Kensington Palace is finally acknowledging new images of what appears to be Kate Middleton out shopping with Prince William. The images taken on Saturday were obtained by the Sun. This is AFP. One of the world's largest news agencies is publicly saying that Kensington Palace is no longer a quote unquote, trusted source. A source is OUTFRONT. The Princess of Wales was spotted near a home on Saturday, according to the Sun's Matt Wilkinson. Yet those details fueled more speculation and conspiracy t
heories. Another weekend, another series of fake online rumors, this time drawing a firm response from Buckingham Palace. A royal source telling CNN the King Charles is continuing with official and private business and the British embassy in key force to go as far as saying that online rumors about the king's death are fake. It's all adding to an ongoing sense of crisis and uncertainty facing the royals. It's been just over a week since this image of Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her childre
n, was released. The family photo, which was supposed to celebrate Mother's Day in the UK, quickly became the center of a controversy over trust and image manipulation, with Catherine issuing a personal apology, saying she edited the picture herself. Speculation also swirling about why she wasn't wearing a wedding ring. Buckingham Palace was already facing, at the very least, a health crisis, with King Charles stepping back from many of his royal duties as he fights cancer. And the Princess of W
ales taking an extended leave after abdominal surgery. It's meant the royal family is perhaps stretched more than it's ever been with just 11 working royals and only Queen Camilla and Prince William as senior members representing the king. Combine that with questions over why the Princess of Wales hasn't been seen in public and calls for more details on Charles condition. It's perhaps no surprise it's led to such a dent in public trust. This is the smallest crisis that the royal family has ever
faced in the past. The royal family dealt with violent death, abdication, infidelity, all sorts of sins and crimes and scandals. Making your family photos look a tiny bit better. It's nowhere near anything on the scale of what the royal family have had to deal with before. While that may be the case, the rumor mill only adds more unnecessary pressure on the Princess of Wales ahead of her next public appearance. Expected around Easter is as far as CNN London. Now it's now royal historian Kate Wil
liams. And Kate, you hear this report and of course, this is the topic you cover. I mean, the sun's new images of what appears to be Kate and Prince William shopping this weekend. Of course, in the context here is spread speculation and whether the images are real. The palace is response. No comment after they were forced to actually comment on on rumors that the king was dead, which is a stunning thing to think they'd comment on. I mean, does any of this clear anything up for you? Yes, this is
it. Our own. The royals have been in crisis the last time we saw Kate. This woman we're used to seeing in the heat almost immediately after she's given birth up there in makeup and high heels. We haven't seen her since Christmas Day. And the Internet has exploded into rumor. The Mother's Day photo was supposed to stop the rumor. It actually increased the rumors. They intensified. And over this weekend, we've seen a flurry of activity, comments and sources saying she'd be out and about soon. And
then this sighting at the Windsor Farm Shop. And now these photographs which have been published in some publications, and it does look as if this visit to the Windsor Farm Shop was real, that Kate is up and about. I do think it was, to a degree, set up a way of seeing her. But certainly the fact that now every photo that the Wales has put out is being doubted really suggests a problem that they have now with trust. And this is the thing I mean, you know, we live in a world where, yes, you know,
you talk about infidelities and murderers and all these things, but a world of AI and uncertainty and Photoshop and what is real is what is sparking this crisis. The Photoshopped image released on Mother's Day is when all of well, actually not all of this, but a lot of this started. Right. There have been a lot of speculation before what was wrong with her and why wasn't she talking about it when the king talked about his diagnosis so openly in this image with all the Photoshopping? It appears
she's not wearing her wedding ring and now all of a sudden, something that was completely taboo is now front and center and everywhere, which is the state of their marriage. Stephen Colbert is out publicly resurrecting an old rumor that Prince William had an affair. And that is everywhere on social media. Here's Stephen Colbert. So I think we all know who the alleged other woman is. With me, the Marchioness of Chell, Mandalay. What a beautiful name. Now, there have been rumors an affair between
William and the marching band of chicanery since 2019. According to tabloids. Back then, when Kate supposedly confronted him about it, he laughed it off, saying there was nothing to it. Always a good response when your wife accuses you of cheating. And, Kate, with all of this now getting such public airing. What is going on? It's a disaster. It's a PR disaster. The radio silence is a PR disaster into it. Conspiracy theories burst and one of them was the marriage was in trouble. These rumors have
surfaced before. Everyone ignore them. Now they are being taken to a degree, seriously. And I just feel so sorry for Kate. She's been through surgery. It must have been tough. And now really, it's very clear that they've got to do something to stop these rumors and official engagements. An official photo, because there's all this talk about Kate, about her condition and most of all about the marriage. And that's hard. That's got to be incredibly hard. Of course, as I say, these these people, no
matter who they are, they are human beings and and people as we all are. Thank you so much, Kate. I appreciate your time.
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