Now that Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis has been revealed, the world is looking back at everything that led to this moment, and the secrets that are surfacing. It’s becoming more apparent that Kate sacrificed herself to protect her family – and the Palace did little to protect her.
Throughout the conspiracy theories surrounding Kate’s disappearance, arguably the biggest publicity scandal occurred on Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom.
Kensington Palace shared a photo of Kate and her three children, George, Charlotte, and Louis, on Mother’s Day, but after it was uncovered that the photo had been manipulated in multiple different places, most major news outlets issued a “kill order” for the picture.
Kate Was Used As a Scapegoat
After the fact, Kate issued a statement that she had been experimenting with Photoshop, and apologized for the mistake.
At the time, the excuse drew criticism due to the fact that very few people believed that the future Queen of England would be personally using Photoshop.
But now that it’s been revealed that Kate has actually been struggling with cancer during her mysterious disappearance, the criticism surrounding this excuse has reached an all-time high.
X, formerly known as Twitter, users are calling out the Palace for using Kate as a scapegoat while she was secretly going through cancer treatments.
Many also commented about how this excuse was in line with everything Harry and Meghan have revealed about the Royal Family in recent years, and how “the Firm” will go to great lengths to protect itself, even using a woman dealing with cancer as the reason for its mistakes.
Harry and Meghan issued a short statement about Kate to Us Weekly, saying:
“We wish health and healing for Kate and the family, and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace.”
But others believe this has more to do with Kate’s selflessness towards her family, specifically her children.
Kate Let the Rumors Swirl to Protect Her Kids
She made a point to say in her statement that they stayed silent to protect her children, and to make sure they had time to process what was happening before telling the public.
It’s now becoming clearer and clearer that she was willing to throw herself under the bus in order to protect her children from the public as they processed the news about their mother.
First, she was willing to take the blame for the Photoshop mishap.
Then, she stood by silently as the British press resurfaced the rumors of William’s affair from years ago.
And now finally, she’s filmed this video, even though she’s ill, to put a stop to the rumors once and for all.
Buckingham Palace spoke out on behalf of King Charles, saying that he is “so proud of Catherine for her courage in speaking as she did.”
Along with that, King Charles and Kate were admitted to the same hospital, and the Palace said that he “remained in the closest contact with his beloved daughter-in-law throughout the past weeks.”
However, many called out the irony of the Palace not protecting Kate and allowing her to metaphorically crucify herself to protect the Royal Family, only to show support for her diagnosis after the fact.
