As the Kensington Palace didn’t revealed much detail about Kate Middleton’s health after her abdominal surgery, the speculative news about Middleton’s health, the first picture of Middleton came after an American news outlet, TMZ shared online.
Later, for Mother’s Day, from the official social media account of Prince and Princess of Wales, Middleton’s picture with her children was shared. But it turned out to be manipulated, and Middleton released an apology online as, “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. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C”
After a “kill notice” was released for the manipulated picture, AFP’s global news director Phil Chetwynd stated that the Kensington Palace lost their credibility.
“No, absolutely not. Like with anything, when you’re let down by a source the bar is raised … We sent out notes to all our teams at the moment to be absolutely super more vigilant about the content coming across our desk — even from what we would call trusted sources,” Phil Chetwynd said.
Royal expert Hilary Fordwich called the situation “yet another public relations disaster,” and held the palace responsible.
“The certainty is that a ‘slimmed down monarchy’ means fewer are guiding the royals and those who are aren’t as media savvy as they need to be,” Fordwich stated and added, “In our fast-paced world with tech-savvy media outlets, the palaces need to hire the best and brightest in such fields.”
“While this certainly isn’t ‘business as usual’ nor what we would expect from a royal household… it shows great humility to admit one’s mistakes.”
“Others might have either remained silent or tried to blame another. Kate issued a straight-up, no-nonsense apology. Many could learn a lesson from such.”
Another royal expert Tom Bower accused the palace with not protecting Kate Middleton. The royal expert stated that Middleton is not surrounded with wise people that would warn her with not sharing the manipulated picture.
“People around the world just want to bring her down because it gives them pleasure. And then, when she did, they should have got a professional photographer in to make sure there were no hiccups like has now occurred,” Bower said.
“She’s undergone the most very serious operation imaginable. She needs a long time to recover. And I fear that she has been under terrible pressure to perform and instead of protecting her, her staff in Kensington Palace, failed to give her the support and protection she needs.”
And again, TMZ shared another picture of Middleton, where the Princess of Wales was with her husband, Prince William in thir car, a mile away from their Adelaide Cottage.
A source said to The Sun, “After all the rumours that had been going round, I was stunned to see them there. Kate was out shopping with William, and she looked happy and well.”
“The kids weren’t with them but it’s such a good sign she was healthy enough to pop down to the shops.”
Royal author Angela Levin had stated that the speculations against Middleton’s health is “rude and unkind.”
“The public are so rude, so unkind and so demanding, it is as if they own her and as if they bought her. I think it’s an absolutely appalling way to behave towards someone who’s been so dignified and dutiful. You couldn’t expect more of her as a mother,” Levin said.
“You can see her children adore her and as an heir to the throne, she adores William, so leave her alone. I think it’s just appalling. She doesn’t want the children to know what she’s had. I think any mother would feel the same.”
“I’ve also had someone quite close to Kate who says to me she has given someone a kidney; it has nothing to do with her illness. I have no idea whether or not this is true. It does leave you very languid and not well. I don’t know if it’s that because she did seem to be great until she went into the hospital.”
“I’m not saying that is what it is and I haven’t had it proven in any way, but it makes more sense to me than other things that people have been saying.”
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