This week marks the five-month anniversary of the last time we saw a photo of Kate Middleton making a public appearance.
It’s been a turbulent start to 2024 for the royals, particularly for the Princess of Wales, who is yet to make a public appearance after an announcement regarding her ill health. Reflecting on her medically-induced period of absence, a royal correspondent has cast her mind back to a photo from Christmas Day 2023 – the last time Kate Middleton made an official appearance, which she believes highlights the ‘fragile’ nature of the royal family.
Five months on from Kate Middleton’s most recent official appearance
Things looked exceedingly normal on December 25 last year, as Kate, Prince William, their three children and Mike and Zara Tindall’s daughter, Mia, walked to church in Sandringham, Norfolk.
Their wholesome Christmas morning stroll along to the festive service was all smiles, as crowds of onlookers, draped in their Sunday best, waved on.
Yet, as it would transpire, this would be Middleton’s last public appearance before she signed off from royal duty on medical grounds – after a frantic period of media speculation prompted her to reveal her cancer diagnosis publically.
Family photo represents ‘fragile’ reality, says royal correspondent
Speaking on how the images of William and Kate are now rather hard to look back on, royal reporter Daniela Esler said: “Today, from this distance five months on, those Kate photos take on a whole new layer of meaning, especially when you consider that this coming week will mark 150 days since then.
“Now, those Kate-in-blue images stand for something much darker”, Elser added.
“To me, they represent just how fragile and how vulnerable the royal family was, except we had no idea at the time.”
Given how toxic the fallout surrounding Kate and her eventual cancer diagnosis reveal, and the constant negativity plaguing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle – it is fair to say that there has been a fair deal of upheaval that justifies Elser’s suggestion that the royal family is “fragile”.
Rather cuttingly, Elser concluded that: “The truth that that Kate photo from Christmas 2023 concealed was just how close to the wind Crown Inc was sailing.”
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