OK. So let's start first if we could,
Max with this video. So the video is now out
there.
She's being seen walking with a rather brisk step
for someone who had had surgery not too long ago.
Is the Palace confirming that this is in fact Kate
and William out?
No. So this was as we understand it,
video taken by another customer of this farm shop and
handed to The Sun which is now distributing it.
And we we believe it's real
and it's from the weekend
and it not to delve into too many of the
conspiracy theories,
but they look very happy together and she looks very
well.
Of course they've gone into such a frenzied state that
even with this video
there's all sorts of analysis of the
images you're seeing here and whether or not indeed they're
real,
whether or not these are body double S or AI
has been used.
There's no evidence of any of that.
But I I think it speaks to,
you know how you know this conversation has blown up
in really bizarre ways when normally we wouldn't have questioned
pieces of video like this.
But I think for many of the genuine fans,
it's really reassuring to see that she is indeed well,
when we've had so little information from the palace
and that that lack of information,
I am familiar with all all the things,
right? We keep calm, we carry on,
never complain, never explain. But the late Queen also said
you have to be seen to be believed.
So if you put all of that together,
it of course does fuel some of these crazy theories
that we've seen out there.
And some of the legitimate concern,
is it your sense? And I don't think we'd ever
hear this publicly,
but is it your sense internally that there is a
recognition that this was perhaps not handled as well as
it could have been?
Certainly the backlash? I mean,
I think from Prince William's point of view,
you know, having sort of worked with him for many
years,
his view what would have been,
I think it's safe to say
that Kate was going to hospital and needed to have
a plan and
they, he accepted that the public needed some information,
but he wasn't going to reveal it all.
He see saw it as private.
So they set up this plan that they'd say she
was in hospital,
they would give an update that's saying that she was
well and then they would say when they expected to
appear back at work,
which is Easter and they're just not
moving from that plan. I think that is
the reality of their view.
Of course, In the meantime,
we've had these doctored pictures released.
A first one that you talked about was from Mother's
Day,
and now Getty Images have gone through previous handouts,
as we call them, from the Palace,
where we don't know really what happened because we've just
given them and they've come up with this other one,
which was photographed by Kate again in
2022, released last year.
They're not clear. They're not saying this is necessarily manipulated,
but they are certainly saying there's some issues with it
and they're looking to it further.
They've labeled it saying they can't verify that there's a
true representation,
effectively what happened in that moment.
So this is a massive problem with the communications strategy
at the Palace because it speaks to the idea that
there is some sort of cover up going on,
even though it could have all been perfectly innocent.
But they're not changing tack.
They're not giving us more information.
They're not giving us the original photos and as you
said,
William is up in Sheffield today
carrying out a regular engagement and not addressing any of
this at all.