LONDON Tiktok is still singing doubts about the Princess of Wales Catherine’s that is, more familiarly Kate condition. At least Kate video published by The Sun tabloid has not cut off the wings of rumours.
In a video filmed by a passerby, the Prince of Wales William and Princess Catherine walk in the country food market next door to their Windsor home.
– The new video will probably help William and Kate. That should stop the nonsense being spread online. People have invented the most imaginative things about their lives, says an expert who has followed the British court for decades Robert Jobson Yelle in London at the event of the Foreign Correspondents’ Association FPA.
The rumors haven’t died down. Many social media influencers claim that the video shows Kate’s surrogate.
Conspiracy theorists believe, among other things, that Kate is still ill, divorcing Prince William or even dead.
According to the expert, the rumors are nonsense
The princess has been out of the public eye since Christmas. He underwent abdominal surgery in January. According to Hovi, he will return to his public work after Easter. British newspapers say that Hovi wants the princess to appear in public at the Easter church.
Robert Jobson, who has published eight books about the royals, considers the wild rumors to be lies.
He is worried about the erosion of the court’s trust.
– The world has changed. The photo doesn’t just lie. It lies very effectively. People then start to doubt information as well. If they edit photos, can we trust their words, Jobson says at the FPA event.
Trust in the court has also been eroded by the image manipulation revealed earlier this month. Princess Catherine posted a photo on social media of herself and her children at home in Windsor on Britain’s Mother’s Day on March 10.
The purpose was to show that the princess is doing well. However, the princess’s glow in the picture aroused suspicion. The picture showed numerous traces of handling. International photo agencies pulled the photo from distribution for ethical reasons.
The palace refused to publish the original photo and the rumor mill accelerated into an even harder gallop. Princess Catherine’s apology posted on social media for manipulating the images did not work.
The communications department left the princess alone
Jobson believes that Princess Kate manipulated her photos herself. According to him, the main culprit in the communications scandal is still the communications department of the Prince and Princess of Wales at Kensington Palace.
It is naive to assume that the disappearance of a popular princess on sick leave for months would not cause a stir, he says. If Hovi is silent, a huge group of admirers will create the story themselves.
– Kate is the number one star of the royal family, both in photographs and in magazine articles. The court should have acted the same as the king. Photos were published of him reading get well soon cards and tinkering at home, Robert Jobson estimated.
King Charles had prostate surgery at the same time as Catherine. Shortly after this, the king announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer. The quality of the cancer was only told that it is not in the prostate gland. The court regularly publishes pictures in which the king, among other things, meets guests in his palace.
Jobson wonders why William and Catherine’s communications department left the princess, who is recovering from surgery, to explain the manipulation of the Mother’s Day photo herself.
– Nowadays, when news and images are manipulated, the communications secretary should first check whether the image has been manipulated, Jobson says.
The photo agencies also began to study the pictures previously published by Princess Catherine. Queen of Elizabeth and the group photo taken of his grandchildren revealed traces of manipulation in the investigations.
Dressing up the princess and the quiet Court expose you to scandals
According to the expert, the scandal is also due to the challenges of the social media age. The young royals want to control their own public image more than the older generation. They communicate directly to the public on YouTube, the messaging service X and Instagram, for example, bypassing journalists.
– It’s easier for them because no one can ask more. They get their message across. Still, every organization that enjoys public money should answer legitimate questions posed by the free media, Jobson says.
According to Jobson, mistakes occur when you don’t have time to check the information in a quick composition. He recalls that during Queen Elizabeth’s time, there were credit photographers at court and publications were checked in detail.
Even the queen kept it a secret
The court was not open then either. Jobson remembers that Queen Elizabeth arrived to wave to the nation at her 70th anniversary celebration just a few months before her death. The people did not know that the queen was in severe pain.
– The queen gave two pieces of advice. First of all, you have to be visible if you want the people to believe. We haven’t seen Kate in three months and the commotion started. Another piece of advice is to double-check everything, Jobson says.
According to him, so far Hovi does not seem to be interested in repairing the lost trust. On the other hand, the British court has sailed from one scandal to another for decades. This scandal will also be forgotten when Kate returns to smiling in front of the media, Jobson believes.
Expert: King and Princess recover
According to Jobson, the wild rumors are unfounded. This is what the people of William and Kate’s neighborhood in WIndsor have also told the British media. They say they see the heirs to the crown often.
– I have received information from the king’s close circle, so I am sure that the king will get better. He is being treated well and is recovering nicely.
– Kate’s situation should have been handled better. That was not done. I believe that as soon as she returns to the public looking glamorous, fit, smiling and happy, this will seem like a small thing, Jobson says in an interview with .
Princess Catherine is the most popular royal in the British court. His absence from the public heats up the public so much that, according to newspaper reports, a hospital employee has tried to secretly read his medical records.
Jobson has written a book about Princess Catherine. It will be published in July. He characterizes Kate as steel-strong, in top shape and precise about her public image. He says the princess is now preparing to return to everyday life.
– He probably works out too much. He is getting back into his fitness routine and building up his strength. Being in the public spotlight is tough. He knows everyone will be watching him closely when he gets back, Jobson says.
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