Finding all the Princess of Wales conspiracy theories so odd. Am I in as much of a minority as it seems?

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Perhaps I'm naive. Maybe my imagination isn't as wild as it could be ( although it is general incredibly lively), maybe ive got a realistic perspective, or maybe I've got it utterly wrong. Whichever is the case time will tell.
I'm Finding it difficult to understand why pepole would think it so inconceivable that firstly she has had surgery, rather than is having a MH crisis or divorce out they're is done other strange mystery afoot. It's apparently unimsginsble that surgery is major and takes a lot of recovery to get back to full health, a)to be potentially walking around for hours on end not feeling drained and exhausted and. b) being in the public eye wanting/ needing/ being expected to look good on return to public life.

i personally underwent abdominal surgery at the same hospital as the PoW a fortnight ago And stayed in for 6 days. Apparently many pepole in the Gi unit stay up to a fortnight two weeks on, although my cuts are tiny (keyhole), I am swollen up and currently am a similar size to I was when I was 7.5 months pregnant, covered in bruises, & in almost constant severe pain despite a cocktail of drugs and can barely move around. To say I'm exhausted would be the understatement. I normaly walk 6 miles every day and work out bit I can't ever get to the street corner150ft away and back without being crippled. I'm carrying about 7kg of extra weight in swelling. Needless to say apart from feeling grim I look deathly.
I've been given a very structured list of things I can't do for 6 weeks, very basic things - I tried as it seemed so ridiculous. Clearly its not ridiculous. Abdominal surgery can be a huge deal. I've been told 6 weeks to be able to do ordinary things like mopping the floor and hovering, carrying anything more than 4 or 5 kgs the 12 weeks to get back to my usual stamina and condition.

If i was appearing in the scrutiny of the public eye I would not be going out if I did not look back to normal and feel good. Surgery makes you feel really low and you need to feel good about yourself especially when you're going to be picked apart the world over. .

People firstly have no idea what is involved I often in major surgery. Add in having to maintain an Element of appearance for the public so asks extra time to achieve that.
They seems to be huge confusion between planned/ elective vs emergency surgery. Its always planned unless you are literally rushed in as a critical emergency. Otherwise it's classed as planned I saw my surgeon for a consultation. My op was the next day. Urgent but not an emergency, therefore planned.

Is it really that strange?..

Exactly as I said. None of her face, or anywhere other than her hair or clothes next to the children.

Did you read the article?

From The Guardian article linked earlier...

So basically, like the Google Pixel 8 'best take' phone advert for getting the best photo of everyone in a group - the "best faces" from all 4 in the photo were layered to make it more aesthetically pleasing (ie., everyone smiling & looking the same way).

Call the Polis!!!!

Is your "good authority -well known journo" Piers Morgan, because, well...y'know....

Is it Richard Madeley?

Omid Scobie??????

This is exactly it! If the marriage was genuinely in trouble and heading fgor divorce, there's no way they'd issue a statement saying she would be back on duty after 3 months. Why don't people realise this?! If after Easter they announce a divorce, everyone will know they were lying and it just destroys their reputation (all for a pointless lie). The marriage troubles theory makes no sense to me at all.
The other theory that Kate's in a coma or seriously ill - I don't believe that either. Williams been out and about, smiling and laughing. Pippa's been living it up in the Caribbean. I don't believe this would be happening if Kate was at death's door.
The most likely situation is that she's had a serious operation and is recovering.
Sorry if that disappoints people.

@MrsFinkelstein Well no, you didn't say
None of her face, or anywhere other than her hair or clothes next to the children.
You said
most the changes were done around the children. The only ones I've seen saying Catherine's face was heavily edited have been on Twitter & Tiktok by random users.
Yes I read the article,
“It’s the juddering of straight-line detail that is the biggest telltale sign of multiple frames being composited together. This can be seen extensively around the hair, arms, and especially at the zip midway down the princess’s jacket."

5 of the incidences where the picture has been altered include Catherine's hair.
9 out of the 20 areas highlighted involve the children only

Make of that what you will.

My own view is that she will be back on full display😥looking immaculate and healthy in a few weeks.

I find it bizarre that people think Kate was sat there photoediting a pic that would be released to the nation...that no one in her admin team said- come on Kate that's so obviously photoshopped.

There's an air of desperation to the whole thing, wanting everything to look ok they makes people think things aren't ok.

Yes, this is clearly rubbish and she’s been thrown under the bus for it

Or maybe they felt under pressure to release a photo, despite their wish for privacy. So did that, and put several similar frames together to make the best composite image.

As promoted, for example, by the Google pixel adverts

Do you know if they send images to press or just upload on IG and press pick it up?

No it was done on a computer, but I do agree this was in response to public pressure. It was a composite image, but no one knows if it was frames taken moments before or months before.

it poses the question though if it was moments before, and minor tweaking, why not just release the original , or not let her face be shown in a new snap or little video.

i think it’s safe to assume it wasn’t merged with a recent snap , as it is totally Illogical not to and to have this furore if they could easily just issue a non touched up very similar image.

I assume she isn't looking the way she wants, as she has been unwell. Fair enough.

The statement released by Kate doesn't say that she edited the photograph in question. It's an inference most are making, but all it actually says is that she occasionally experiments with editing, and that she's sorry if people were confused in a separate sentence. Not that she edited that specific photograph and caused the "confusion" (not that it was confusion that was the problem with the Frankenphoto). These statements will have been very carefully worded. I'd be very surprised if it was Kate Middleton who was the one to create this composite image.

"Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother's Day."

I have sympathy for this

She didn’t ask to be papped in the car. The plan was meant to be off until Easter, it’s a shame people couldn’t wait and went a bit loopy over the absence.

It's fair enough she doesn't want to be seen. It would have been fair enough if they'd have released a photograph from Christmas, or their summer holiday last year, or a picture of the just children holding a card, daffodils and a cup of tea for her, or a throwback from her own childhood, or nothing at all. What isn't ok is releasing a doctored photograph to be distributed through photo agencies who specifically ban use of this technology in photographs they distribute.

Hmmm it’s likely she is referring to that photo though. No, she doesn’t specifically mention it but why put out a statement at all if that wasn’t what she meant? Yet more over thinking maybe 🤷‍♀️

I don't think it was overthinking I think Catherine was avoiding being dishonest.

The meta data from the photo shows the images were taken on the Friday before Mother's Day at Adelaide Cottage and edited twice over that weekend.

I think she’ll appear in public in mid-April looking fine and lots of people wlll be disappointed tbh.

Same here.

If you understand how the RF works, the agreements they have with press etc. you realise it is all odd. Factually not speculatively.

I couldn’t give a shit about Catherine any more than I do a normal lay person and their general well being. I think Will is a cheating prick and like his father. Whether that has anything to do with this scenario, I couldn’t care less. But I can appreciate why the speculation is high. I also think it’s massively a sign of how Meghan and Harry narrative was so heavily manipulated.

Apparently her name has been removed from the website which had her listed as being in attendance for trooping the colour.

Thanks again @MrsFinkelstein - so much nonsense written about that photo!

OK OK, malignant? Why are you so emotionally charged about this? I am simply adding what I heard to the mix, the debate, adding that it means zilch to me?! Jeez

The metadata shows where the photo was taken when it was saved in Photoshop and which camera and lens took the photo, but not when the photo was originally taken (or which edits were made). This article explicitly states that, but no link I've read (and I've looked though a fair few posting this) does it state that the photograph's metadata contains the date the photo was taken.

So while the metadata reveals that the photo was edited, as Kate said, it does not detail when the photograph was originally taken, or what edits were made.