Kate Middleton not seen for over 65 days

amother

Seashell

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 1:13 pm

Everyone is saying the video is AI
nothing moving in the background
Her stripes reflecting on the bench? How does that happen.

Something fishy.

amother

Aquamarine

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 2:03 pm

amother Seashell wrote:

Everyone is saying the video is AI
nothing moving in the background
Her stripes reflecting on the bench? How does that happen.

Something fishy.

Who is 'everyone'?

I for one am finished with the conspiracies. I was one of the main ones posting them on here and yes, I feel bad about it. This kind of ending makes you feel like 'how could I not have been better than that'.

Success10

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 2:22 pm

amother Aquamarine wrote:

You summed up my feelings as well. I wish her a full recovery and I feel awful for playing the gossip game. She's a sweetheart.

amother

Mustard

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 2:34 pm

Check all my previous posts defending W&C.

They are honest and consistent people. I knew they can be trusted to do the right thing and handle things the way they feel fit.

I hope she makes a speedy recovery.

amother

Honeysuckle

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 7:23 pm

amother OP wrote:

Yes that was their story but it doesn't explain the things in the post. She is usually photographed within 24 hours of giving birth. What abdominal surgery requires someone to be hidden away for 65 days? Not a single photo of her or her children? Not a single public statement from her since 25/12?

Do you feel ashamed now that it came out she has cancer?

amother

Gray

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 9:01 pm

amother Honeysuckle wrote:

Do you feel ashamed now that it came out she has cancer?

I think it just proves that there was something that was being hidden so in a way everyone was right.
I do feel absolutely awful for her, going through this is hard enough but to be doing so publicly is so hard

mattel25

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 9:15 pm

amother Seashell wrote:

Everyone is saying the video is AI
nothing moving in the background
Her stripes reflecting on the bench? How does that happen.

Something fishy.

Not everyone. Only 1) trolls and the Sussex squad paid bot network 2) far-right loons who thrive on the most lurid conspiracy theories as it's the only thing that gives any sort of meaning to their otherwise empty lives (e.g, QAnon, the royal family are baby-eating lizard people, jews are the devil that control the world, the "elites" have all left and are hiding out in bunkers and they've been replaced by clones/body doubles/holograms, and so on) 3) far-left race-baiting "woke" BLM crew who have a vested interest in destroying the monarchy so they paint the next in line to the throne - William - as a wife beater, cheater and work-shy in an effort to sway the younger's generation opinion of royalty. The problem with these types is they are hypocrites who would gladly embrace the monarchy if William abdicated and Harry and Meghan were made king and queen.

Busybee5

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 9:15 pm

amother Seashell wrote:

Everyone is saying the video is AI
nothing moving in the background
Her stripes reflecting on the bench? How does that happen.

Something fishy.

Oh pleeeease stop
And we've had some really nice spring weather days recently. On and off but still can be nice out. This was obviously a current video of Kate , yes the real Catherine giving us an update. I still want to know if it was them in the farm shop video or not in the end! I think it was....

mattel25

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 9:33 pm

amother Gray wrote:

People saying that their PR lied or was hiding something don't understand that you were not entitled to her medical info until the patient herself (Kate) deemed it necessary. It wasn't necessary for us to know as Kate isn't Queen (yet) or a head of state. Also it's not up to the Palace to announce health crisis information but up to the patient, the couple, the family to process such a heart wrenching piece of news first. When they released the initial statement it seems like they did not know the tissue removed during the surgery was cancerous. Getting that diagnosis and deciding on a treatment plan takes time, not to mention coming to terms with all of this emotionally. For William and Kate, it was also about how and when would be the right time to tell their children. They waited until the start of Easter school break (yesterday) to announce it as this timing protects their children from the worst of the press.

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amother

Oxfordblue

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 9:51 pm

Who cares that the backdrop isnt moving? Maybe its just a greenscreen? Its very clearly a real update from the real person.

amother

Raspberry

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 10:15 pm

amother Honeysuckle wrote:

Do you feel ashamed now that it came out she has cancer?

I think her PR people did not handle the situation well at all. They would have been within their rights to just say she is recuperating and wants her privacy, and keep repeating. But putting out a sale picture and then lying about it after was not the right way to handle things, and they made the situation much worse as well as fueling the conspiracy theories even more.

amother

Babyblue

Thu, Mar 28 2024, 9:30 pm

https://5townscentral.com/2024.....s-it/

R’ Efrem Goldberg: It’s None of Your Business…Or Is It?
By 5TC Team -March 28, 20241

Recently, the Princess of Wales announced that she has cancer. In a video recorded in Windsor, the former Kate Middleton disclosed her diagnosis in order to put an end to speculation and gossip that began online but was then embraced and promoted by mainstream media about the state of her health and marriage. One of the perpetrators responsible is popular television host Stephen Colbert, who promoted unsubstantiated rumors about the princess and her husband.

When she revealed her diagnosis and the reason for her absence from public life, Colbert said on his show: “For the last six weeks, everyone has been talking about the mystery of Kate Middleton’s disappearance from public life and two weeks ago, we did some jokes about that mystery and all the attendant froufrou in the reporting about that, and when I made those jokes, that upset some people even before her diagnosis was revealed… I don’t know whether her prognosis is a tragic one, she’s the future queen of England and I assume she’s going to get the best possible medical care, but regardless of what it is, far too many of us know that any cancer diagnosis of any kind is harrowing for the patient and for their family, and though I’m sure they don’t need it from me, I and everyone here at ‘The Late Show’ would like to extend our well wishes and heartfelt hope that her recovery is swift and thorough.”

Besides for his monologue being a textbook example of a lame non-apology, the damage was already done. A woman was essentially bullied into disclosing something personal and private because enduring the gossip and conspiracy theories were worse and even harder to deal with.

It happened because people felt they had the right to know something that was actually none of their business. Colbert and members of the media weren’t the only ones who inquired where they didn’t belong. Three staff members at the prestigious private London hospital in which she had her surgery are accused of accessing her private medical records to satisfy their curiosity about what was going on in her life.

The Torah places great value on people’s right to privacy. Jewish law demands that we conduct ourselves with the presumption that all that we are told, even in pedestrian, casual conversation, is to be held in confidence unless it is explicitly articulated that we are free to repeat what we heard. The laws of hezek re’iyah forbid a person from looking into his or her neighbor’s property in a way that violates their privacy. We are instructed not to speak lashon ha’rah or rechilus and spread gossip, even if the information is absolutely true and entirely accurate. The Talmud (recent Daf Yomi – Bava Metzia 23b) goes so far as to tell us that we are permitted to distort the truth in circumstances where someone is prying for information that is none of their business and that they are not entitled to have.

This phenomenon expresses itself in many scenarios. When some hear about a couple getting divorced, their first response is, “What happened?” as if they are entitled to a full report about the most personal and private details of a couple (and often their children) going through a difficult time. Many pay a shiva call and feel a need to ask, “How did he/she die?” Certainly the mourner is free to volunteer the cause of death if they like, but is it really our business and do we truly need to know? When we ask, “Why did he lose his job?” or “Why did they break their engagement?” or “Why is she still single?” are we asking because we care about them, or is finding out somehow satisfying something in ourselves?

For some, the need to know stems from a sense of information as a source of power. Information is social currency and the more we know, the richer and more powerful we are. For others, the need to know stems from an inability to live with tension or mystery. And yet, for others, the need to know is similar to whatever draws us to slow down and look at the accident on the highway even though it has nothing to do with us at all and only creates traffic for others.

If we are really curious and want to inquire about something, it shouldn’t be about private information that doesn’t belong to us, it should be about the well-being of people who are eager for us to care enough to ask about it.

As the war continues to rage in Israel and the lives of our brothers and sisters remain radically interrupted, one of the things that compounds pain is a sense that those in chutz la’aretz have moved on. I have heard from Israelis how meaningful and powerful it is when people check in, inquire how they are doing, ask about their children who are serving and fighting. Conversely, when they receive a text or a phone call asking for advice about where the best restaurant is in Yerushalayim or about an activity for Pesach or upcoming trip without even mentioning how are you doing, how are your children, it hurts and it stings. Similarly, there are people living in our communities who have children and grandchildren living in Israel or fighting in Gaza. When they come to shul or meet not just acquaintances but friends in the supermarket or at an event and they aren’t asked about how their family is coping and how they are managing, they feel isolated and alone.

There are things that are none of our business, we aren’t entitled to know and we shouldn’t ask, push or bully others into disclosing or sharing with us. And then there are things we should feel are all of our business, all of our responsibility, the well-being of people we love and care about.

Let’s always remember the difference and channel our curiosity into the questions that will lift people up instead of making them feel down.