To think the response to Kate’s illness and photo is insane?

[Grosshesselohe]

And that the public are approaching levels of hysteria not seen since Diana’s funeral?

I’ve put this in AIBU not Royal because it’s the only way to get a vote - and hopefully restore faith in our collective common sense.

YABU - the dramatic response is completely justified

YANBU - people are acting like loons & should leave Kate alone

KP haven’t made a “huge mistake”. Just because the media and a few fanatics keep saying it, doesn’t make it true.

It reminds me of this stanza from Kipling’s poem:

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise

IMO they have, because their comms team should have realised the relevance of the photo and made sure it was 100% non controversial.

Personally I’m happy with photo editing, I know it’s widespread, but why give ammunition to the loonies out there?

The reaction to the illness has been insane, I agree.

The reaction to our future head of state faking (not touching up ) a photo released to the world media has actually been quite tame.

I know the royalists want to make this about Harry and Meghan or cheese or whatever but it's actually quite possible not to be Sussex squad or whatever and critical of William and Kate here

Tell that to Meghan..Meghan would never make a mistake… according to Meghan

Totally agree.

Either they have the worst PR advisors money can buy or William and Kate are personally making these very poor decisions

Completely agree with this.

Sources close to...seriously thus shit is whatvpeople seem to take as fact even if the person themselves hasn't said it.

It goes for whether it's sources close to meghan or I read today sources close to the RF say Catherine is beside herself worried

It's speculative bs!

I’m pretty sure she’d be issuing a rebuttal via Scobie if the sources weren’t instructed by her. Unfortunately Meghan has form for this. She has been smearing and leaking and insinuating for years.

What’s your motivation here? Genuinely interested

Motivation for what? Sharing the Telegraph article?

For bringing in Meghan - are you a William and Kate fan? A royalist?

genuinely interested

Your last paragraph, I absolutely agree. They should have just left it. The difference is - they didn't!

In your example, your colleagues may have been plodding along hoping you were doing fine. But if your husband sent them a demonstrably false picture of you captioned SmashedPrawns is absolutely fine - it may have raised some eyebrows.

Again, I am not into the speculation - I don't have any information to be able to determine why, so it seems a pointless exercise. Presumably it could be as simple as she doesn't want to be seen not looking her best, and fair enough.

But the future king essentially lying to us, and trying to use reputable (not tabloid!) media to do it is a big deal. And if you do submit false information and are found out, the obvious question is why would you do that?!

Hopefully now William and Kate will empathise with the horrendous media circus Meghan had to suffer.

@SmashedPrawnsInAMilkyBasket what did you have done if you don't mind me asking? Please ignore if I'm being too curious.

I'm a bit surprised the photo was manipulated to that extent.

I think when you project the image of a perfect, can do nothing wrong, not a hair out of place family, you open yourself up to critique and questions if something looks off.

She absolutely has a right to privacy especially when it concerns her health. The issue is no one is believing what the palace is saying.

People are no longer accepting the narrative they're presenting. There's A LOT of stories and guesswork making the rounds on social media. And the majority, if not all of it, is likely not true. However, when you give the public tiny tidbits completely outside of the norm, then expect speculation.

I can see both sides, but the level of coverage it's getting is ridiculous. I don't believe for one second the image was real and she edited it. KP threw her under the bus. And I don't believe the car picture is real. A lot of people online are genuinely concerned for her well-being.

I think a lot of people are becoming Kate and William fans after seeing this insane trolling against them!!

This poll is pretty conclusive- 83% !

People are no longer accepting the narrative they're presenting. There's A LOT of stories and guesswork making the rounds on social media. And the majority, if not all of it, is likely not true. However, when you give the public tiny tidbits completely outside of the norm, then expect speculation.

Most people see this coverage as utter made up bollocks from trolls & the media. Which is what it is.

Kate had an operation and will be back after Easter. It’s not rocket science

Basically because she’s not you, she’s one of the most famous women in the world who has just put out a photograph that is so heavily edited round her face that respected agencies won’t use it due to concerns over its authenticity.

@Gstaad
Just -no.

Kensington palace released the photo , they stated that William took it ‘last week’ ( that was clearly not true)
The photo was obviously an attempt to mislead - the international news agencies rejected it based on its lack of veracity.

If the international agencies had not issued the kill notice would there still be fawning articles in the British tabloids and would the BBC still have the photo on their website ?

That the ‘royals’ lie is no surprise to many . That these lies are rarely if ever scrutinised by so called journalists is another scandal in my opinion .

Keep going - but just remember the overwhelming majority of people will think you’re obsessed and probably a bit weird.

Here's a sensible thread discussing various points of interest x.com/drdobberstein/status/1767455526726562153?s=46

I don't think that's a sensible thread @MeinKraft .

Here’s a numbered list of all the unhinged conspiracy theories in one place compiled by a German Sussex Squad weirdo on X

There. Fixed it for you.

ok it's slightly less outlandish than the ones on Twitter that claim Williams been on a killing spree

Sensible? 🤣