Public absence of the British royal family sparks speculation in the United Kingdom Buckingham Palace’s scant information on the health of Charles III and Kate Middleton, who was seen in a photograph Monday, raises more questions than answers

El Pais ^ | March 6, 2024 | Rafa de Miguel

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Everything about the British royal family since the beginning of the year has been steeped in the mystery of an Agatha Christie novel. And Then There Were None would be the perfect title for the successive disappearances from public life of the members of the Windsor household, which have unleashed a torrent of speculation and rumor, especially on social networks. First, the Princess of Wales, Catherine (Kate) Middleton, wife of the heir to the throne, Prince William, and almost immediately afterward King Charles III withdrew from the public eye due to health problems. Later, William also announced a pause in his public duties to attend to his wife, who was seen in apparently stolen photos on Tuesday. And even Queen Consort Camilla, who became almost exclusively in charge of representing the British royal household, has just announced that she is taking a week’s break overseas.

“It’s an ever-thickening fog of uncertainty. And it gives more energy to online rumors. It’s the problem of feeding out small pieces of information, enough to prompt more questions and not enough to give answers,” said Sean Coughlan, the BBC’s royal affairs correspondent, summing up the feeling of the British press.

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Tally Ho......Pip, Pip!
The firm keeps a steady grip.

And they have an old, old tradition. Their predecessors assassinated Mary Queen of Scots.( and others).

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yep centurys of control