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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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OutwiththeOutCrowd · 02/03/2024 15:46

I agree that expressing gratitude to well wishers personally would be key if things were more or less as KP describes - fundamentally fine but healing. If she's trying to 'escape', and has already mentally checked out from being PoW, then she gets to ignore the normal royal niceties.

Primrosecottagelover · 02/03/2024 16:12

I find it hard to believe Kate is getting a divorce and I definitely don’t think she’s in a coma.

I do however find this recent statement odd. See photo.

The statement has so many statements starting with ‘I’ unlike their joint statement as a couple, on the war, released last October.

Katie Nicholls suggested that William Hasn’t included KM in the statement to leave her out of it as she’s unwell or protect her basically.

I think it’s odd. What seems to be happening is this full lockdown on Kate, wrapping her in cotton wool, protecting her. They’re putting up a lot of walls around her which says to me this either serious or there’s a mental health component or the pressure of the job is exacerbating the condition.

I don’t seem them seperating & if they did the monarchy would crumble.

Adelaide cottage has annexures never photographed and isn’t nearly as small as what it’s made out to be.

If they were living separately, Carole and Mike would move in 💯

So where is she?!
brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 02/03/2024 16:23

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That is actually disgusting. Reported.

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 02/03/2024 16:27

Geebray · 02/03/2024 16:27

That is actually disgusting. Reported.

😭

ChanelNo19EDT · 02/03/2024 16:33

I dont think they're separating either. I think it's possible she's milking her recovery time a bit and William is supportive of that because to him it's like a point to insist on. Ie, if they announce they're out of action til Easter and request privacy, then privacy they shall have

Nothing wrong with that. They won't engage with pressure to revealmore. The more they're asked,the less likely they will be to oblige.

I think she will emerge on the precise day they said she would. This trains the media, journos and keyboard warriors that there's nothing to speculate on.

Quizine · 02/03/2024 16:34

April is it that she will be back in action?

April, come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain
May, she will stay
Resting in my arms again
June, she'll change her tune
In restless walks she'll prowl the night
July, she will fly
And give no warning to her flight
August, die she must
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold
September, I'll remember
A love once new has now grown old

Songwriters: Paul Simon. For non-commercial use only.

ChanelNo19EDT · 02/03/2024 16:35

1st April is Easter Monday so, appearance 2n April?

ChanelNo19EDT · 02/03/2024 16:36

Predict 5 inches off the end of her hair as anew haircut was always hee way of deflecting from any other observation that might be made.

ColleenDonaghy · 02/03/2024 17:17

ChanelNo19EDT · 02/03/2024 16:36

Predict 5 inches off the end of her hair as anew haircut was always hee way of deflecting from any other observation that might be made.

Good point. If she has a fringe we'll know she's been reading the comments and has a sense of humour Grin

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 02/03/2024 23:42

Iwantmyoldnameback · 02/03/2024 12:34

Well whether the poor woman has had a stoma or not a lot of people will be scrutinizing her body when she finally reappears.

Well they're going to be disappointed as you can't tell most people have a stoma. ..... from a stoma owner.....

Alwaystransforming · 03/03/2024 07:04

SpiritOfEcstasy · 02/03/2024 10:35

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 🤷🏼‍♀️

You claiming it came from someone who works at the places means absolutely zero.

You think if people think they live together they also think it’s a fairytale marriage? Really? Is that all it takes for a couple to live the same building. That’s the standard for fairytale?

You aren’t ’spilling the tea’, you have not facts to back it up.

You did try to add gravitas, by putting in something you thought was only relevant to palace staff. It’s not.

Alwaystransforming · 03/03/2024 07:08

I work in the city. I was in one of our offices on Friday. Less than half a mile from BP. It’s really not.

People are discussing it because it’s in the news and speculating. It really wouldn’t be surprising that she is recovering elsewhere. If I had several homes, I would recover where ever I fancied.

BillieMean · 03/03/2024 07:31

https://x.com/DailyMirror/status/1750479461751898584?s=20

Article last month coming out and standing for a while claiming Kate and William have mood swings, William can be a shouter in the Mirror. It's on archive.

Then the names changing to Harry.

Pointing out how long they've been married, the anniversary in April, and hinting Kate isn't able to calm him down all the time (just "usually").

Looked like a warning or a controlled leak from someone.

People picked up on the switch to Harry.

but given the slightly weird situation since then, it seems more calculated.

https://x.com/DailyMirror/status/1750479461751898584?s=20

MikeRafone · 03/03/2024 07:57

It’s interesting as Megan and Harry went away saying they wanted privacy, then people complained that they themselves were putting there stuff in the limelight - they should go away and be private

niw P of W has said they are going to be away, privately recouping after major surgery - very understandable and the date to reappear was after Easter.

many people gossiping as to why she hasn’t been seen 4 weeks prior to a date given for PW to reappear

🤷‍♀️

people are so hypocritical and fickle 🤪😬🙄

FlibbertyGibbertyFlibberty · 03/03/2024 08:00

BillieMean · 03/03/2024 07:31

https://x.com/DailyMirror/status/1750479461751898584?s=20

Article last month coming out and standing for a while claiming Kate and William have mood swings, William can be a shouter in the Mirror. It's on archive.

Then the names changing to Harry.

Pointing out how long they've been married, the anniversary in April, and hinting Kate isn't able to calm him down all the time (just "usually").

Looked like a warning or a controlled leak from someone.

People picked up on the switch to Harry.

but given the slightly weird situation since then, it seems more calculated.

This is wrong though. In the archived article - apparently saying William and Kate both have mood swings - in the link you provided, it refers to a Robert Jobson article in the Daily Mail.

This is the Daily Mail article by Robert Jobson and it's actually talking about Harry and William having mood swings, not Kate and William.

Here is the quote from the Daily Mail: "To this day, Charles admits he often finds it difficult to gauge either of his sons’ occasionally unpredictable moods. ‘In that aspect of their nature, both princes are very much like their mother,’ one close source confirmed.A former courtier made the same analogy. ‘They both have quite extreme mood swings, just as Diana did,’ he said. ‘She could be your best friend one minute and the next your worst enemy.’But if William and Harry have at times had a difficult relationship with their father, it’s not all that hard to understand why."

Looks more like an error by someone at The Mirror that was corrected later than any calculated cover-up.

ROBERT JOBSON writes how Charles earned his boys’ respect

For Prince Charles’s official 70th birthday celebrations at Buckingham Palace in May, it was Harry who marked the occasion with a speech of rare warmth towards his father.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6326691/ROBERT-JOBSON-writes-Charles-earned-boys-respect.html

BillieMean · 03/03/2024 08:10

Reminds me of what Harry said about finding out about Camilla briefing against William and Kate and growing up with his own parents briefing against each other (and trying to stop the dynamic for William and him, but being ignored).

It's not as savage/obvious now, but no doubt the dynamic still there.

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So where is she?!
BillieMean · 03/03/2024 08:19

Current article still says William has a short fuse and can be a shouter and Kate has a role in calming him down.

Odd that this hasn't been squelched by now, unless it was meant to be put out there.

So where is she?!
FlibbertyGibbertyFlibberty · 03/03/2024 08:25

Stories attacking Harry get clicks because he's not well-liked. William is boring so he doesn't attract strong public opinion, although I don't doubt they're both equally bad-tempered.

The palace doesn't have nearly as much power to suppress stories as people think. If it did, Charles would never have gone through tampon-gate.

RokaandRoll · 03/03/2024 10:26

They do seem to have the power to suppress the story about whatever is going on with Kate, though.

xSideshowAuntSallyx · 03/03/2024 10:39

I'm laughing at all this as the media are feeding all this when they know there's a media blackout. Surprisingly none were outside her hospital. But it keeps the plebs occupied.

As for her operation, that's her business no one else's.

OutwiththeOutCrowd · 03/03/2024 11:24

Speaking as a conspiracy theorist and pleb - yes, I am somewhat preoccupied. I like to get to the bottom of things. And it just seems ... odd.

The fact that some seem to want medical details and updates has given KP a Get Out of Jail Free card as they can concentrate on telling people it's none of their business. And they are right about that.

However, it's still odd. There's a quid pro quo arrangement between the monarchy and the people and by this point I might have expected a personal message expressing gratitude for well wishes, particularly all the lovely handmade cards from children. Nothing more than that.

It's a small thing and I appreciate others don't consider it significant. But it does remind me of this:

Gregory (detective): Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?
Holmes: To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.
Gregory: The dog did nothing in the night-time.
Holmes: That was the curious incident.

Okay, you can hand me my tinfoil hat now. I don't mind!

eise · 03/03/2024 14:38

BillieMean · 03/03/2024 07:31

https://x.com/DailyMirror/status/1750479461751898584?s=20

Article last month coming out and standing for a while claiming Kate and William have mood swings, William can be a shouter in the Mirror. It's on archive.

Then the names changing to Harry.

Pointing out how long they've been married, the anniversary in April, and hinting Kate isn't able to calm him down all the time (just "usually").

Looked like a warning or a controlled leak from someone.

People picked up on the switch to Harry.

but given the slightly weird situation since then, it seems more calculated.

I've seen this before

BillieMean · 03/03/2024 15:56

Yes, over the last few years there's actually a small trickle of stories which are in the MSM which fall short of specifically saying "official separation", but seem to be priming for something.

Of course they're all BS to a certain extent, but it feels like there's a reason they've been allowed to stand.

(Outlets like Marie Claire, the Express)

  • William nicknaming Kate the Duchess of Doolittle due to her not having had a job, they often don't talk (then a disclaimer saying thats normal for couples)
  • William saying "chop chop" to Kate in public to hurry her along. Kate didn't even notice him doing it so it could have been glossed over but was picked up.
  • specifically saying how Camilla dislikes Kate, instigated Will breaking up with her early on (Camilla seeing herself as the descendant of nobly born mistresses), and it was Camilla who invited Rose Hanbury to the Coronation.
  • pointing out multiple times how upper class people often have separate bedrooms, there's nothing wrong with it, it's actually normal, the Queen and Philip did it etc.

If they are essentially seperate, but can't officially spilt due to the optics, I wonder if Kate has now played hardball, got her family backing, and said she's not doing all the ribbon cutting and engagements to save face.

And KP just has to handle it.

There's the "invisible contract", but with the Queen gone and Camilla and her journalist friends on the loose and a difficult William unable or unwilling to speak against her (and Harry and Meghan not around to be punchbags) if I was Kate I'd think it would be me and my daughter being painted as mad next.

Whilst Camilla grabs power like Richard 3rd in Shakespeare.

William can't do anything, they can hardly have a messy public falling out.

I wonder if the announcement in spring will be due to ill health, Kate is stepping back from most public duties with KP refusing to comment further beyond saying that they are doing what is best for the children.

(I always thought Anne of Cleves had the best deal of all the royal wives!)

puzzledout · 03/03/2024 15:59

BillieMean · 03/03/2024 15:56

Yes, over the last few years there's actually a small trickle of stories which are in the MSM which fall short of specifically saying "official separation", but seem to be priming for something.

Of course they're all BS to a certain extent, but it feels like there's a reason they've been allowed to stand.

(Outlets like Marie Claire, the Express)

  • William nicknaming Kate the Duchess of Doolittle due to her not having had a job, they often don't talk (then a disclaimer saying thats normal for couples)
  • William saying "chop chop" to Kate in public to hurry her along. Kate didn't even notice him doing it so it could have been glossed over but was picked up.
  • specifically saying how Camilla dislikes Kate, instigated Will breaking up with her early on (Camilla seeing herself as the descendant of nobly born mistresses), and it was Camilla who invited Rose Hanbury to the Coronation.
  • pointing out multiple times how upper class people often have separate bedrooms, there's nothing wrong with it, it's actually normal, the Queen and Philip did it etc.

If they are essentially seperate, but can't officially spilt due to the optics, I wonder if Kate has now played hardball, got her family backing, and said she's not doing all the ribbon cutting and engagements to save face.

And KP just has to handle it.

There's the "invisible contract", but with the Queen gone and Camilla and her journalist friends on the loose and a difficult William unable or unwilling to speak against her (and Harry and Meghan not around to be punchbags) if I was Kate I'd think it would be me and my daughter being painted as mad next.

Whilst Camilla grabs power like Richard 3rd in Shakespeare.

William can't do anything, they can hardly have a messy public falling out.

I wonder if the announcement in spring will be due to ill health, Kate is stepping back from most public duties with KP refusing to comment further beyond saying that they are doing what is best for the children.

(I always thought Anne of Cleves had the best deal of all the royal wives!)

Where did you find this bullshit---- information?