atypical_boro
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Me neither.
Do you not think its beyond the realms of possibility that the family themselves are taking away certain choices from her? Regarding this 'illness' or any other aspect of her life?
Kate, Princess of Wales - not seen this year.
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Do you not think its beyond the realms of possibility that the family themselves are taking away certain choices from her? Regarding this 'illness' or any other aspect of her life?
Malaguena
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Like I've said above, I have little or no interest in these people, but the counter to your argument is then don't flood the media with puff pieces about how wonderful your family are, make yourself a public figure, and then not expect to get questions asked when you obviously lie or try and hide or cover something up
But you are advocating the exact same things.
You are saying she should have no right to privacy around her condition and that they need to address the conspiracy theorists online regarding bulimia, stating whether she has it or not..
atypical_boro
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Na I’m not.
What I’m saying is that the palace have clearly dropped a massive ******* by publishing a photo of her with no wedding ring whilst these rumours remain rife/not denied.
All they’ve done is fan the flames for themselves.
IF, and it remains IF, she is suffering from bulimia as a result of the strain she is under (and/or the future King’s treatment of her, like her late MIL) then that is a matter of public interest given what ended up happening to her MIL.
SmallTown
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BoroMart
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I just can’t get around how anyone could have so little self respect and respect for their own family to treat others as better by birth…it’ll forever be just strange cultist behaviour to me
BoroMart
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They can have a hand shake like any other human or f@&k off
HarryVegas
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Sorry Mart, dunno why that made me laugh but it did.
Quicksilvera
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That didn’t answer my question Mart, have any of you had to bow and scrape for royalty?
Scrote
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There would be no extra attention if the image hadn't been released. Someone made that decision and I don't for a second believe it was solely the PoW herself.
The logistics of it don't make sense - unless you believe that she has direct comms with various photo-desks.
Even if she wasn't recovering from an operation I'd expect her to be using the internal PR team to do the donkey-work.
Plus they must have processes in place that allowed recipients to verify the source.
None of it adds up - which is why it's blown up the way it has.
SmallTown
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OK enjoy your knitting circle
BoroMart
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he’s right though. Public relations is a professionalised industry with well established processes, to just circumvent that and publish in such a highly controlled world as royalty really doesn’t sound like it would happen, regardless of any facetious responses
atypical_boro
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Well, yeah I think it is.
atypical_boro
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Exactly this. The only people responsible for it receiving this amount of attention are the clearly incompetent fools at the forefront of it, who are supposed to put out fires and protect their image.
jonny_greenings_sock
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Top Gear or Grand Tour in the waxwork museum where they stole Nigel Mansell isn’t it? One of my favourite ever episodes, James May’s hysterics in the museum had me dying.
YouAreMyBoro
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A friend and family member have both had this, both young, otherwise healthy..
I definitely am no fan of royalty but not sure I know where I stand regarding going public with illnesses.
I think on balance they should just be open about it, the awareness it would spread would be really helpful.
atypical_boro
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Here is an article effectively saying what I was trying to say above. This 'never complain, never explain' tripe is a load of outdated bollox. Their PR team needs a major upgrade if they are to survive in the modern world.
Imagine the BBC, another public institution constantly under scrutiny and shooting itself in the foot, simply held 'never explain' as its main PR tactic! Wouldn't last 5 more minutes.
time.com
Imagine the BBC, another public institution constantly under scrutiny and shooting itself in the foot, simply held 'never explain' as its main PR tactic! Wouldn't last 5 more minutes.
The Kate Middleton Saga Exposes the Royal PR Team's Flaws
The controversy surrounding Kate Middleton's absence—and an edited photo—shows the Royal PR team is out of its depth.
BoroMart
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Ok, an observation in discussion with my girlfriend.
Look at index finger length compared to pinky finger. In the motherday picture the index finger is slightly shorter than the pinky
In this historical picture the index is much much longer than the pinky about as long as the ring finger, but that doesn’t match the proportions in the Mother’s Day photos
I find it hard to believe that Mother’s Day photo hand is Kate’s
Look at index finger length compared to pinky finger. In the motherday picture the index finger is slightly shorter than the pinky
In this historical picture the index is much much longer than the pinky about as long as the ring finger, but that doesn’t match the proportions in the Mother’s Day photos
I find it hard to believe that Mother’s Day photo hand is Kate’s
BoroMart
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Hilarious but can you explain why Kate’s little finger has grown a centimeter in 3 months?