or on a plane, can be fun to chat with friends about, but not something I take seriously or think about almost at all the rest of the time.

The photo incident really grabbed my attention because I can't remember the last time a high profile public person did something that strange, press wise. I don't buy most of the theories about it (she's not dead, why would they hide this, and the divorce/affair rumors are all pretty ridiculous-sounding) but I am very curious to find out how that screw up happened and think there might be some kind of underlying scandal. Thus watching and waiting to see what it is, if anything.

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who don't believe Russia is engaged in a disinformation/fake news war, Russian media is reporting that Charles has died, complete with fake announcement from Buckingham Palace.

I fully believe it and posted about it last week. It’s a policy of chaos. They are all over the political thread and I notice some responses in regular parenting threads as well.

Jeff has said before he had found no evidence of Russian disinformation agents posting on DCUM.

Directly, no. But posters have literally been posting the rumor that Charles has died, for pages. And it is not true, it's clearly nonsense. But people keep posting it.

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who don't believe Russia is engaged in a disinformation/fake news war, Russian media is reporting that Charles has died, complete with fake announcement from Buckingham Palace.

I've actually wondered if The Princess Party that posts incessantly here is not Russian powered.

What would be the point? I’m very informed about the troll farms and disinformation but I don’t see the point here.

There really are people who think that royalty aren’t humans with human flaws and take offense to any insinuation that they are. It’s bizarre when their dysfunction is so clearly on display generation after generation.