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WinterMorn · 11/03/2024 00:36

Well, one things for sure, heads will be rolling at KP. The Royal PR team have really dropped the ball over the entire ‘absent Kate’ affair.

Emily1583 · 11/03/2024 00:38

Flowerfairie · 11/03/2024 00:30

@Emily1583 a simple Google would have told you

AFP said: “Mandatory kill. Due to an editorial issue this photo by the Prince of Wales has been withdrawn … and may no longer by used in any manner. Please immediately remove it from all your online services, stop using it in any other fashion and delete it from your servers.”

Why do they open the statement with "mandatory kill" though? It doesn't make sense. Is it just a general media term?

OnlyLoveCanBreakYourHeart · 11/03/2024 00:39

It will all come out over time, if there is anything to come out.

MMN2024 · 11/03/2024 00:39

So then what are your thoughts on what's behind it all @Flowerfairie

Flowerfairie · 11/03/2024 00:40

You said it "literally never happens". You didn't say it was a "really rare occurence" I trust no one who can't present basic facts correctly.

@VeniVidiWeeWeeif you’re finding it hard let me clarify. It happens about 4 times a year. Across ALL photos they release.

also that’s a really weird grammatical sentence that makes no sense

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VeniVidiWeeWee · 11/03/2024 00:40

WinterMorn · 11/03/2024 00:36

Well, one things for sure, heads will be rolling at KP. The Royal PR team have really dropped the ball over the entire ‘absent Kate’ affair.

Why? In what way?

Flowerfairie · 11/03/2024 00:41

@Emily1583 it literally means don’t publish this, it’s fake

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Flowerfairie · 11/03/2024 00:42

@MMN2024 how the fuck do I know. Something is ‘royally’ up though

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SlowlyLurking · 11/03/2024 00:44

Agree OP. It's giving more and more credence to the conspiracy theories & the silence from KP on this speaks volumes.

WinterMorn · 11/03/2024 00:45

VeniVidiWeeWee · 11/03/2024 00:40

Why? In what way?

In as much as the handling of the story has done nothing but generate the publicity and interest that they claim to want to avoid. There is also the speed with which it all took place in Jan. if only they had been a little more specific then this would have quelled much of the speculation.

Gloriosaford · 11/03/2024 00:47

VeniVidiWeeWee · 11/03/2024 00:40

Why? In what way?

they have to keep up appearances or else . . .
pitchforks🔱
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Emily1583 · 11/03/2024 00:47

Flowerfairie · 11/03/2024 00:41

@Emily1583 it literally means don’t publish this, it’s fake

Ah ok thanks.

And yes this seemingly innocent photo release has massively backfired and now the rumour mill will go into complete overdrive over the coming days and weeks.

MMN2024 · 11/03/2024 00:49

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Flowerfairie · 11/03/2024 00:50

@MMN2024 not sure I did ask you anything - read back. Insults also never cool.

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Onand · 11/03/2024 00:53

Something is absolutely up. AP and others know more than they can report hence why they’re not playing ball with that sham picture. It’s unprecedented.

VeniVidiWeeWee · 11/03/2024 00:55

Flowerfairie · 11/03/2024 00:40

You said it "literally never happens". You didn't say it was a "really rare occurence" I trust no one who can't present basic facts correctly.

@VeniVidiWeeWeeif you’re finding it hard let me clarify. It happens about 4 times a year. Across ALL photos they release.

also that’s a really weird grammatical sentence that makes no sense

So it happens 4 times per year? That isn't "literally never happens", is it?

MikeRafone · 11/03/2024 00:56

Emily1583 · 11/03/2024 00:15

Something feels amiss. I get the feeling some sections of the media know something but are perhaps not allowed to say.

They will know what is happening, it’s a case of what they want to do and when.

Sn1859 · 11/03/2024 01:00

They’ve killed it because it was edited, not for any other reason. It's not massive news. She's probably ill. Not everything is the massive conspiracy it’s made out to be.

Hiddenmnetter · 11/03/2024 01:05

Ok I thought this was going to be like: Nicola Sturgeons WhatsApp’s were recovered

or

Boris Johnson’s emails from Covid were all leaked

or

Trump has been found guilty and GOP have dumped him as a member/candidate,

or, you know, something MASSIVE. As a pp noted above, this really is mildly interesting at best.

Headline news: “sick woman who works really hard and has loads of media coverage tries to deflect with photo of happy family: most people wish she wouldn’t bother and focus on getting well”

ThisQuickFinch · 11/03/2024 01:12

VeniVidiWeeWee · 11/03/2024 00:55

So it happens 4 times per year? That isn't "literally never happens", is it?

Oh my goodness!!!! So some people use the word “literal” is an a hyperbolic, exagerrative way? 😮 Never mind pulling the photo, stop the fucking presses!!!!

(or maybe just let it go - the word “literally” is used in this manner so often that the exaggerative meaning was added to the OED about a decade ago).

Crispedia · 11/03/2024 01:18

Massive news? Nope.

Blankspace4 · 11/03/2024 01:18

Really hope Kate is ok. It’s all a bit unsettling tbh.

DramaAlpaca · 11/03/2024 01:20

I'm with you @Flowerfairie. Something is definitely up. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Topseyt123 · 11/03/2024 01:21

It's not massive. I don't even really see what they are giving off about and would need them to demonstrate it to me.

I suppose things will become clear soon enough.

Jumpingthruhoops · 11/03/2024 01:34

NuffSaidSam · 11/03/2024 00:34

You can discuss many things, of course.

Your question was is this MASSIVE?

People are rightly pointing out that, no, in the scheme of things a slightly altered photo of the royals is not MASSIVE. It's small, really small.

It's not the editing of the photo that's 'massive' per se; but issuing a kill notice strongly suggests there could be something 'massive' going on behind the scenes...