Kate Middleton and Prince William's united front fell apart

In the weeks leading up to the Mother's Day photo fiasco, rumors swelled around the royal family, who are underwritten by UK taxpayers and cost about $300 million annually. Kate's most recent royal appearance was on Christmas, and there have been minimal updates since Kensington Palace's announcement in January that she'd be undergoing a "planned abdominal surgery" and wouldn't resume her public duties "until after Easter."

Eyebrows were raised when William released a rare solo statement in February regarding the conflict in Gaza and when he pulled out of his godfather King Constantine's memorial service "due to a personal matter" a week later.

As speculation over Kate's whereabouts grew, Kensington Palace told BI on February 29 that she was "doing well" and that "we shall not be providing a running commentary or providing daily updates."

"With Kate, there's been a shroud of secrecy," Meinzer told BI. "The vague language around Kate's health, William's absence from the funeral, and an update from Kensington Palace that sounds exasperated and very defensive."

"It's so glaringly different from the messaging coming from Charles' office," she added. "Charles seems more human these days than William and Kate."

King Charles' cancer diagnosis was announced on February 5, a few weeks after Kate's hospitalization. And while the public still doesn't know exactly what type of cancer he has, nor how severe, Charles has been photographed multiple times since resuming public duties.

"The Buckingham Palace team has been far more transparent than the Kensington Palace team," Meinzer said. "When we look at Charles' case, they were forthright about him having cancer, they did tell us he'd be having outpatient treatment, and they gave us photographic updates."

"Less than a week after the announcement of his cancer, he was attending church with Camilla and waving at the camera people and his subjects," she added. "There are hundreds of witnesses to see that this is actually happening in real time while these photos are being taken."

Unlike Charles, only three photos of Kate have been released since the January announcement from Kensington Palace.

The first, a grainy paparazzi photo published by TMZ on March 4, showed Kate's face obscured by big sunglasses as she sat in the car with her mother, Carole Middleton. The third, published by the Daily Mail on March 11, showed Kate in the car with William — but her face was turned away from the camera.

The only recent clear photo of Kate's face was the picture she and William released on Mother's Day on March 10. The snap shows Kate smiling with the couple's three children, and the caption credits William with taking the picture this year.

Within hours, the Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse announced they would no longer distribute the image due to concerns it had been digitally altered. They sent kill notifications to media outlets worldwide with instructions to remove the picture from all platforms, including social media.

According to ABC News, the Mother's Day photo was edited twice with Adobe Photoshop — once on the night of March 8 and once on the morning of March 9 — before it was released. During an appearance on BBC Radio 4's "The Media Show," Phil Chetwynd, the global news director at Agence France-Presse, said Kensington Palace is no longer a trusted source.

"'Photogate' is a PR disaster, no matter how you look at it," royal historian Marlene Koenig told BI. "It's a major, major story, whether the fangirls like it or not. It's not about Kate being sick. It's not about Kate being a member of the royal family. It's about someone who manipulated a photograph to make it look better. Now there's definitely a lack of trust."

Kate took responsibility for the photo on Monday, writing on X: "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."

It was a move that only heightened confusion — and fuelled more rumors.

Royal fans and pundits alike were shocked to see an explanation come from Kate rather than a joint statement by Kensington Palace.

"An organization of this size and this international level would normally put out a statement that does not throw one of its most esteemed members under the bus," Meinzer told BI. "I'm kind of surprised that they specifically chose to essentially hang Kate out to dry."

Kate's post on X went against the PR strategy helping her and William for years. Where was the royal family's united front?

But the Prince and Princess of Wales have been diverging from the tactics of their successful 2021 comeback tour for a while now. There's only a handful of photos and videos of the couple together in the past six months on their Instagram page, the most recent being the official Christmas card.

With the black-and-white color, matching outfits, and plain backdrop, it starkly contrasts the sunny, laid-back, and cheerful picture they had shared the year before.

There's no denying Kate and William have reverted to the royal family's former strategy of stiff formality. It's led to increased speculation surrounding the stability of their marriage and a lack of connection to the public that's crucial to the monarchy's popularity and, in turn, its survival.

"I would have focused more on the realness of what Kate's going through. Not everything has to be elevated," Schiffer recently told BI. "People understand that when you're coming back from surgery, it can be difficult, and that's OK too. Part of Kate's charm has always been her ability to be fairly approachable and down to earth, so why move away dramatically from that strategy?"

"One thing that Kate and William should have learned from Harry and Meghan is to come across as more human," Meinzer added.

It remains to be seen if the royal rota — the British tabloids that Harry said have an "invisible contract" with the royal family — will continue to support Kate and William. While stories with sympathetic spins have continued to run on the likes of the Daily Mail, The Mirror, and The Sun, there have also been several negative takes calling Prince William "ungentlemanly" or saying that "the palace can no longer be trusted."

"We're starting to see some very, very loyal members of the royal rota who have always been in William and Kate's corner suddenly not 100% in their corner," Meinzer said.

"I'm surprised any of them are asking any questions right now," she added. "I usually expect them to be firmly in the pocket of the palace."

While it's rare for the royal rota to go against the heir, or the crown for that matter, it's not unprecedented. One only needs to look at how the tabloids covered the Queen's response to Princess Diana's death.

"Show us you care," one headline screamed.

"SPEAK TO US," another shouted.

When it comes to being royal, that stiff upper-lipped silence can be your downfall.

At last someone had the guts to say it.

Thanks for this OP, and not only because you didn't link a paywalled article

This piece has me considering that William, who I never considered quite trustworthy, is actually one person who understands what's at stake here.

Say what you will about Harry's memoir, it was an unprecedented window into the competitive atmosphere of the BRF. Everyone is trying to upstage everyone else.

Kate is adhering to Queen Elizabeth's 'never complain never explain'. It's William and Charles who comprehend that this adage isn't working anymore. But William and Charles, although united in this understanding, are competing with each other for legendary status.

Kate is the dark horse here. She has served her purpose as a broodmare and feels her irrelevance. But she's proud of always putting her best foot forward and not making mistakes, which is why this photogate thing is so traumatic. Yet she doesn't project warmth and vulnerability like her mother-in-law, and she knows it.

I don't think for a minute they will divorce, or that's she's dying. She will be Queen in a few years.

oh fer gawd's sake

it's all over-determined

The media are absolutely mental. They are creating the most hysterical storm of hot air over nothing. They are trying so hard to make William bend to their will, but he won't and it's driving them mad.

You wouldn't find an article as impassioned as that on Gaza, exploited textile workers in Bangladesh or any of the multiple real outrages that are going on in the world.

The rumor on social media is a. William had a baby with his mistress; b. he likes to get pegged.

Granted, no rock-solid evidence for either of these highly entertaining speculative theories.

Still, "the Prince of Wales likes it up the butt!" would most definitely sell newspapers.

Can we PLEASE F&F the MegBot op who keeps posting all these British royals threads?!! Pleassseeeee

OP Still cross posting, Kim? Are you so tweaked out that you can’t remember already doing so?

I think all of these problems instantly go away if William got a hair transplant. I mean come on, the modern ones are so good now, especially in his premium price range. In 2024, baldness is a choice.

Oh dear, what a patheric article. Where to start? First of all the royals 'are underwritten by UK taxpayers and cost about $300 million annually." This sentence alone tells you all you need to know about this article, trying to mislead readers into believing that taxpayers are paying for the royal family's lifestyle. In actual fact, a single British household pays less than two pounds annually towards the royal household, while the BRF brings in hundreds of millions (pounds) annually in tourism. Of course the reporter neglected to mention that. Of course.

It makes sense that William and Kate were out and about more because the Queen had become too old and fragile to attend events and other members of the BRF took over. When she died they became Prince and Princess of Wales and their workload became even busier. Does the person who wrote this ridiculous article not understand this? They have never been very affectionate in public and still aren't but occasionally William puts his arm on her back, and this is seen as some kind of conspiracy?

The part about Harry and Meghan being more popular or whatever rubbish that was is laughable. I'm not going to bother going there. Just hilarious.

R4, Kate is more than a broodmare. She is currently the second most popular member of the royal family after William and one-half of the monarchy's future. The public loves her because she DOES exude warmth and vulnerability, and that is why she is getting so much support over this photogate nonsense. In fact, one thing the article did get right is that Kate is charming and approachable (I guess you missed that part). Also, as the wife and mother of a future king, she will always be relevant. Just as the Queen Mother was a relevant and beloved member of the royal family until her death.

"Kate is adhering to Queen Elizabeth's complain, never explain'. It's William and Charles who comprehend that this adage isn't working anymore." Actually, Kate is the one who responded publicly to the furor over the photo, against PR advice. it's William and Charles who are staying quiet and following 'the never complain, never explain' approach and always have. You have no idea what you're talking about.

R7, Yes, the rumor on social media that the MegSheep have been spreading for years. How would they know? More sad desperation.

There are various "rumours" (i.e. mental tinhat psychedelic visions), r7. There's a cluster that believes Kate is very sick and on the brink of death, dead or in a coma, with some strands of this cluster even believing that William killed her. There's another cluster that thinks William and Kate have split up and the photo with the ring is "proof" of this, although they never quite explain how, if they have split up, William took a photo of a laughing Kate with the laughing kids. Or, if the entire photo is faked, why he would post a photo of her without her ring if he's trying to keep up the pretence that they're still together.

It's quite revealing of how some people these days have been so sucked into a 24-hour celebrity culture of constant social media updates, that they struggle to believe something as simple and obvious as Kate had relatively serious abdominal surgery and is now recovering from it, she won't be back to public engagements until after Easter and she simply wanted to post a nice mother's day photo with the kids, so got William to take it and the kids were shifting around, so she edited the pic, as so many people do (every single photo posted online or printed in a newspaper is edited in some way) and made a bit of a mess with Charlotte's skirt, as can happen, but didn't notice it at the time of posting. Unless there are constant updates on Kate's bowel movements then there must be something else going on!

The deepest weirdo trolls on DL are the palace apologists, bar none.

R13, Palace aapologist? No dear, just sane people who haven't lost their minds over an edited photo. Posts like R7 are weird as fuck.

[quote]R13, Palace aapologist? No dear, just sane people who haven't lost their minds over an edited photo. Posts like R7 are weird as fuck.

Thanks for confirming you're on the Royal payroll.

R15, I wish I was. You're insane.

R13 By “weirdo trolls” you mean “people who know more than you about a hitherto fairly obscure subject”, right?

If you’re going to blunder in here getting everything wrong you have to expect to be corrected from time to time.

[quote]"'Photogate' is a PR disaster, no matter how you look at it," royal historian Marlene Koenig told BI. "It's a major, major story, whether the fangirls like it or not.

Hear that, hyperventilating fangirls of the DL? 😂

Marlene Koenig is a well known bully who has been banned from so many royal message boards over the years that she resorted to setting up her own - “Royal Musings” - where she posts stock responses to birthday cards that she sends from the secretaries of dethroned middle European royals and begs for donations from her few gormless followers.

Quoting anything from her is scraping the barrel.

*correction: palace spokesperson with multiple sockpuppet accounts

White royals' problems.

[quote] "'Photogate' is a PR disaster, no matter how you look at it," royal historian Marlene Koenig told BI. "It's a major, major story, whether the fangirls like it or not.

When even a Royal Historian calls you out as a delusional fangirl, you know you've gone off the deep end (and lost the war).

Self-appointed royal historian, R22. She’s actually a retired librarian.

Maybe you should head over to Royal Musings and make a Ko-Fi donation - minimum $5.

R20, You're just bitter because this thread isn't going as planned. The accusation of multiple sockpuppets is obviously a projection...how quickly you jumped on that.

Seriously the idea that you think a palace spokesperson is on DL is crazy. Talk about delusional.

A so-called royal historian using the term 'fangirls' for supporters of a recuperating Kate in this nothing story ...yeah, she sounds legit.

Have any texts or calls surfaced where Wills wants to be Rose’s tampon?

I particularly like the online theory that Camilla's just straight-up Saltburning the lot of them one by one.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving group of inbred freaks.

You know Camilla is loving every minute of this.

Wow, a tampon joke! So clever.

R25 I believe Lady Rose takes a diva cup

R24 I don't think you've quite grasped where you are. This is the DL. We are fat whores for many things, the principal of which is messiness. Unlike you, we don't ACTUALLY care about the royals—not in any real, sane way. What we love is messy bitches making messy bitch messes. And as of late, the BRF is serving that up on a platinum plate. For some embarrassing reason you keep trying to inject principle into this cheap, frivolous discussion, and I have NO idea why you're wasting your time. We are going to slobber over this story exactly as long and hard as we want to, no matter how much you mince and finger-wag. So I suggest you save your hall monitor energy for the condo board meeting because no one here or anywhere else on the internet is going to stop having a fine, trashy kibitz on your account.

Bravo R30, Bravo!!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I just saw a tweet where some spokesperson for some castle or another said they were upset that they hadn’t been warned about the joke Stephen Colbert made on his show.

It was pretty funny how he even mentioned that Rose person and even made fun of the pronunciation of her name and her castle.

Why the fuck should have his shows’ producers warned anybody?

The entitlement is off the fucking charts.

R24, I know exactly where I am, and I've been here for quite some time. Unfortunately, MegSheep like yourself have infiltrated this board with your sad, desperate posts trying to make DL en masse give a shit about what's going on across the pond. Trying to sound flippant about a subject you obviously so desperately care about is just embarrassing.

Calling me a hall monitor while telling me not to have an opinion and go elsewhere is another embarrassment. Do YOU know where you are, hypocrite? I will respond as I see fit. I love seeing idiots like you clambering to make sense while going down in flames every fucking time. Your post was entertaining so thanks for the unintentional laugh.

R33 was meant for the self-proclaimed fat whore at R30

There is absolutely NOTHING “hardworking” about any of the pampered BRF. Making a few public appearances a month is not “work.”

Honest question for someone in London - do you have leaves on the trees over there right now? Because the biggest tell to me that the photo was constructed to paint a falsely rosy picture are the trees in the background.

[quote] Unfortunately, MegSheep like yourself

Did British wit die of cancer a few years ago and it wasn’t announced? First we get “remoaners,” and now … “megsheep?”

I prefer the title Truth Tellers.

R36, that photo wasn't taken in London, but yes, it's very green in London and the whole country. Why on earth did you think this photo was supposedly taken in London?

The biggest tell about just what utter bullshit the bizarre, inane conspiracy theories being spewed out by idiots online is is that they have no fucking clue about vegetation in Britain at this time of year. These insane tinhat theories are being invented and circulated by a bunch of people very distant from the UK, who know and understand absolutely nothing about the country, what it looks like or its royal family and what its role is and what's expected of it by the people it serves, yet they think they're such clever detectives and have it all worked out and can relentlessly promote their insane beliefs with no second thought about how nasty and ridiculous they are being.

R39, who cares. This is about gossip. God you sound so uptight!

R40 is the self-proclaimed fat whore making a fool of herself on the royal threads all evening.

One of the most hilarious things on DL is when someone who posts complete shite is called out for it and can only respond with "this is a gossip site!"

did she have a miscarriage?

Nobody cares about your hissyfit frau fight, either, you two upthread.

Quit hogging the fuckin’ thread, nobody cares!

Um no Megs came across as doing it for the love of the limelight. Harry came across like a wounded person lost.

[quote] Actually, Kate is the one who responded publicly to the furor over the photo, against PR advice. it's William and Charles who are staying quiet and following 'the never complain, never explain' approach and always have. You have no idea what you're talking about.

Who says it was against PR advice? Who has refused to disclose anything about herself other than one picture of photoshopped so crudely that it's changed the relationship of the media with the Palace? William is honoring her privacy request but he has used this time when she was incognito to express his concern about Gaza. This is not business as usual. King Charles told the world he has cancer. Unprecedented disclosure.

In conclusion, you're an idiot.

Incognito? You're the idiot.

Despite enjoying this crazy story a little too much, I really have nothing against Kate. I really don't think she had anything to do with this photo, taking it or photoshopping it. I think this is all on William and he's even let her take the fall. Quite frankly, I am surprised at how bad their PR shop is. The woman is sick, probably some really bad GI shit (literally) with a colostomy bag and she doesn't want to be photographed looking like shit (literally). Their press team is awful and the British Press is a hoke.

Dump her on the curb outside the palace.

Which palace, R49? As you’re so well-informed.

R46, It has been mentioned in several articles and Richard Eden, a British journalist and royal reporter, mentioned it on UK tv that Kate was advised not to issue an apology but she did anyway because she didn't want her PR team to take the blame.

Charles revealed his cancer diagnosis because he was going to be getting ongoing treatments so it was necessary to be transparent due to his canceling and rescheduling important events in the months ahead. How would he have explained not showing up to his cousins memorial service two weeks ago? The media would have had a field day. Charles is known to be a workaholic, with a very busy schedule so there is no way he was going to be able to hide his diagnosis. He only revealed he had cancer, he never revealed the type of cancer, he chose to keep that private because the public didn't need that information.

Of course it's not business as usual. The king has cancer and the POW had major surgery at the same time. The whole thing is unprecedented.

Next time check your facts and use some common sense before posting nonsense on here. Also, Kate is not 'incognito'.

In conclusion, YOU'RE the idiot.

[quote]R51 Charles only revealed he had cancer, he never revealed the type of cancer, he chose to keep that private

I though it was ass cancer?

R30 Marry me!

[quote]as of late

Oh, dear!

(It's either "of late" or "lately.")

R53, You must be desperate. That post has Desperate Fat Frau written all over it.

R52, Then you're an idiot.

R55 was the delusional lady in waiting told off in R30.

R57, Wtf are you talking about? Did that make sense to you when you typed it?

The fat fraus are out in force tonight, OR maybe you are the fat frau at R30. That would make sense. You're probably also R53.

What are the fat fraus in your head telling you to do now, R58? Hopefully nothing too violent.

R59, Your uninspired response is not a denial so I was right, you are R30, R53 and R57. Creepy.

Sorry, R60, the voices steered you wrong, yet again. Not R53. You know, there ARE non-psychotic ways to check someone's work on here. Maybe one of the youths here will take pity on you and show you how.

I predict a tinfoil shortage from the number of hats being made on here.

R61, Nah, I'm good, you already answered my question. Your obsession with voices is clearly a projection, maybe get that checked for your own sake.

The British Breeder Bitches have infiltrated Datalounge and are destroying it with their BRF stan bullying and bull 💩.

"I just saw a tweet where some spokesperson for some castle or another"

Wow, such quality reporting on here, do keep it up!

Markle must be fuming that the “other” couple is currently getting all the attention.

[quote] Markle must be fuming that the “other” couple is currently getting all the attention.

Yeah, Meghan Markle must be so jealous that unfaithful William and vain Kate are being made laughingstocks of by late night hosts and are subject to tutting by the royal rota.

Nice try.

Meghan doesn’t care about Kate.

Kate waited all that time for the ring & look how miserable her life turned out.

The problem with your argument, r67, is there is no evidence that William is unfaithful while Kate is recovering from surgery, so the vanity claim is nonsense.

As for the late night host, he doesn't matter. None of them matter. William has already said that there will be things said about him whatever he does, so he is just going to stick to his own path. William and Kate have a horizon of decades, no one will remember Colbert's bs in a year let alone a decade.

R68, who said Kate's life is miserable? Right now she's probably not at her best but that's because she's had major surgery, but there's no indication that she's not happy with her life or with her marriage.

As for Meghan, she craves the kind of attention that Kate gets even when she's absent from the public eye. The world (or perhaps just some loons) goes crazy when Kate doesn't make an appearance for a couple of months. That's Kate's star power. For sure Meghan wants some of that attention, which is why she rushed out her American Riviera Orchard Instagram launch, even though she has no products or content ready yet.

As it has been discussed before, William just let Kate talk all the blame for a photo she didn't take and probably didn't photoshop. And not only that, not one photo of William visiting Kate while she was in the hospital. Not one photo. Plenty of photos of Camilla visiting Charles, but none of William visiting Kate. That kind of stuff makes people talk.

[quote]As for Meghan, she craves the kind of attention that Kate gets even when she's absent from the public eye.

Meghan gets plenty of attention, especially from people who claim they hate her, like the ones who keep trying to bring Harry and Meghan into Kategate. You can't stop talking about her. She lives rent free in your mind.

Kate is the grifter. Lazy and arrogant and she obviously can’t take the heat that comes with the job. She can’t use her children as an excuse to shirk her duties as a royal, since they are getting older and will be sent to boarding school soon. She looks so much older than her 42 years. This is the face of a conniving adventuress. She’s getting everything she deserves. And it kills her stans…

R39 you sound like a complete idiot.

R64, The Sussex Squad heifers are so inadequate they can't even pull off a post without revealing their desperation obsession with the vile narcissist in Montecito. These threads are great because we get to see them lose their minds over the support that Kate is getting.

R71, William didn't let Kate take the "blame" for anything, because there is nothing to "blame". Kate didn't take the photo, William did, it even says it in the caption that Kate wrote. Kate photoshopped it (she is the "arty one", as William said this week) and flubbed it up a bit, but so what? Why are so many people getting so hysterical over an innocent photo for Mother's Day? Are your lives so empty?

Business Insider is crap and clickbait.

r4 Diana was not her mother in law, they never met, infact William and Kate had never met when she died. Her husbands mother is more accurate

Meghan could only dream of getting the public support that Kate is getting right now. She must be crying into her pillow with frustration and fury.

[quote]Why are so many people getting so hysterical over an innocent photo for Mother's Day?

There was nothing innocent about that photo. They altered it to stop the conspiracy theories and it blew up in their faces. They lied to change the story and got caught.

[quote]Are your lives so empty?

We're on the exact same message board posting on the exact same thread, toots.

[quote]Meghan could only dream of getting the public support that Kate is getting right now.

Once again, none of this is about Meghan.

[quote] Why are so many people getting so hysterical over an innocent photo for Mother's Day? Are your lives so empty?

You could fill your time with something valuable, like r78 is, ie masturbating furiously to the fantasy of a tear-stained Meghan Markle who wants, for some reason, to be a cuckquean like Kate Middleton.

Meghan is definitely not happy right now because she just launched her brand and everyone is talking about Kate, not her. Her big moment is going down in flames. There's no way she enjoys being ignored and sidelined over the media's obsession with Kate.

Yes r81 but how do you know what she is feeling? That tinfoil fascinator is red hot right now. You utter fool.

R80, R81, She just launched a new business and no one is talking about it, so yes of course she's upset. You're an idiot if you don't get that. Of course, she's furious that everyone is talking about Kate. How many threads have been posted here about Meghan's new venture? I don't see any, even from the SS who are too busy posting thread after thread about Kate. Same story on other forums. No one cares about Meghan's rebranding, even her devoted followers. That has to hurt.

Anyone who mentions “Sussex Squad” or “sugars” in their post is a frau. Anyone who mentions Waity Katie is a frau. Anyone who takes sides with either family is a frau. Oh and Surviving Angel? Frau.

The rest of us just sit back and watch. And btw, applause for r30, who has a ton of WWs, deservedly so. Perfect take in the looniness of any threads on the BRF.

R85, is obviously R30. You wouldn't know what terms gays use because you're not one, and you do not determine who says what. Fuck off with your fat Frau energy, Hippo.

And stop trying to make R30 happen. It's an embarrassing post, but you're stupid to realize it. And those WWs are your own, you're not fooling anyone. Nobody else has time for that nonsense.

Hah r86, I just got up and caught up with this frau fest. Feel free to block me and see if I’m r30. It’s really not hard to do. Btw I don’t need to make r30 happen, check the WWs, sweetie. And I didn’t see where you said you were gay, on,y that I wasn’t. Are you?

Fraus really hate when we call them out on their frauness. They know it’s the ultimate insult on DL. Much self-hate going on there. Sad and funny at the same time.

I've just read the word "frau" so many times that I'm no longer sure what it means or if it's even a word. Semantic satiation in action.

Biden/ R30 ‘24

[quote] [R85], is obviously [R30].

No he's not. There are ways of checking these things, dear. R30's post is a description of the Platonic DL ideal, the perfect absolute and eternal form. It's lovely. Let me repeat a section just to annoy the shit out of you.

[quote] This is the DL. We are fat whores for many things, the principal of which is messiness. Unlike you, we don't ACTUALLY care about the royals—not in any real, sane way. What we love is messy bitches making messy bitch messes. And as of late, the BRF is serving that up on a platinum plate. For some embarrassing reason you keep trying to inject principle into this cheap, frivolous discussion, and I have NO idea why you're wasting your time. We are going to slobber over this story exactly as long and hard as we want to, no matter how much you mince and finger-wag.

Okay, so I finally went ahead and blocked R24, and....whoa. I'm a little freaked out. Hundreds and hundreds (maybe thousands?) of postings ONLY on BRF threads—literally, NOTHING else. Nothing but post after post accusing people of being "Sussex Stans" and frantically policing any and every user that has anything to say of Charles, Camilla, William, and Kate that doesn't involve a deep curtsy and courtesy taintlicking.

I mean, I've obviously heard stories of DL royalist loons, but I've never seen it all laid out like that—post after post after demented post...

Suffice to say, if Kate still hasn't surfaced by Easter, it's fair to assume she's chained up in R24's basement with a looped recording of "God Save The Queen" drowning out her anguished cries.

Not a very good source, but supposedly the BBC has been warned to expect a major announcement about the royal family at any time.

R92, that rumor has been circulating on social media since Friday. No confirmation so far.

[quote] Suffice to say, if Kate still hasn't surfaced by Easter, it's fair to assume she's chained up in [R24]'s basement with a looped recording of "God Save The Queen" drowning out her anguished cries.

R91…🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Much ado about nothing.

Kate, the jointed doll of BRF dreams. She was sent back to the factory for repairs but will re-emerge shortly, wiser, older, with better photoshopping skills and a full accounting of the fate of her entrails.

Prince William’s wife-to-be was as “painfully thin as anyone could wish, without quirks, without oddities, without the risk of the emergence of character."

“She appears precision-made, machine-made, so different from Diana whose human awkwardness and emotional incontinence showed in her every gesture.”

The Duchess of Cambridge “appeared to have been designed by a committee and built by craftsmen, with a perfect plastic smile and the spindles of her limbs hand-turned and gloss-varnished.”

“Presumably Kate was designed to breed in some manners. She looks like a nicely brought up young lady, with ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ part of her vocabulary.” But in her first official portrait since marrying William, painted by Paul Emsley and unveiled last month, “her eyes are dead.”

Kate is quite unlike Anne Boleyn, who was “a power player, a clever and determined woman.” Although the Duchess will probably escape a beheading, their fates will be similar. “In the end she (Anne) was valued for her body parts, not her intellect or her soul; it was her womb that was central to her story… a royal lady is a royal vagina.”

Oh no 91, hundred and hundreds??! Maybe Thousands??? Try again, you hysterical loon. I have a total tally of less than 300 posts over eight years on multiple threads, most of them not connected to royalty. But you know that already, assuming you can read and understand people's history. This past week I have posted 63 times on five different threads and in many cases I was responding to lying idiots like yourself.

I have never policed anyone else's posts nor have I ever called anyone a 'Sussex Stan' in my life. You're full of shit.

I guess if you can't win a debate fairly, you just have to make up lies that anyone can easily check if they want. You're not very bright, but you already know that.

R97, if only there were a way to see how many posts you’ve posted. I’m not r91, but Trolldar easily shows hundreds of posts on this and the other Kate Middleton thread. And they’re all unhinged and nuts. I follow a number of different threads, political and other wise, and surprise! You don’t appear on any of them.

The person who’s not very bright is the person who denies their own mania. And that’s you.

[quote] R64, The Sussex Squad heifers are so inadequate they can't even pull off a post without revealing their desperation obsession with the vile narcissist in Montecito. These threads are great because we get to see them lose their minds over the support that Kate is getting.

This was r97, who claimed to never use the word Sussex Stan. I guess if we’re cutting hairs…

Of course, you're R91, and you're clearly unhinged. You lie about my history in R91, and then when I call you on it, you come back with more shit. My history is there for all to see,

R99, I said Sussex Squad in that post, moron. I have never used the term Sussex Stan in my life. Nice try moron, learn to read.

Sussex squad is the same thing as Sussex stan r100. Yes your history is there for all to see. It’s sad really.

Girls, Girls - you’re both tiresome. Let’s all get back to Kate’s imaginary coma!! 🍿

I’d rather talk about Kate being held in the Tower of London, r102!

R101, No it's not you moron. Sussex Squad is a group of online supporters of Harry and Meghan, Sussex Stan is an unhinged fan of Harry and Meghan (like you). Stan is a combination of stalker and fan. There is a big difference and as I clearly said II've never used the term Sussex Stan.

R102, I would love to but R101 is an unhinged creep stalking me on this thread, (and yes it is tiresome, sorry for the hijack)

There is nothing to prevent her comatose body from being brought to the Tower R103!

(Preferably by barge, in the dead of night, dressed as a scullery maid so as not to arouse suspicion) 🕵️🕵️‍♀️👀

Or, PERHAPS, Kate fell into a coma while being confined to the Tower - resulting from ennui and a few too many session on the rack.

(“it was Pilates!” - Wm. POW, Esq.)

She is now resting comfortably (comatose) and receiving the finest in Tudor medical care - round the clock leaches after a more vigorous blood-letting Tuesday last.

Ok, final post on the loon at R104 and upthread. She sure thinks highly of us, DL. She also loves accusing people of being fat, whores, and fraus, not to mention desperate fat fraus. No deranged posts there. Now--back to Kategate!

[quote]R40 is the self-proclaimed fat whore making a fool of herself on the royal threads all evening.

[quote]Incognito? You're the idiot.

[quote]In conclusion, YOU'RE the idiot.

[quote]R53, You must be desperate. That post has Desperate Fat Frau written all over it.

[quote]R57, Wtf are you talking about? Did that make sense to you when you typed it? The fat fraus are out in force tonight, OR maybe you are the fat frau at R30. That would make sense. You're probably also R53.

[quote]t's not completely bizarre unless you twist everything to make it bizarre in your one-track mind.

R106, I think she's already been executed and her head is on a pike in Sandringham. Just reminder of what will happen if you gain a few pounds!

She should never have asked for more gruel! We all know how that worked out for me.

R107, This is DL you stupid fat whore. Are you new?

The big issue here is that you have obsessively gone through all my posts and cherry-picked some responses. Crazy stalker comes to mind. I stand by every response. Everyone on here gives as good as they get (with a few exceptions like yourself).

Get a grip and stop hijacking this thread with your crazy nonsense.

R110, you know what? You’re right. You win. I broke my own DL rule. Never get into a pissing match with a skunk.

Congrats on your awesome victory!

Thanks, R111. Next time I see a skunk, I'll think of you.

R109, you know Kate doesn’t eat gruel. Her meal consists of air and a dollop of…more air.

Maybe she’s committed suicide and The Firm is trying to put a spin on the story.

114 - well the upside is she’s thin enough to easily fit into the rather cramped GeorgeV /QEII burial chapel.

(They made Margaret get cremated to enter, but that’s because Lillibet didn’t liked her much, really.)

I love you R91!!!!

1000 WWs for you!

I have a feeling they will make an announcement within the next few days.

R117, That post has been debunked by R91 herself.

I’m not r91, r117, but yes, I did a Trolldar and it borders on psychotic. And if you call her out, she becomes equally psychotic toward you, as you see above. I’m not engaging her anymore, but I can confirm that she’s a loon times ten. Can’t believe Muriel hasn’t given her a time out at least, considering how she’s called each and every one of us fat whores. Hey, only we can call each other fat whores!

R118, the rumors are rampant. My feeling is that it might be Charles. The BRF is like a bad Monty Python sketch. But I’d feel bad if. Charles only got to serve a short time, after waiting a lifetime. Hope he got in some nice vacations.

R119, um no. It hasn’t been debunked. Are you sure you don’t need some nice, warm lithium?

R120, Who's SHE? Gaslighting someone indirectly is a coward's game. and hijacking the thread again is selfish and immature.

R121, (120) Ummmm, yes it has. Is Lithium warm? Thanks for letting us know.

R122… huh? Every time you post something, you prove what everyone else has said about you, that you’re a first class loon. Seriously—I think you need some mental help. The comings and goings of the BRF aren’t as important as your mental wellbeing. Kate isn’t going anywhere (well, at least her head isn’t going anywhere).

R123, give it a rest, you're not fooling anyone. The more you hijack this thread, the crazier you sound. You're slowing down the thread, move on.

R124… glad to. Remember? Pissing match with skunk? The skunk always wins.

Congrats, you won.

Is a divorce imminent? I liked their happy family image. She seems like a good mom. But Baldy Prince Bill always looks aggravated. Wonder what goes on behind closed doors.

[quote] Baldy Prince Bill always looks aggravated. Wonder what goes on behind closed doors.

Beatings.

Lots and lots of beatings.

Poor thing, premature menopause can be a bitch.

I hope they don’t get a divorce because it would be history repeating itself, I know that sounds sappy but I remember what a big news story it was at the time when all we had were tv and print to get our info but now we have the web so it’s going to be insane.

Why would anyone have a pissing contest with a skunk, and what does skunk piss have to do with winning a contest, and since piss is not musk I don't understand what the criteria for winning would be. Distance? Quantity? Humans win. Stench? Since skunk and human piss smell similar, a piss-smell contest would be a draw, unless one is at the Asparagus Fair.

Please, DL cranks, don't abuse reason and language in your campaigns to abuse each other, which obliges us non-partisans (although the money-grab delusions of Mrs. Harry and her chimp are not interesting) to, at the least, say

Oh, dear X 2

R130, you’re taking it too literally. It’s just a saying, I believe Al Franken came up with it (or at least made it famous).

[quote]you’re taking it too literally. It’s just a saying

That's strike one, R130. Don't make us call in Aspie Troll for a screening.

So… anyone want to take a guess at what the palace is announcing tomorrow, as the rumor is on Twitter? My guess: Camilla and Kate are forming their own luxury brand.

^ BTW I’m of the thought that the rumor is bogus and nothing will be announced.

Which palace, R133, as you’re so remarkably well-informed?

R135, umm… did you not detect the sarcasm? Did you not see it was a rumor, as I said in my post?

Kates comatose body will be propped up in one of those fancy dining room chairs on the Jubilee Barge and floated down the Thames one very foggy evening — thus silencing all skeptics.

And she’ll be stuffed by the Royal Stuffers of London (est. 1332 AD).

r85 Sorry to disapoint you but you couldnt be more wrong.I am no frau.I am an oversexed gay male from Liverpool and my long post history long before The Harkles or Megxit were a thing is plenty proof of that.

R136 if you’re going to jump into these threads it helps to pretend to know what you’re talking about. There are many palaces in the UK - when I see a poster referring to “the palace” I know that I’m dealing with an American who wouldn’t know the difference between Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace, the Palace of St James, the Palace of Holyrood House or even the palaces of Westminster or Whitehall if it was spelled out to them.

Rather than parroting what you’ve scanned from Stylecaster, Newsweek or the New York Post, maybe pick up and read an actual book on the subject. Better yet, visit the countries about which you are so ill-informed.

Or keep bleating on here at the DL - you’re nothing if not amusing.

[quote]anyone want to take a guess at what the palace is announcing tomorrow, as the rumor is on Twitter?

Either it's A) Charles is terminal or B) they'll spill the beans about Kate's surgery.

DIVORCE.

R149, are you serious? Of course I don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s a silly rumor in Twitter. Geez did you not see my comment about Camilla and Kate’s luxury brand? Did you think I was serious?

My comment at r143 was for r140. Damn readers, I can’t see shit.

Twitter is going absolutely bonkers. So many people with “inside” info saying he passed. One person posted an absolutely fake letter from “Buckingham Palace” dated tomorrow stating he died yesterday (today the 17th). Would Charles do that? Would he pass on St. Patty’s day?

If Charles is dead I will figuratively walked naked down DL.

Passed what, R145?

The nearest bar, r146.

I don't see how William and Kate's "united front" has broken at all. They've both stayed solidly united in their total silence these past several weeks. I think a lot of the way this has been handled is William's choice, he's said to be paranoid about his family's privacy.

WTF is going on? Twitter is saying Charles is dead.

[quote] Passed what, R145?

[quote] The nearest bar, R146

Charles and Camilla have never passed a bar.

Do keep up, R149 - he died earlier today. Twitter is playing catch-up as usual.

Omg I love r30 so much I want to procreate with him. Thank you for explaining to dimwits this is a GOSSIP place to talk shit about people we have nothing to do wit, but have strong opinions about.

To wit: I’m telling you Wills got busted doing weird shit with Rose and Kate fucked off. Camilla was on vacation last we heard and Harry had the ten minute meeting with King Charles. Something is up. Has Wills gone insane and run off with Rose?

I don't think anyone on Datalounge has ever been told off, the way that R24 was told off by R30.

ROFL!!!

Miss R30 stripped her down naked and then pointed at her puny cocklet!!

And it was quite delicious to behold!

[quote]So many people with “inside” info saying he passed.

According to the Kate-seen-in-the-farm-shop story in The Sun (I know), Charles passed the weekend at Highgrove, but no word of passing away.

Charles is fine. He sends his love.

R152, R153 , will you stop hijacking this thread with your childish middle-school nonsense. No one gives a shit.

R156, please reread r30 and look in the mirror. And stop calling people fat fraus (unironically). Most of us are thin gays. And stop policing threads. We’re all tired of your shit. And no, I’m not r152 or r153. Can we please FF this bitch so that she at least gets a time out?

So the King is dead, the Prince is getting it up the bum and the Princess has vanished?

The Royals are entertaining trash if nothing else.

Im surprised they didn’t announce the demise of King Charles during prime time morning news. Better advertising rates, you know.

If all this is true, and we have been deceived by Kate and William, calls should come for a return to the Monarchy of Harry and Meghan, who should replace Kate and William in the line of succession. All the slings and arrows at Meghan, specifically, have been unfair and deliberate.

How about a Harkle monarchy as a reality series produced by Netflix? Push the BRF fully into the realm of reality television where it properly belongs.

I’m not r30 dear. Neither are the other posters chiming in. It’s so easy to check, you look like a fool claiming otherwise. Block me and check your ignored list. And stop policing threads.

[quote]Would he pass on St. Patty’s day?

OH DEAR.

Hon. Read my lips. I am not r30. In fact, I’m nowhere near as witty as r30. I know other posters were chiming in because I know what I posted and Trolldar shows what I posted. Good lord, it’s not difficult.

My account is a paid account. I don’t need sock puppets. And if you think that was me clicking WW for r30, you sadly need to get a clue. I clicked once. Those were other people fed up with the diva shit on here.

Apologies to fellow DL’ers, we can’t let this poster continue to call us fat whores and idiots (only we get to call ourselves that!). She is not the thread police. FF and boot her.

I stand corrected, r164. To be fair, I was drunk when I posted that, being that I was celebrated St. Patty’s… er St. Paddy’s Day.

Well?

What was the announcement?

[quote]What was the announcement?

Prince William just declared themself nonbinary and now goes by the title "Prince(ss) Spike".

[quote] Prince William just declared themself nonbinary and now goes by the title "Prince(ss) Spike".

More like Princess Peg.

R158, “King Charles is still dead!”

[quote]What was the announcement?

The Spice Girls are getting back together for a summer tour with Camilla as the opening act.

Kate’s been spotted, TMZ of course got the scoop. She looks good, but very thin.

Waiting for all you tin hat wearers who said that Kensington Palace made up the story of the visit to the Windsor Farm Shop as there was no photographic evidence, to step up and admit that, as always, you have no fucking idea.

It was fun while it lasted, r174.

Being stupid is “fun”?

Have a drink and relax, r176. It’s fun.

They should have posted the photos when they first released the story. I guess they had to get Kensington Palace approval first.

I would bet the person taking the video was busy negotiating a nice deal, r178.

Good point R179. Let's hope they got enough to pay off their house.

R174 needs to take his HRH Silver Jubilee Butt Plug out for a while.

Aaaaaand that wasn't Kate in the photo.

How do you fuck up PR this badly??

Are all Americans as stupid as you, R182?

R178, why would they need Kensington Palace approval to publish images of Kate and William out in public?

She’s back. Good lord, go away, woman. We’re tired of your belly aching.

…and damn, she’s gone. Anyone else not see our resident gestapo loon’s post at r185? Did Muriel finally wake up from her Sr. Patty’s… er, St. Paddy’s Day stupor?

Just posted on Twitter...

You’re so right, R188! We’ve all been duped! Kate doesn’t have pointed pixie ears like that!

Is this something technology can even do?

Wondering if this is why British press refused to publish that footage.

Are all Americans as stupid as you, R190?

Setting the standard, r191?

Are all PR shills as obvious as you, R191?

Another Kate Middleton proof of life photo has surfaced!

Is it possible that she snuck out of the UK? And they are unable to find her?

Now I realize that that old fart Philip was the one holding this dysfunctional group of inbreds together. It was when he died that they started to unravel.

Do you mean the "footage" (i.e. 3-second video taken on someone's phone) that the Sun published as linked by OP, r190?

Whoever did that with "technology" has deliberately distorted the face.

Kate never wears leggings tucked into grey socks - FAKE!!!

Why doesn’t William carry her shopping bag for her? His hands are empty, and supposedly she’s recovering from this dramatic surgery.

Yes R198 his hands are empty apart from the shopping bag that he, too, is carrying.

But obviously evidence that he is leaving her for Rose Cholmondeley. Well spotted.

R199… where did I say anything like what you’ve posted? My only point is that he’s insensitive for not carrying both bags, since she had recent surgery. Who the fuck said anything about Rose? Lots of touchy people on here.

She's carrying a loaf of bread, r200. The touchy one is you: OMG! She's carrying a very light bag all on her own! William is so insensitive!!!

And you know this how, r201? You know for a fact it’s light? You bagged the food and weighed it? It looks like more than one loaf of bread. It looks kind of large.

In any case, I don’t really care.

Keep fucking that chicken, Chauncey McPalaceShill.

^ speaking of which, who are YOU shilling for R203?

Me, myself and I r204. It’s kind of funny you think I’m shilling for someone. I just said I really don’t care.

The trolls are up early.

[quote]^ speaking of which, who are YOU shilling for R203?

Oh honey, I shill for myself. I haven't posted that much on this thread much. (as trolldar will show).

The two sockpuppet accounts I strongly believe are PR shilling, in contrast, have posted 50 times on this thread. Volume counts for something, IMHO.

The guy who made the video said he saw them buying bread in the shop, twit at r202. It's a Sunday morning stroll to the local farm shop, not their weekly shop for a family of five.

You're fucking nuts and looking for the slightest non-reason to spew your garbage.

[quote]Dad-of-one Nelson Silva, 40, who took a video of the couple, blasted wild online conspiracy theories as "nonsense".

[quote]When asked about the raging conspiracies online, Nelson told The Sun: "I'm not in that mindset and all of that was nonsense."

[quote]He added: "I noticed a couple choosing loaves of bread and the woman turned her face and I felt like I had seen the face before. It was familiar. I knew it from somewhere.

[quote]"Then William turned back and I thought 'hold on I know this person'. I said to the staff 'I think it's them' as I paid.

[quote]"I went to my car and as they came out of the shop I just filmed them. I think they walked out through a gate out of the grounds. They just vanished and I didn't see a car.

[quote]"I just wanted to share with my family footage and show just how normal they were."

[quote]He said the couple had obvious "chemistry" and "were super relaxed".

[quote]"I didn't feel like they were hiding who they were. But they didn't quite know how people would react because there has been this build-up about their whereabouts and I got the sense they just wanted to be swift in there.

[quote]"Kate looked happy and relaxed. They look happy just to be able to go to a shop and mingle. Kate looked relieved like it was a success going to a shop. It felt natural."

R201, you sound unhinged. I have posted now for the third time I don’t give a shit.

You obviously give a shit if you think it's insensitive of William not to carry the bag.

[quote]He said the couple had obvious "chemistry"

I believe it's her, but this guy didn't have to outright lie. Chemistry? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Every time he's out with her, he looks pained. Or maybe that's his default facial setting.

It's the blinkers over your eyes, r211.

1. Christmas decorations in the background in... March.

2. No security whatsoever, even though Will and Kate are well aware that the whole world is practically hunting them down.

3. A woman who looks to be in her late twenties or early thirties, not like a 42 year old who is recovering from a serious surgery.

4. A woman who is practically RUNNING while carrying a bag.

5. A woman whose face looks NOTHING like the Katie-Holmes-on-steroids face that we saw just a week ago.

5. A man with a baseball cap pulled down over half his face.

Yep, it's them. Nothing to see here. Mystery solved.

[quote]It's the blinkers over your eyes

I've decided that it's not so much Kate and William, as their awful stans. Rude with no manners.

R213 Enjoy lusting after Catherine and William! They are a beautiful couple.

R215, I’m not OP, but… granted, Kate is a very attractive woman, but William? Really?? Funny enough, I think William actually got a nose job after this pic because, damn.

I like him in his suit and uniforms, he has a nice silhouette, and is handsome at some angles. More, I like the way he regards his family and job. When the President of the US makes a special trip to publicly meet him/endorse his project, he loojs very good.

It's astonishing just how utterly stupid r213 is.

Someone is getting paid, working from a script.

Just for you, R218...

[quote] Is it possible that she snuck out of the UK? And they are unable to find her?

After this market video, I'm now also wondering if she's missing. It just seems unreasonable that someone would be well enough to stroll around a market with no security, but not well enough to attend a single public event or do a short on camera interview. But a fake medical recovery, doctored photos, and body doubles would absolutely make sense if someone was secretly missing and you were trying to buy time while you looked for them.

OMG, yes, you're right, r221! She must have kidnapped by aliens. Or perhaps she just ran away. She's probably on that island with Elvis.

I really thought the market photos would end all this, but the fun continues. Now people are saying that if it's Kate, then she had plastic surgery and they're pissed because she's been hiding because of plastic surgery. I wonder what's going to happen on Easter.

The nutters will always be around, r223. That's why William just ignores them, because he's never going to satisfy them, they will always be braying for the next "proof". Best left to wallow in their own lunacy, although it can be fun to tease them when work is being a bit boring.

Kate is not Charlene of Moncao, r221, and William isn't Prince Albert. Kate is the strong backbone in her marriage, the glue holding them together - if anyone was to want to go "off grid" to disappear and escape the royal rat race, it'd be William and not her.

Kate's been truly ill, not sneaking away or agonizing over the state of her marriage. She's going no place there, no matter what. And she'd never leave without her children either way.

R201 - well, someone in that blurry photo is carrying a loaf of bread, but it's not Kate.

R208 - that scripted "report" is painful to read. Embarrassing and amateurish. Come on, BRF, can't you do better than that?

R213, Those aren't Christmas decorations, they're dried flowers or plants. If it was Christmas time people wouldn't be sitting around outside in hoodies and light jackets, because it would be way too cold. Everyone is dressed for Spring weather.

R220, He's a Digital Community Leader for Lego. That Twitter/X guy seems to think that Digital has something to do with cameras but it doesn't, it refers to online technology for businesses.

"Digital business is the process of applying digital technology to reinvent business models and transform a company’s products and customer experiences—innovating products that create new value and connecting people with things, insights, and experiences."

OMG WHAT IS THE TRUTH

The truth is always somewhere in the middle R230

Kate is well enough to do some light shopping, and that's good. A fact celebrated this morning by front pages of The Sun and Daily Mail.

Her being well enough to do some light shopping, why then was not some official photo and statement put out to gratify her (apparently) millions of concerned well-wishing followers?

It was left to the opportune Zapruder of the farm shop to offer reassurance. It might well be thought that keen Royalists deserve better.

Last I checked, the Mothers Day photo had 90 million views, and the Windsor Farm one 23M. Thanks y'all!

[quote]Kate is the strong backbone in her marriage, the glue holding them together.

🤣 😆 😂

She's a member of the royal family, r322, not a Hollywood C-lister desperate for likes and followers. A statement was issued that she is at home and recovering. Why isn't that enough for you? She doesn't need to make stupid social media posts for the baying mobs. Her genuine well-wishers know she's recovering and will be back to public engagements after Easter. Those demanding dumb social media "proof" are not genuine well-wishers or genuinely concerned.

Whoever the posters and readers are. they've made her the most famous woman in the world.

This video clip is being promoted by the tabloids. That's it, no legit news sources are touching it because why would they? Some random guy takes a picture and sends it to the rags like he's fucking on the case.

And no, it fucking doesn't look like Kate. She's younger, her features are different, her neck is longer, she walks like a gangly colt, barely controlling her head and limbs. Kate has perfect posture. And even if it is Kate, galloping around on narcotics looking fresh as a daisy, there is no verification, NONE.

Looks like we'll just have to wait for Easter, which reminds me of a church hymn... 🎶 UP From the Grave [S]He Rose!!!

I truly believe it was Kate, but wouldn’t it be hysterical if they were a couple of lookalikes who did this for publicity?

[quote]She doesn't need to make stupid social media posts for the baying mobs.

Apart from her choice to do so on Mother's Day.

She posts a Mother's Day photo every year, sending best wishes to all mothers. She wanted to do the same thing this year. Most of the royal family post best wishes on special events.

tHaTs SuSpIcIoUsssss. ^^^

[quote] She doesn't need to make stupid social media posts for the baying mobs.

Normally I'd agree, but this has been a PR disaster and it makes no sense that they're not taking what are some pretty simple steps to quash it. Even releasing the unretouched photo from Mother's Day would require no effort on their part.

Here's Kate in a similar pair of black leggings. She actually has quite short/compact legs when she's not in stilettos. Her torso and hips are long and slim, but her legs are short and muscular (her sister has that same shape). Even if Kate had been recovering from abdominal surgery for the last couple of months and couldn't work out, her legs might get softer, but they wouldn't change shape that drastically.

The woman in that video had a short torso and looong, skinny, bird legs. Her gait was also nothing like Kate's, who, when not walking in heels, is quite sturdy.

If things couldn't get any worse. Oh Rose, never comment on affair allegations. Who is handling the press for these people?

The Mother's Day post was for Mother's Day, r239, not for the baying mobs. They always post something for Mother's Day. It's sad that you can't tell the difference between a social media account that documents someone's work and posts things on special occasions and trashy "influencers" who live non-stop on Instagram.

New Kate Middleton proof of life photo just dropped.

She looks happy.

As always, R246, when you run out of words post a picture of your mother.

R246, it looks like Kate put on some weight and darkened her hair. I think she’s laying the makeup on a little thick.

One more.

[quote] I truly believe it was Kate, but wouldn’t it be hysterical if they were a couple of lookalikes who did this for publicity?

It’s exactly what happened.

KAnon poster. ^^^

Really, the interesting question here is not "what happened to Kate?" (who knows/cares), but "why are they so fucking godawful at image management"?

[QUOTE]It's astonishing just how utterly stupid [R213] is.

Care to walk that back?

Remember the press is infuriated that they are prevented from taking the photos. Kate has been shooting the Mothers Day/birthday/special occasion photos herself and releasing on Instagram for anyone/everyone to see. No press necessary. It’s hard to think you’re dispensable.

Priir to Kate, the RF has always used professional photographers and portraitists, not the press, for family/event pictures.

The RF had a professional photographer in the family for a long time, so that was convenient.

The photos Kate takes of her kids are perfectly adequate and mostly quite charming. The children are more natural and relaxed, and their parents don't have to foist strangers upon them.

Agree ^ I like to view the children's birthday snaps. Time marches on!

I guess I don't understand why they thought the most popular person in the kingdom disappearing for 3 months was just going to be accepted as okay. They could have given updates without photos.

Oh yeah, that would definitely have satisfied the Kate Truthers.

Ahh, the K Anons. If only William hadn't murdered Thomas Kingston becsuse Cstherine was pregnant with his chikd. ;sigh:

I had no idea Cstherine was even CARRYING a chikd.

Neither did Catherine.

Is that loser Surviving Klan Granny still around?

R263, I think I’ve seen Surviving on other threads but I’m not sure. Maybe not. Funny enough, the loon who was posting here and calling us all fat whores hasn’t posted in awhile. I think her last few posts were FF’d to the point that Muriel gave her a time out or booted her entirely. They don’t even show up in my feed, and I don’t have her blocked. Maybe her account was a sock puppet for Surviving.

Of course, now that she has some attention, she might plop herself in here again.

R264, no one cares about your obvious passive-aggressive cunting. Trying to hijack the thread again shows you for what you are.

….and she’s back.

266, You're the one provoking posters on here with your post at 264. Since when do you decide who posts and who doesn't?

R267 is r265’s sock puppet. Scolding school marm fraus who can’t take a hint or a joke. They’re not wanted on DL but they keep butting in with their screeching insults and policing threads Although I only block MAGATs, I’m blocking this frau. Toodles!

I'm neither a magat nor a frau. How am I policing the thread? You're the one doing that. Good riddance for the block.

It's obviously royal lookalike Heidi Agan.

Looks like the loon has disappeared again. Time outs are a bitch.

R271, Who are you talking to, yourself? Nobody is interested in your nonsense. Talk about projection. And weren't you supposed to have me blocked? I guess that was another lie. Your fixation with me is creepy and weird. As a paying subscriber, I have the right to post if I want. Get over it.

Looks like this thread has outlived its usefulness. As Willie Nelson said, turn out the lights, the party’s over. But seriously, I hope Kate recovers, cancer is a mighty bitch I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Not even the BRF loons.

If anyone cares to continue the conversation on the main threads, part 1 is below. It’s filling up quickly, part 2 is referenced in one of the posts.

Hilarious that I coined the term Klan Granny back in 2019, used it a lot on here, put it on Urban Dictionary, and now everyone uses it! The KGs themselves said it would never catch on.

Sure, Jan.

I’m not the OP but someone on DL came up with it, R276. I remember the conversations around it. It definitely originated on DL

Yes R275, you must feel incredibly proud. Next you’ll be telling us that it’s trending on X and black Twitter / X is blowing up. It’s Groundhog Day, isn’t it, R275?

Fuck, you’re pathetic.

R278, pot, meet kettle.

R278, For your own sake, do not poke the crazy bear at R275. She is also R271, R263, etc, and has multiple accounts on here where she goes around goading posters into responding to her, then stalking them from thread to thread by checking their history. Then she uses her multiple accounts to FF the poster off the board.

If you check the history at R275, you'll see that she has only two posts in her entirety yet claims to have been on this board since 2019. She obviously can't keep track of which account she's on or doesn't think anyone will check her history. She pretends to be a thin gay man (her words) but her posts are more in the style of an unhinged soccer mom who will not be ignored. She is a certifiable bunny boiler on heat, and she is all over this board harassing and stalking posters (mainly the BRF boards).

I had to create a new account because she kept tracking me down on my old one, taunting me, and then blocking me off the board. She is seriously fucking crazy. I know for a fact that she has multiple accounts because she tripped herself up in some of her posts and was caught out. That's why she came after me. She also went after other posters this past week and may have FF'd them too. I have blocked several of her other accounts, but I may have missed a few. I'll find out soon enough.

R280, you need serious mental help. Your paranoia is a sign of a very troubled mind. I’m not joking. You appear to be paranoid schizophrenic.

R281, Yet more projection from the crazy stalker. She left that comment for me while she had me blocked so that I wouldn't see it. Of course, now that she has me blocked, she won't see my post either. We'll see how long that lasts.