'Proof of life!' Buckingham Palace has lost control of the Princess Catherine narrative

[canetoad]

For weeks, the cry has gone up from the internet trolls: “Show us proof of life! Where is Kate Middleton?”

Now they have it. A video, taken by a member of the public, showing the Prince and Princess of Wales leaving the Windsor Farm Shop has been published online, capturing her looking happy, busy and on the mend from surgery.

Ordinary people who felt a twinge of curiosity about her absence from public life will watch, smile and move on, looking forward to the princess’s return to work at some point after Easter.

On the internet, the social media conspiracy theorists have doubled down. It must be a body double, they screamed; she looks too well. Even the rustic-themed decorations outside the shop were cause for suspicion, they claimed: it “must have been” taken not on Saturday but at Christmas.

More: https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/proof-of-life-buckingham-palace-has-lost-control-of-the-princess-catherine-narrative-20240320-p5fdqt.html

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[stopdiggin]

1. because an astonishing number of people

are friggin' nuts - and another large group has learned how to make money off of encouraging the crazy.

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[Irish_Dem]

2. We are looking at a concerted effort to bring down the British monarchy.

I personally have no love lost for the British monarchy,
but they are part of the UK government, one of our closest allies.

Damaging the monarchy damages the UK.
The British people love the royal family.

Who benefits from damaging western democracies?