Is Princess Kate sorry, or is she sorry she got caught? I hope it’s the latter.

When she issued a guarded, circuitous apology for secretly altering a photograph she had released in honour of Mother’s Day, she sounded a bit sorry-not-sorry.

Catherine’s body has always been heavily scrutinised – especially for signs of pregnancy.Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

She groped for the past tense, a passive construction which spoke volumes: “I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused.”

Note the lack of agency – confusion was caused, but it is not specified by whom.

The princess either needs a good editor, or she was marched with gritted teeth to the keyboard by the Kensington Palace publicity department, after it belatedly realised its attempt at royal propaganda had collided headlong with the juggernaut of internet conspiracies, further inflaming the situation.

The situation being this: in January it was announced that the Princess of Wales would be admitted to hospital for abdominal surgery and in recovery for three months.

She would not undertake any royal duties during that time.

She asked that her privacy be respected.

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William took the photo but Kate took the fall

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12.03.2024

Is Princess Kate sorry, or is she sorry she got caught? I hope it’s the latter.

When she issued a guarded, circuitous apology for secretly altering a photograph she had released in honour of Mother’s Day, she sounded a bit sorry-not-sorry.

Catherine’s body has always been heavily........

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