The Fuss Over The Royal Family Photo

Aveline

At last - the real photo!

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That's my kind of photo!

That’s very clever! 🤣🤣

Aveline
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That's funny!

I don't think Catherine will be seen until 3 weeks after Easter anyway. She's hardly going to show up on engagements while the kids are on school holidays.

Aveline

At last - the real photo!

Oh no! Surely the dog should have seen them off? 😯

Nah, it was too busy competing at Crufts with the real Catherine. (But its behaviour didn't impress the judges).

I think she's quite well-behaved usually.
She was just miffed at being left out of the photo.
And not even photoshopped in 😯

Anniebach

What difference if William had said he did the editing?

... it might stop some from theorising?

OTOH, it could also have prompted more questions. I think it's a case of damned if he did and damned because he didn't. In other words, he can't win either way.

Definitely Dickens

Callistemon21

vintage1950

I think that some sections of the Press have had a tradition of picking on the younger female members of the RF. I remember when it was Princess Anne, then of course it was Diana. Gossip pushes up sales.

It was Catherine at one time.
Remember Waity Katie?

The press and media are bullies and they like a victim.

Young females - be they members of the RF, celebrities, elected representatives, or engaged in sport - have always been targets for some sections of the media, I think.

It's open to debate, but I believe this particular section of the media will frequently exploit and capitalise on the 'rise' and popularity of a chosen woman who is currently high-profile, and then enthusiastically report on her gradual and sometimes inevitable downfall. Of course, these 'targets' sometimes court the very media that is going to delight in her rise and fall.

The worst thing is that said media's reportage is done in a seemingly innocuous way, as if it is just an impartial observer, but this is IMO simply a devious tactic that allows them to take full advantage of the woman's vulnerability (and, sometimes, stupidity it has to be said).

I wish women would realise that certain media is male-centric and misogynistic and that very few women will be celebrated for their achievements, only their appearance. Why else are celebrities, like Dame Helen Mirren, portrayed under the caption "she's still got it"? If she hadn't (still 'got it'), her accomplishments would go completely unnoticed.

Catherine is just another target, another victim, of the media frenzy of these tabloids that thrive and survive on gossip and speculation, with a dedicated readership.

Catherine is just another target, another victim, of the media frenzy of these tabloids that thrive and survive on gossip and speculation, with a dedicated readership.

Of course. The media have the unwritten contract on what to report on the royals, and undoubtedly know exactly what is going on. So, in order to ‘thrive’ ( i.e. sell papers or attract viewers), they report what people are saying online, all the while prefacing the stuff with the fact that it’s from the internet.

Definitely a target but not a victim, piers Morgan is now
defending the Sussex’s and attacking Catherine

Anniebach

Definitely a target but not a victim, piers Morgan is now
defending the Sussex’s and attacking Catherine

Oh, he's a turn coat! He was vile about Meghan.
Appalling man.

Catherine is recovering from major surgery some of us have been there so know just how long that takes. I’m just very sorry that she has been the subject of speculation when she is probably feeling quite low in herself.

Where is the support for her from those that are looking out for her. The silence from that quarter is deafening.

Granniesunite
What support would the media and the GBP accept, except for getting every little personal detail that they think they have a right to know?
If they said that Catherine, or the Princess of Wales thanks people for their concern but wishes the details of her operation and her recovery to remain private, would the media and the great British public accept that?
They ought to, but I doubt it.

Where is the polite, considerate silence from all those intrusively questioning her right to privacy?

Where is the silence from all those intrusively speculating about what is actually a very private matter for the Princess of Wales?

Sorry I’ve not been clear In her position I’d have expected someone else to have taken the “hit” for the photo mistake after all she’s been through someone could have stepped up.

It seems Catherine is upset at the speculation surrounding that mistake . She should have been protected from that very speculation.

Granniesunite

Sorry I’ve not been clear In her position I’d have expected someone else to have taken the “hit” for the photo mistake after all she’s been through someone could have stepped up.

It seems Catherine is upset at the speculation surrounding that mistake . She should have been protected from that very speculation.

The publication of the photo was meant to stop the ongoing and intrusive speculation. It wouldn’t have worked even if it hadn’t been edited.
Yes, someone could have advised her against offering it, which she did to try and quell speculation.

How would you protect her from the constant speculation, whether we refer to the photo or her health?
Tell her not to read magazines, watch the news, and try not to think about all those talking about her behind her back?
I have no idea what else could be done apart from asking the media, newspapers, online news, TV, and social media to stop speculating and publishing the speculation.
Who has an idea that would work?

I think as part of a team as she is you’d expect the team to be responsible but in this case it seems to be all down to Catherine.

Seems a lonely place to be whilst recovering from major surgery. I’d have expected much more from my team if I was in that position.

I am sure she is having much support from her family and friends and from William’s family and friends.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13209907/kate-middleton-pictured-smiling-princess-wales-prince-william-windsor-farm.html

If this is Kate, I'm a monkey's auntie.

And it's not William either.

Hmm, agree doesn’t look like Catherine.

DAILY MAIL headline

Kate Middleton's surprise farm shop trip piles more pressure on the Palace to update the nation on her recovery because aides' silence is just fuelling more conspiracy theories, warn experts

You don't need to be an expert (expert in what?) to understand that conspiracy theorists will conspire to theorise regardless of how much information they are given on her recovery. Whatever detail is released, they will speculate that more is being hidden from them.

Sometimes, when people have abdominal surgery, its effects leave you in a condition which you'd rather keep private. Maybe Catherine (not "Kate") would prefer to keep those details to herself?

Why should she pander to the "theorists" just to sate their idle curiosity?

Calendargirl

Hmm, agree doesn’t look like Catherine.

I give up! Nothing looks like her anymore.

merlotgran

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13209907/kate-middleton-pictured-smiling-princess-wales-prince-william-windsor-farm.html

If this is Kate, I'm a monkey's auntie.

And it's not William either.

Some eager member of the public thinking they've got the photograph of the century!!

Another couple startled to find themselves on the front pages 😁

Another couple startled to find themselves on the front pages 😁

And good publicity for the farm shop!