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Palace breaks silence on Kate Middleton conspiracy theories as spokesman says royal is focusing ‘on his work and not on social media’
The Palace has broken his silence on Kate Middleton conspiracy theories as a palace spokesman says the Prince of Wales is focusing ‘on his work and not on social media’.
It comes just two days after the Princess of Wales was pictured for the first time since undergoing abdominal surgery in January as an American website published photos of her being driven by her mother near Windsor.
Although officials have refused to give any further updates on Kate Middleton’s health due to medical privacy, royal aids have insisted she is ‘doing well’.
Following abdominal surgery, Kate has remained out of the public eye for two months as she recovers.
The pictures were published by US gossip website TMZ but not in the UK after Kensington Palace appealed for her to be able to recuperate in private.
The response came in American celebrity magazine People calling for transparency over the Princess’ condition.
A spokesman told the outlet: ‘His focus is on his work and not on social media.’
The rebuttal comes less than a week after Royal aides spoke out to condemn the ‘madness of social media’ as conspiracy theories continue to circulate about the Princess of Wales’s health.
Frenzied speculation began to circulate online shortly after Prince William pulled out of the service for the late King Constantine of Greece, who died last January, while his father King Charles was also absent as his cancer treatment continues.
The Prince of Wales had not been seen since the Bafta awards in London earlier this month until he visited the Western Marble Arch Synagogue in central London. The Princess of Wales was last seen on Christmas at Sandringham.
However social media users came up with a host of wild theories about Kate’s absence, with speculation that the Princess may be in a coma, in the process of being cloned, having ‘Brazilian butt lift’ work done or simply that she had a bad haircut and is in hiding until it grows out.