Where's the "Where is Kate" thread?

I don't even think the people posting that bullshit believe it - they are simply using the conspiracies & lies to get attention & clicks and to profit from it.
I posted this on the other thread as well...it's even more disgusting to knowingly spread misinformation because you know you can make money out someone else's misfortune and pain. Vultures, all of them.

I’m going to disagree here. I think if they (KP PR not Kate) handled this much earlier on there wouldn’t have been this big of a feeding frenzy, it wouldn’t have gone this mainstream. Would there have always been whack-a-doodles and conspiracy theories? Of course. But I personally think had they released a simple “thank you for the well wishes” message earlier, when people started to question not seeing or hearing from her, it would not have been such a huge deal with the mainstream public. Please note, I am not suggesting a photo, more medical information, or anything at all like that. Just a simple message to keep it from blowing up quite as bad.

Then they compounded the problem with the manipulated photo. When the mood was already starting to percolate, they did something that still has some people questioning the truthfulness of what comes from KP. In my mind, rightfully so. Do I think her video is AI? Not at all. But they bungled this big time and I hate that because I think it just added a lot of stress to the family when they obviously had more important things to deal with. 

Just my opinion. Kate and William should have been able to rely on their PR team to help keep things calm and they could not; in fact, they made it worse. I’m hoping it is as it came across to me, the cancer was removed during the surgery and the chemotherapy is to eradicate any rogue cancer cells remaining in her body. I wish her a full recovery, and fully support her decision not to release more information to the public. While it’s true she could use her platform for good in raising awareness and encouraging prevention and early detection, I think to ask that of her right now is ridiculous. Perhaps when she is fully recovered it is something she will want to consider, but no one should feel pressured into something like that at any point. 

Nope, you're wrong, they did handle this "much earlier" they released a statement weeks ago that clearly said she had surgery and all her public duties had been cancelled until at least after Easter. Very plain, very clear - no public engagements, and unless I missed something, Easter has not been and gone.
People just resorted to making shit up for no reason even before that predetermined time frame had elapsed.
Nothing was "bungled" they are not responsible for other celebs and some parts of the media manipulating this for their own gains...stop blaming the victim.

I am 100% sure he was there and willing to be by her side, he's always been fully supportive of her, so the only reason he wouldn't be there is because she made the decision to do this on her own...and he has the grace to let her.
No, I'm not married and obviously I have a warped perception of it because I thought being married was supporting your partner in what THEY want, and not forcing them to do it another way simply for the sake of appearances.
She shows more strength and confidence in their marriage by NOT needing to prove anything to anyone else and she definitely doesn't need to cling onto William like some limpet. It's ridiculous to suggest that him not sitting on the bench means he doesn't have her back.

I agree. I don't think it means or implies he doesn't have her back because he wasn't in the video. I think it is actually kind of insulting to them both to suggest that. Just because he wasn't literally next to her doesn't mean he wasn't there. It completely doesn't matter, but I did wonder to myself if he was the one who recorded the video. In any event, I think even speculating on why she did the video alone is part of the problem. Here they finally release a video before Easter -the initial deadline of when there would be an appearance by Princess Catherine- where she tells the world information that is none of our damn business and people are picking it apart. FFS.

I watched a TikTok this morning from a person in the UK (can't remember, it was just on my screen as I was scrolling) and she said basically the same thing - as Brits, we listened to the information they put out that said 1)what was happening 2)what she was doing and 3)when she'd resume public life. And that was that. But she then says the US media went into a frenzy about it and it was bonkers. Why does the US even give a damn about it - they aren't in the Commonwealth so why the rabid attacks and theories on where she was? Sure the UK tabloids also speculated once things got rolling. But in general, the people of the UK took what was said and left it at that.

Um. I am married and would have done it by myself as well. 🤷‍♀️

I disagree with you, and that’s fine. But please don’t accuse me of something I’m not doing. Kate is the victim, not the Kensington Palace PR, and I didn’t blame her for anything. 

The thing is, the PR strategy that was executed WAS terrible. No, it didn't force anyone to come up with gross theories, but it didn't make sense from the very start, which made people think something was suspicious. Like it or not, in our always online and connected world, people are going to talk about suspicious things and come up with some weird crap. If things aren't managed well from the very beginning, things will get crazy.

It was foolish to describe it as a planned surgery, right after they had announced an international trip that would then be canceled, without addressing that discrepancy. The 100% could have done that statement differently and more honestly WITHOUT disclosing private details. No one can know exactly what would have happened then - and there are always bonkers people out there who will make conspiracy theories out of nothing - but I think the chances that this ever would have caught fire the way it did would have been much much lower.

Because the non-response responses went on for so long & were increasingly bumbling, it all got more and more out of control because everything seemed even more suspicious. 

If they'd started with a competent crisis comms strategy from the very beginning, we'd almost certainly would be in a very different place right now. The Royal Family seems to be using a PR playbook from a very different time and the world has changed. They need to deal with society as it is now, not as it was in the past.

Hey cancer sucks - it always sucks - but these people have chosen a life where they say their divine right is better than everyone else. Sorry not sorry, I don't feel sorry for them ever. King Charles was no better than a mediocre person - and doubt William is any better and we're not even getting into Andrew's utter ridulousness - you want to claim the ruler of your country is ok with raping an 18 year old - oh but wait he's at lest 4 people from ruling so it's okay - yeah - you do you - I just seriously have never and do no understand why we keep sending our $$$$ into that insanity birthright is WRONG and who actually wants to justify this?

This is a young mother of 3 small children. Really?

I don’t think she was suggesting she had no compassion for the cancer, but rather that these people need to be I. The spotlight to stay relevant so it’s a bit disingenuous to then suggest they shouldn’t be talked about.

Cancer sucks. It sucks for everyone. But at least Kate doesn’t have to worry she’ll lose her job or health insurance, fret about how she’ll get the kids to and from school, who will grocery shop and get dinner on the table. So while im not suggesting it’ll be easy, it will be just a little bit easier than the average person who has to worry about their health and their finances and everything else.

I've never made a secret about how much I don't care about these people - they've held no interest for me. Ever. 

But something about this media circus and William losing his mother when he was young and now possibly looking at his own children losing theirs has touched off an empathic response in me I didn't realize I had for them. I just hated seeing the stuff I saw shared on FB about them - as if her illness, whether people knew what it was or not - was entertainment fodder. It's repulsive. And I do not believe that it would've been any less had the royal PR people been honest from the beginning. I really don't. I think if people think they can profit from them, or get more followers, or more clicks, they will do anything to do so. 

No one in the UK would lose health insurance because they had cancer, the NHS is free for everyone. Also, any employer looking to sack someone because they're ill would be in a world of hurt.