On January 17, Kensington Palace announced that Princess Kate I had to go to the hospital for abdominal surgery. The palace announced that the operation was a success and that Kate would not be attending any public events over Easter.
From this time on, the palace did not provide further information about the princess’s condition. However, after Prince William was forced to cancel his presence at the memorial service for King Constantine, information emerged that Kate was feeling well.
Additionally, with so little official information available about Kate’s condition, speculation is running rampant. From botched cosmetic surgery to links to King Charles III’s illness, rumors abound on social media, writes Watson.
A journalist specializing in the royal family has put forward another possible reason why Kate has completely disappeared from public view. According to her theory, this may be due to a certain strategy of the royal family.
What is particularly striking is that Charles and Kate apparently have different communication strategies. If the palace reported very openly about Charles’ illness and announced that the cancer was diagnosed during the treatment of an enlarged prostate, then there are still no officially confirmed details about Kate’s illness.
In a video on TikTok journalist Amanda Matta spoke on this topic. She has been reporting on royals on her Tiktok channel since 2021. Since the news of Charles and Kate’s illnesses became known, she has also regularly and widely covered this topic. In many of her videos, she often looks critically at the royal family and points out, in her opinion, the unfair treatment of Meghan by the British press.
In one of her videos, Amanda reflects on why Kensington Palace is very reluctant to comment on Kate’s condition, if at all.
“Her image was very carefully built over the years to maintain the image of an ideal princess.Amanda says in her video.
According to her, this may also be the reason why Kate is now kept away from the public eye. Amanda adds: “Think about tummy tuck surgery and what this person will look like while they recover. What recovery from that does to a person.”
Amanda notes that Kate was subjected to body shaming after joining the royal family.
“This is also a woman whose first experience with the public and the press came at a time when you could make disgusting remarks about women’s bodies and not fear getting away with it.”– she explains.
In fact, Kate’s appearance was heavily criticized in the tabloids after her relationship with William became public. To this day, Kate’s styling has been a recurring theme in the media; Every time a bad photograph of her appears, attention is immediately drawn to the wrinkles and dark circles under her eyes.
Amanda mentions, for example, that after Memorial Day, discussions immediately began about Kate’s appearance. Photos of the Princess of Wales from the event showed dark circles under her eyes.
“This is a woman who is in her early forties, and it is absolutely normal that she sometimes looks like that. But you’re not used to seeing her like this, so people went crazy.”– she notes.
But a desire to protect Kate as an individual from bad headlines may be just one reason why the palace is being so defensive on the matter. Amanda is convinced that Charles and Kate’s health problems could quickly create the impression that the monarchy itself is sick.
Previously, FACTS reported statements from an expert about how Charles III’s illness could affect the British monarchy: “It’s just a sad story.”
Source: Fakty
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