Photo of Kate Middleton at the Farm Shop

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She does look a bit different. But at least she's out and about.

But those people with chronic illnesses etc would not return to work before they had to, if they had a choice.

Kate is lucky not to have to depend on working to pay bills, mortgage etc. Why would she go out of her way to come back before the period she had initially stated, which was presumably advised by doctors, when she has no personal need. The only advantage to her would be to shut down all these rumours.

If I was signed off, fully paid, from work for 3 months then I'd stay off work for 3 months, regardless of whether I was up and about a couple of weeks before the official end date. If she had the op in Jan there is every change she could happily carry one shopping bag, with who knows what in it. Might just be crisps!

Other than photoshopping a pic so she looked better, in her mind what behaviour are you actually talking about?

@RedDuffle Like many people I come back to work before I am fully recovered. Because otherwise I would never work and I want to work. That is very normal, especially amongst a sizeable proportion of sixty plus people still working.
Charles still works when he is clearly not totally well. His swollen hands hint at some ongoing health problem. but he did not disappear either as Prince of Wales or the King.
The theories around Kate's disappearance have always been either things are much worse than the Palace are admitting, or Kate is milking it for time off and it is a routine operation.
If this is Kate, and I have my doubts, then it is clear she is milking it.

I was off sick for months and even went on holiday abroad, with my employer’s blessing. Not unheard of in certain circumstances. I didn’t look sick at the time of my holiday either, in fact I looked pretty good and healthy but actually wasn’t.

lol return to work of a royal cutting a ribbon then resting for the rest of the day can't really be compared to the average 8 hour a day worker

How is she milking it. Simply as she could go out for half and hour and walk a few yards in a sprightly manner?

she’s taken 3 months off for major surgery, as her doctors advised, she’s two months in, you have literally no idea about her true condition. Not one.

@RedDuffle I would not skive off sick if I was well. I know you said you would, but many people do not behave like that.

@Freakinfraser you think someone who walks like this is too ill to record a video message, have official phone calls, or an internal meeting?

But you don’t know if she’s well. All you’ve seen is a few second video. And know she’s able to do some minor things.

To be fair to Red, in no way did she say or imply she would skive off.

If someone is signed off for 3 months of course they should use the full 3 months to rest and recuperate.

@Freakinfraser I was referring to your comment above where you said of you were signed off sick but now well you would happily skive off work for 2 weeks.

I think she’s on the road to recovery, I do not know how she feels the majority of the time. I do not think anyone should be pressured to come back to work when doctors have signed them off. I’m sorry you had to. But that doesn’t mean everyone should be forced to.

That’s not her, just a couple that looks vaguely like them, if that was them why is no one turning their heads to look at them and why would they be out shopping in public, they have people to do that for them.

Lol it's not skiving off sick to take the full period recommended by doctors away from work.

I do agree with you regarding Kate's 'work' not being a patch on any normal person's idea of 'work', but if she's been given blessing to stay away for 3 months then I can see why she would. Especially given she is potentially the most photographed and analysed woman in the world regarding her appearance.

But the bottom line is none of us know what the op was, what the recovery looks like, how she is doing now. It may be that she's taking the piss and has been sitting with her feet up for weeks, or it may be that she's genuinely been recovering from an op. Or somewhere in between. Who knows.

Are you confused? I just read reread my comments and I never wrote that.

Think she's talking about me because I said I'd take the full 3 months even if I was feeling OK a couple of weeks before the end of it.

People are expected to go back to work if they recover sooner than expected. An employer would take a dim view if you were perfectly well but did not go back to work because a Dr had signed you off sick.
And in reality GPs usually ask you to go back and get new sick notes, not just sign you off for months at a time.

Well I’m with you, so I will actually say it if I was signed off sick and didn’t need to return, I’d only do so early if I was both mentally and physically able, and if I didn’t wish to I wouldn’t. I would not see it as skiving.

If the photo was 'photoshopped to make herself look better', why did she completely blur out her right hand in an otherwise high resolution picture? I'm picking on just one of the many inconsistencies unrelated to Kate's appearance here.

So people who would behave unethically defend others behaving unethically. Shocker.
Maybe Kate can get a sick note next time for a year?

😂
Well, we can only hope.

lol would anyone hell go back to work earlier if signed off by a medical professional for a certain amount of time

She won't be "going back to work" anyway, since she doesn't have a job. Funny how the royals like to opt in and out of a normal life when it suits.

I realise this is futile but honestly, WHAT behaviour?

They announced her abdominal surgery and that she wouldn't be back to official duties until after Easter - Easter is still 2 weeks away. They also said they wouldn't be sharing any further updates unless there were significant changes.

They've done what they said pretty much. It's the reactions, conspiracies and general sense that we're somehow entitled to know/ see more that makes zero sense to me.

What lies have actually been told? As in been proven to be a lie, not just people determined to make it more sinister or insisting they have a 'feeling'.

A photo released on Mother's Day, of Kate and her children, with the message 'Happy Mother's Day'. Edited yes, not particularly well either - but the metadata shows it was taken at their home, and saved a day or two before Mother's Day. I have zero problem believing they layered several images together to get the best one of everyone smiling/ eyes open/ looking in the same direction etc. Even if she swapped in one with her face looking better than she currently felt - oh well, I just don't buy that that's some serious constitutional issue and am so baffled by the outcry.

No she hasn't released any photos/ videos/ had zoom meetings etc - because they'd all count as 'official duties' and she's not back to work till after Easter.

I don't know what her precise medical issue was, and I don't believe for a second that she should have had to disclose it. She obviously didn't want to and that's entirely up to her. Her doctors have signed her off for x amount of time and she really doesn't have to give in to the bullying, sly insinuations, and temper tantrums of those who feel entitled to more information or just like taking part in a social media conspira-wank fest because it passes the time.

It's patently obvious to anyone with half a brain that recovery can be up and down, that you might manage a stroll to the shops one day and then be back in bed the next. But yeah - she's also probably getting better treatment and more time/ space to recover than Elaine from down the road who had what was probably a totally different condition/ surgery. She's literal royalty - that's how it works.

Again - I'm not over here waving my flag and claiming to be her/ the institution itself's biggest fan. I just don't see how they've acted in any way inconsistently with what they said they were going to do from the start - and I don't see how anything that has happened between the initial announcement and now means that it can't possibly just be that she had surgery and was recovering - exactly as they said.