That’s not Kate. No way!

[Bluesky91]

Who are they fooling!!?? That’s no way Kate. There are 1000s of pics of this woman all over the internet. NONE look like this. It’s not her!!

@MrsFinkelstein

They kind of are celebrities now though.

If you want to be a non celebrity, then you are Princess Ann, who properly recycles clothes, styles herself. Doesn't photoshop her photos etc., turns up, is "authentic". That's the traditional model.

People think of Kate as a celebrity because frankly that's the marketing that KP have gone for. Glossy, high spec, celebrity style.

Yeah I did think that, but as they’re the ones that got the scoop I thought it was worth posting anyway!

To me it looks like Kate, having lost some weight after surgery / illness...crazy thought I know...

Photos are mainly from interviews Gabriella Dunkley Jones has done with the Sun, which covered her work as a lookalike a lot in more innocent times.

So she's on their books and is used to being in the role, which fits if they wanted to pay someone to do something ASAP.

(Of course they'll immediately claim her and this random bloke from Portugal decided to stage this for no reason at all when the backlash gets too much).

Looks like the Sun are trying to distract from Harry having named Rupert Murdoch now, and been given permission to use Leveson evidence by Sunak.

They really haven't moved on from Hillsborough....

BBC TV News said the Palace had confirmed it was William and Kate.

It would be far easier for Kate or William to confirm

Please link because I am still yet to see that, they are still talking about unverified.

I think the fact that Meghan Markle stood out as a completely different member when she joined the Royal family shows the difference, actually.

Just my personal opinion, of course, but Meghan acted like the celebrity she was in the world she had come from - hitting the right pose when she was being photographed, knowing her best angles and where the light was coming from and using that. Arranging paparazzi photographs that showed her at her best and developed the narrative she wanted (to avoid controversy I’m talking ones here that it has now been established were pre-arranged - e.g. the photos of her on a street in Toronto where she was carrying bunches of flowers and with her overcoat worn open so the “H&M” necklace she was wearing was visible). Carefully curating her Sussex Royal instagram account.

There was 100% nothing wrong with that behaviour. But it was such a contrast to the rest of the Royal family who generally aren’t looking for their best pose or best shot, they just do what they are there to do. The journalists noted the difference, the photographers noted and loved the difference - the camera loves Meghan and she was giving them great shots! - and sometimes, the public noticed the difference too.

I agree it’s unlikely that Meghan would have had her first photographic appearances be like the three candid photos we have seen of Kate recently. It would far more likely be something like her as she was photographed in the Santa Barbara farmer’s market - dog, flowers (more flowers!) and tote bag in hand. Or beautifully composed and perfectly in focus seen at the drive through while buying a burger - where the considerate employees helpfully lean out of the way so as not to get in the shot, even. But that is what celebrities do. Not the royals.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/03/19/princess-kate-video-fuels-more-speculation-as-kensington-palace-wont-confirm-if-its-new/amp/

I just can't see Kate feeling the need to get cosmetic surgery though. I agree it would be hard to have your looks commented on all the time, but I would imagine the RF would prefer her to 'grow old gracefully.' I mean there's a lot of discussion about Diana and the pressure for her to look perfect, but Diana was in her twenties when she was in the RF. I think she was around 30 when she got divorced? Kate is 42 now, so presumably less fragile and I would have thought the expectation would be that she would age relatively naturally, like QEII.

The ‘issue’ seems to be the time line, Kensington Palace will not confirm WHEN it was filmed (it was not on Sunday for instance) not unlike the situation with the Mother’s Day image.

When the photo of Kate in the car next to her mum was taken the British press wouldn’t/couldn’t print it. It was printed internationally but not in this country. The same obviously didn’t apply to these shots of her at the farm shop. I wonder why that is.

Of course it is her, a lot thinner yes, but so would anyone be after major abdominal surgery for goodness sake. People are so quick to disappear down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories. I’m beginning to think the general population has indeed dumbed down so much that there’s no going back.

I read that the car photo was taken with a long lens and that kind of photography is illegal here.

Because one photo was unflattering and the others were not? Bit like when I veto my friends putting shit pics of me on Facebook.

Speaking of which, given what we now know about strict rules on Press photography, how on earth did the Mirror get away with publishing this photo of Kate in 2022 then? Comparison with other unaltered photos from the same day and time showed this had definitely been tinkered with…

Thank you, that makes sense. It looks like a much younger Kate.

This is where my mind went, rather than the long lens thing because surely both photos were intrusive and taken from afar without her knowledge. I don’t see the distinction.

It isn't illegal to take a photo of someone in a public place - long lens or not.

Different privacy law considerations. The papers have generally agreed with he Palace that they won’t publish candied shots of teh Royals int heir private lives, and this is then tested against the legal position too.

The photo with Carole was, we understand, taken while they were driving on the Windsor Estate (which is secure) and therefore she had a reasonable expectation of privacy there. Plus, she had sought privacy for her medical issues, and this was the first image of her. UK Press general conclusion - we will consider as being a case where we’d be breaching Kate’s privacy if we publish it.

The Windsor farm Shop photo - the couple were in a public place, mixing with various members of the public. They would have less expectation of privacy in doing that. It was still on their private time, however, rather than them doing anything official, so some publications will have made different decisions over which side of the the line they would put this one.

You are right, it's me. I'm having a laugh for April Fools.

It wasn’t a public place though - the Windsor Estate is private.

The same laws apply to us. If you go for a walk along the street you can legitimately be photographed/captured on CCTV etc. If someone takes a photo of you from a distance on your patio, that’s different and they are breaching your privacy.

the car photo was before the whole world went Mad with wild theories , At first it didnt look like her to me but someone pointed out that someone Altered it to look unflattering and this most recent pictures are AI enhanced too , people, mostly Americans , are just so full of hate they’d rather see her dead , in a coma , getting divorced than looking well, it’s crazy!

They were outside the gates of Windsor Castle, not within the estate.

I don’t believe you….