In philosophical terms it could be called “Kate’s dilemma”. If whoever appears in the video that was released on Monday is a lookalike of the Princess of Wales, too bad (especially for her personally), because it means that she is much worse than what is being said. And if it is indeed her, smiling, happy and full of energy, then what is she doing on leave instead of threading the needle and attending events on behalf of the Royal House, which is also not stonewalling?
In the United Kingdom, a huge rift has opened up between the more or less serious press and social media over the treatment of Caterina. The BBC and the newspapers, even the tabloids, are stubborn about respecting her privacy and pick up the falsehoods, rumors and conspiracy theories about her state of health only tangentially, and present it, if at all. , as absurd speculations typical of screwed-up minds that have nothing better to do. On the other hand, you don’t have to surf the net very far to find harsh criticism and crude mockery. The anti-monarchists rub their bellies to their heart’s content.
Palau’s public relations apparatus has not quite hit the right key, perhaps because the wait is becoming interminable (they operated on her on January 17, but she has not appeared in public since Christmas). If a week is an eternity in politics, we are not even talking about eight and a half weeks in matters of royalty, which to have credibility must be visible, as Elizabeth II said, and now it is in a kind of chiaroscuro, with Charles III sick with cancer (it is not known what) and Caterina missing in action (after a mysterious intestinal operation that “has nothing to do with cancer” and could be to deal with a disease similar to Crohn’s).
Secrecy not only breeds rumours, but also greed. Nelson Silva, the man who filmed the video of Kate Middleton (or her double) in a Windsor farm shop on Saturday, has made quite a bit of money after the footage was auctioned off and bought by US website TMZ (owned by Fox Corporation), which is dedicated to celebrity news, and the English newspaper The Sun.
Silva was in the right place at the right time, and it’s like he won the lottery. Instead, the worker or workers at the London Clinic (the private hospital where Kate Middleton operated) who tried to access her medical data are facing an ongoing internal investigation, dismissal and , even to the presentation of criminal charges. The hospital has informed that electronic notes about a patient (prognosis, treatment, etc.) are accessible to doctors and nurses for obvious reasons, but no one else is supposed to access them.
Although the police have not yet intervened, the clinic has reported an illegal attempt to access the Princess of Wales’ data, presumably with the intention of leaking it to the press. This is a setback to the reputation of one of the most expensive and exclusive medical centers in the English capital, where King Charles III also underwent prostate surgery and was diagnosed with cancer.
Meanwhile, the debate continues about whether the woman in the video is Caterina (in some photos it looks like it, but in others not), and even whether the man who goes with her is Guillem, even if he does indeed it is. In the age of artificial intelligence, people do not trust anything at all and believe that any manipulation is possible. Especially after the famous photo of the happy family – the princess and her children – was stolen.
