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So where is she?!

844 replies

Amillionmenwenttomowameadow · 29/02/2024 13:32

Princess Kate?

Internet is going nuts about it, the theories are insane.

Hope she’s ok

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Pussycat22 · 01/03/2024 22:33

Ever heard of patient confidentiality?

luckylavender · 01/03/2024 22:42

OverdramaticAndTrue · 29/02/2024 13:40

No idea but I’m loving some of the theories. If they had both worked a bit harder before this, I think there would be less speculation.

I'm not pro nor anti Royal but we really have no idea how hard they work. Being out and about is very visible but they could do lots of other stuff.

luckylavender · 01/03/2024 22:47

Getabetterhobby · 29/02/2024 17:30

It is weird, despite so many thinking it isn't. It doesn't align with how they would normally do things, like Charles is making statements, which are quotes from him and not 'he's doing the same' ;he's recovering' type comments, he's actually been seen and heard from. You would expect there to be public statements direct from her at the moment, that is how they do things, its good PR and Kate is normally really good at sending messages of thanks and their social media would normally post something on her birthday, something about Charles' illness etc Nothing about how they're doing this is in keeping with normal protocol. For Andrew to fill the hole Will left the other day is not a good look.

Charles is an outlier though. The RF has generally never done that.

ftp · 01/03/2024 22:50

bookworm14 · 29/02/2024 13:44

I’m having fairly serious abdominal surgery myself next month and bloody hell, I’m glad no one is interested enough in me to speculate about me in this way.

Bless you. Hope it goes well and your recovery is short.

bookworm14 · 01/03/2024 23:19

ftp · 01/03/2024 22:50

Bless you. Hope it goes well and your recovery is short.

Thank you! At least I can recover in peace, unlike poor Kate… 😊

RobertaFirmino · 01/03/2024 23:50

Let's just hope she recovers well and remains with us for many years to come. Royal deaths don't half bigger the television schedule up!

In all seriousness though, it's really none of our business. Let the poor bloody woman recuperate in peace!

placemats · 02/03/2024 00:41

Kate and William are famously work shy. Kate is taking another month off work and William went to a pub in Wales today.

SpiritOfEcstasy · 02/03/2024 00:54

Allegedly … she lives in Windsor and William lives at Kensington …

Lunde · 02/03/2024 00:59

placemats · 02/03/2024 00:41

Kate and William are famously work shy. Kate is taking another month off work and William went to a pub in Wales today.

Not just a pub though - today he visited

  • the Turf pub
  • Wrexham football club
  • the Memorial for the Gresford Mining disaster
  • All Saints school - the little daffodil girl was very cute though
ItsAllAboutTheDosh · 02/03/2024 01:18

So four engagements in one day. If he keeps this up for a few weeks he will not have to do much more for the rest of the year.

thefallen · 02/03/2024 07:01

On the one hand, I care about Kate's health as much as she cares about mine or any of ours, i.e. not one bit. She could have disappeared without any announcement and i think it would have taken a few months for anyone to notice. She's never been on for the graft or for getting stuck into anything more than a photo opportunity. If she's taking a third of a year out for a stubbed toe and a tummy ache it makes not one iota of difference to my life.

On the other, she's one of the faces of UK PLC. She's paid millions and afforded every luxury on our dime to make us look polished and competent on the world stage. We do have a stake in her, she's not a private citizen like you or I. Those palaces she's luxuriating in - we pay for those. She represents us. I hardly think that it's unreasonable to want to know the status of one of our top public figures.

thefallen · 02/03/2024 07:05

I'm leaning towards it being something a bit icky and embarrassing. Maybe she has a bag collecting her shit and doesn't want that image in the public's minds. She could do a lot for destigmatising that sort of condition if she were open about it, but she's more inclined towards prissy and uptight and less interested in something that might actually do good.

Rudicoolcat · 02/03/2024 07:18

Amillionmenwenttomowameadow · 01/03/2024 21:25

@shoppingshamed Apparently 🤷🏻‍♀️
That’s what I’m finding so odd

I'm finding you a bit odd in all of this.... and a responsible person should probably take your hand and guide you away from your phone and social media... Have a lie down, you're clearly needing it.... 🤷🏼‍♀️🙄

Newchapterbeckons · 02/03/2024 07:21

ItsAllAboutTheDosh · 02/03/2024 01:18

So four engagements in one day. If he keeps this up for a few weeks he will not have to do much more for the rest of the year.

😂😂 one might even say overkill.
He might need six months off to recover from his Wrexham flurry!

thevegetablesoup · 02/03/2024 07:43

thefallen · 02/03/2024 07:05

I'm leaning towards it being something a bit icky and embarrassing. Maybe she has a bag collecting her shit and doesn't want that image in the public's minds. She could do a lot for destigmatising that sort of condition if she were open about it, but she's more inclined towards prissy and uptight and less interested in something that might actually do good.

If she does have a "bag collecting her shit" as you so nicely put it, then she is under no obligation for this to become some sort of stigma reducing teaching point for others unless she wants it to be.

PinkTonic · 02/03/2024 08:15

SpiritOfEcstasy · 02/03/2024 00:54

Allegedly … she lives in Windsor and William lives at Kensington …

Who alleges this?

RosesAndHellebores · 02/03/2024 08:16

@thefallen your descriptors: icky, embarrassing, bag collecting her shit expain the stigma around colostomy in its entirety. For as long as such language is used around it, there is no hope of reducing the stigma.

If that is the issue, anyone is that situation has my sympathy. Thank goodness such things are possible and wherever they are necessary, one hopes they are reversible.

SpiritOfEcstasy · 02/03/2024 10:22

PinkTonic · 02/03/2024 08:15

Who alleges this?

Somebody who works at the palace … or BP as it’s known by the staff.

Islandgirl68 · 02/03/2024 10:28

So you have 24 hour access to them and you know how they spend their day. You do realise that the work they do isn't just what you see on the telly. They will be doing a lot of work behind the scene, just like the Queen did and just like Charles does.

Alwaystransforming · 02/03/2024 10:30

SpiritOfEcstasy · 02/03/2024 10:22

Somebody who works at the palace … or BP as it’s known by the staff.

Known by the staff? 😂😂😂 It’s like you added that you try and add some gravitas to the claim.

BP is a common abbreviation for Buckingham palace. We have an office just off the Mall. We all call it BP as well. It doesn’t mean any of us actually work in the palace.

People even refer to it as BP on my. Doesn’t mean we all work at the palace

SpiritOfEcstasy · 02/03/2024 10:35

Alwaystransforming · 02/03/2024 10:30

Known by the staff? 😂😂😂 It’s like you added that you try and add some gravitas to the claim.

BP is a common abbreviation for Buckingham palace. We have an office just off the Mall. We all call it BP as well. It doesn’t mean any of us actually work in the palace.

People even refer to it as BP on my. Doesn’t mean we all work at the palace

Yes … but the person who alluded to this DOES work at the palace. I literally don’t care if they live together or they don’t. How their marriage works or doesn’t is of no relevance to me whatsoever. I think we can safely say that ‘fairytale’ marriages are thin on the ground in the royal family so it wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if it’s true. I have no need to ‘add gravitas to the claim’. I’m just ‘spilling the tea’ on MN…because that’s what I was told 🤷🏼‍♀️

Quizine · 02/03/2024 10:37

What's wrong with musing over the RF and K and W in particular right now?

They have their privacy intact, they are keeping it that way, so why should anyone shut the F up about them. They will be our next king and queen and funded by us, and/or by ill gotten gains in historical terms. Just because they were born doesn't mean they can enjoy a charmed life on their terms.

Ask many wealthy and famous celebrities, most of them have intrusions on their lives every day of the week. And they at least have some talent and worked for it.

fleurneige · 02/03/2024 10:41

thevegetablesoup · 02/03/2024 07:43

If she does have a "bag collecting her shit" as you so nicely put it, then she is under no obligation for this to become some sort of stigma reducing teaching point for others unless she wants it to be.

the message by thefallen was a lot more disgusting than what she mentionned. Really extremely appaling, and I am not a royal or a Kate fan. My sister had to have a section of bowel removed and had to wear a bag for quite some time- no wonder those sufferers are afraid to mention how uncomfortable and embarrassing it is- when people like thefallen make such dreadful comments.

StockpotSoup · 02/03/2024 10:42

Nicho59 · 01/03/2024 19:49

Neither her or her parents or children have been seen since December.

It’s because they’ve been kidnapped by aliens from the Planet Zod, who are using them as a bargaining chip in their attempts to overtake Earth, beginning by becoming supreme overlords of the British Empire. All William has offered so far is Alderney, Sark and the use of a beach hut on the Isle of Wight. Negotiations are ongoing.

Redmat · 02/03/2024 10:45

The ability to provide me with "an icky bag of shit" saved my life. I was in my early 20s. Have a little think before you write what is quite a thoughtless remark.