Kate Gate

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Shamefully starting a new Kate related thread for the fellow people like me who are so far down the rabbit hole they need to talk it out with fellow tin foil hat wearers 🤙
I want to know.. what do you think?
Where is she?
The wild theories?
Will she make the Easter Day service?
What the hell is going on over at KP?

I think she's seriously ill and will be stepping back soon.

I've got popcorn and I've got alllllll night, let's dissect.

If he does that, then questions should be asked as to what the point of him is. He is lazy as it is. This whole thing started because he decided to take a month off because his wife was ill, and pretended he was doing all the school runs and the kids dinner or whatever as an excuse. He really is a waste of space.

I never follow, let alone post on, these threads but I'm glued to this one 😂

Just wanted to agree about Anne. I have no interest in her affairs, if she's had any, but I really respect the fact that she treats her position like a job and puts in the hours. I don't get the impression that she takes the privelege for granted, like some of the others.

I have less time for KC and the RF generally after the whole Diana/Camilla thing and especially tampon-gate, yuk. I don't really like the celeb-y style of the younger RF either. I mean, there are plenty of slebs already, I want something different from the RF. If they want to go down that route then by all means crack on, but do it in the style of other Euro RFs and just be normal (but v rich!) people. Like I say, I don't normally pay any attention to the RF under normal circs though, so I may be missing a lot of nuance.

It was my understanding, and still is, thst Williams intention ( and looking at his engagement diary) was to take three months off, the same as Kate, Christmas to Easter. It was only because of the scrutiny that he added a handful of public appearances. If you look at their engagement diary it’s still empty. I imagine this might be addressed (and maybe has already) but that was the case when I checked last week.

There was something about him juggling the kids. As if his teams of nannies and assistants don’t exist.

I think they want the royal life without doing anything, just pitching up for large publicised events a few times a year.

William really isn't doing Kate any favours.

While the public hysteria is absolutely ridiculous, I feel like William could've done a lot more.

As you said @RoyalDramaLlama, he already took a month off to help with the children.

I think he only carried out 7 engagements this year. Surely, his absence made people a lot more suspicious and fueled the conspiracy theories.
That's crazy to even think about but we've seen more of Charles, who's battling cancer, than William

And yet, you'd think that William would probably think that people are already making crazy conspiracy theories about him, his wife, his wife's health, their marriage, so that he would, at least, make an effort and carry out more engagements, making himself more visible not only to support his sick father (and the other much older working members who are working 2-3 times more than him) but to also send a message to the public, that everything is fine and that Kate will come back when she's 100% healed.

But no, this idiot is taking another 2-3 weeks off of work (potentially more), "for the children", which will probably make people speculate on their marriage even more.

I have an idea. I also have a child in primary school. Why don't I take 2-3 weeks off. In fact, I think it should be offered to all parents of primary school kids who are single parents or those who are/ whose partner is not entirely well. Royal Family could fund that.

I do agree that PW should be stepping up a lot more now that he is PoW.

He has had an easy ride so far & that could be because both HMQ & KC felt it advantageous that he not do as much as they did when their kids were young.

He doesn't seem to be stepping up for his dad at all.

It was my understanding, and still is, thst Williams intention ( and looking at his engagement diary) was to take three months off, the same as Kate, Christmas to Easter.

Please, tell me you are joking. If it is true, wtf. This guy really thought he would stay at home for 3 months and nobody will say anything about it while his much older aunt and uncle are out there, carrying out engagements everyday. Princess even carries out 2-3 engagements everyday and she's in her 70s. The entitlement of this man...

Since we're all about conspiracies these days, at this point, I'm starting to believe that BP is behind all the media backlash that KP, Kate and William are getting (in the UK). My new theory is that they knew William wanted stay home for 3 months "for Kate and the kids" and they did this to force him to go out there and work.

BP's silence is interesting, to say the least

Could it be that W&K think that PC can’t really continue in role so are enjoying respite now?

Please, tell me you are joking. If it is true, wtf. This guy really thought he would stay at home for 3 months and nobody will say anything about it while his much older aunt and uncle are out there, carrying out engagements everyday. Princess even carries out 2-3 engagements everyday and she's in her 70s. The entitlement of this man...

I agree. I recall that after W&K got married, all they did was go on luxury holidays.

I somehow feel like this is connected with Camilla and she snapped and that is why she packed her bags with Anne and got on a private jet for a break. She must be exasperated at this point with KC’s children. One causing all kinds of trouble in the US and one that does so little and expects other royals (with cancer) in their seventies to pick up the slack.

I feel for KC I feel he is a wonderful man and deserves much more support from his family than he is currently receiving.

The PoW didn't say he was going to take 3 months off - he said (or it was said on his behalf) that he would take some time off whilst PssOW was in hospital and in early days of recuperation at home and then return to public duties. She was hospitalised on 16th January. She left hospital on 29th January and he returned to public duties on 7th February - so 9/10 days for her to get settled at home.

Well they seem to think that the only way to bring up well balanced children is for both parents to work part time, term time only and school hours so they'll have to stump up more cash than that!

Quite probably. They will also never retire.

Do you think even someone in a nornal office job could work until they are 95? The fact thatThe Queen did it while she had cancer doesn't mean she's superhuman it means what she did is not that onerous. William is lazy. He will continue to be lazy but the more Harry slips into obscurity and the older generation ( family and subjects) die out, the less he will be able to get away with.

Retire from what?

I somehow feel like this is connected with Camilla and she snapped and that is why she packed her bags with Anne and got on a private jet for a break. She must be exasperated at this point with KC’s children. One causing all kinds of trouble in the US and one that does so little and expects other royals (with cancer) in their seventies to pick up the slack.

I would be too. Camilla apparently has been suffering from back issues for years. I'm not surprised she's going on holiday so often

I feel for KC I feel he is a wonderful man and deserves much more support from his family than he is currently receiving.

HonestIy, I feel bad for him. As someone who's been in the middle of a family rift, I guess I had hope that both his sons would unite to support their dad during this difficult time. Maybe that's naive of me.

I will never see Charles as a wonderful man but more as a very flawed individual
Maybe it's personal bias, I recently found out that my grandmother's first marriage was similar to Camilla/Charles/Diana

Her first husband was married to another woman, who was older than him. They couldn't have children so his family pressured her to divorce her.

He then married my grandma, who was 16-17, had 3 kids with her. Once he has his kids, he abandoned my grandmother and went back to the woman he loved but wouldn't divorce her.

Thankfully, she met my grandfather, who loved her and her children, and they had my mother

But anyway, I just hope Charles gets support because there are even rumours that William didn't even visit him since his cancer diagnosis (don't take my word for it)

But the reality is he is barely doing anything. And nothing is planned for months. He should be working much harder to support his father.

When his kids grow older, he won't be able use them as an excuse anymore.

At least, if he was good as PR.
Harry and Meghan worked less than William and Kate but their PR was incredible, you can even deny that

You don’t know what is planned, they never publish their calendar in advance

We don’t have the context so can’t judge. Poss Kate sicker than billed.

Well she is out and about and has been for over a week we knows of, so what’s stopping him now?

He should've been working more since he got married. The fact that even Prince Philip, who was in his mid 90s, suffering from health issues was still working more than William is shocking.

Look at Edward and Sophie's numbers. Their son, James was probably Louis' age 10 years ago and Louise was probably around George's age, maybe even younger and look at Edward's numbers compared to William and Sophie's numbers compared to Kate's

The K&Q and P&PssOW don't put their forward engagements in the Royal Diary - and haven't done so for ages so you can't infer lack of activity through that route.
Am sure the King is more than able to decide who is best placed to pick up any of his duties - there was some reference I read (possibly the Times but I couldn't be sure - it was about the time of the joint hospitalisation) that said the King was mindful of not asking PW to pick up activities as it may look like to the mad tik-tok'ers that a regency was in the offing.
Since his return to duties PoW has carried out 14 or so engagements including engagements like investitures that last a few hours before anyone chips in with 'an engagement can be a 10 min phone call'

William is not some poor husband who has to take care of his sick wife and children on his own.

Her retired parents live nearby.
Her sister and her husband live nearby
I think her brother, James, doesn't live far as well.

Plus, they have an entire staff. Their children have a nanny

That is absolutely shocking.
Princess Anne is the stand out. Kate and William stand out as being very low.