BBC sports reporter questioned the authenticity of TMZ’s Princess Kate video

As someone who does not have a strong belief in one particular Princess of Wales conspiracy, I’m just sort of hedging my bets on what’s really going on in The Sun/TMZ video. Allegedly, Prince William and Kate were seen by a random guy on Saturday, at the Windsor Farm Store, and the guy took a blurry video of W&K practically sprinting out of the store. Kate wore leggings, walked briskly and without aid, and she carried a heavy-looking bag. My initial thought was “that’s Kate but she’s had a hell of a lot of plastic surgery since Christmas.” After several viewings, I’m now questioning that – the gait was off, the woman in the video seems too tall and her proportions didn’t seem like Kate’s proportions. I could apparently never say any of this is I worked for any British media outlet, where a strict code of royal-sycophancy must be maintained at all time. Pity this poor BBC sports reporter, who questioned the royal-party line:

A BBC sports reporter appeared to promote conspiracy theories about the Princess of Wales by suggesting it was a “lookalike’ who was photographed over the weekend. The Princess, whose absence from public life while she has been recovering from surgery has sparked a flurry of bizarre conspiracy theories, was pictured visiting the Windsor Farm Shop on Saturday.

Sonja McLaughlan, the BBC’s rugby specialist, echoed this theory online, suggesting the individual seen shopping alongside Prince William was not his wife, but a double. She also suggested Prince William could have been replaced by an actor.

Commenting on a video which compares the individual in the latest footage against past pictures of the Princess, Ms McLaughlan wrote: “It’s so obviously not Kate. Some newspapers are reporting it as fact. But it’s not her. No conspiracy theorist but all very odd.”

She added to her post on Twitter: “Disturbing that newspapers like The Times are reporting this as fact. Headline ‘Kate seen in public for the first time’ when it’s clearly not her. As someone has said. Could be a couple of lookalikes making mischief.”

[From The Telegraph & MSN]

Not only is the video extremely odd, but the reaction to the video is odd and the reaction to people questioning the authenticity of the video is just bonkers. Like, the Windsors have zero credibility now. The Mother’s Day frankenphoto changed everything. William’s refusal to explain why he skipped his godfather’s memorial changed everything. The weirdness around which candid photos and videos are “allowed” to be published has added an extra layer of bullsh-t too – what is palace-approved or not, what is a set-up, why did the Sun run a story with no photos or video about the Windsor Farm Store visit for 24 hours? And on and on. I applaud this woman for at least having legitimate doubts and questioning the wisdom of every British outlet putting THEIR credibility on the line for what could conceivably be another Kensington Palace manipulation.

Speaking of, TMZ executive producer Charles Latibeaudiere has already started walking back the authenticity of the video:

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  1. equality says:

    “Could be a couple of lookalikes making mischief.” So setting the stage for KP to have not been involved, it was just the idea of some lookalikes.

    • Scooby Gang says:

      Exactly.

      I think this was a test… testing the gullibility of the public to see what they could get away with.

      Like… maybe using a Kate stand-in for Easter?

      • Sunday says:

        yea at this point I think there’s a lot of testing the fences going on. they got called out hard on the frankenphoto and decided to revert to an old classic (body doubles) and that didn’t work either. next up maybe they’ll try the home alone shadows on the curtains technique.

      • Eurydice says:

        Well, that would be hilarious, but the whole family would have to be in on it. Maybe Kate’s Easter hat will come with a long veil?

      • Jan90067 says:

        I said it yesterday: those are BOTH “doubles” that do that impersonating gig for The Fail and/or the ones outside of BP. If you google it, you will find quite a few of these lookalikes.

        Going down the rabbit hole yesterday, I found a LOT of pictures that are now being questioned as “shopped”, incl the one with the Wails with little George and baby Char standing with Liz and Phil at Balmoral.

    • I never believed it was Can’t or Peg. Why they allowed this fiction video out is them continuing to deceive. Peg thinks he is really good at PR and once again the little putz is proven wrong. He makes the whole situation worse. Yesterday there was a very clear photo of the King arriving in a car at Clarence House. That’s Chuckles showing him how it’s done again.

    • Brassy Rebel says:

      Just two random people who decided to go to the Windsor Farm Shop and impersonate W&K. As incompetent as they are, KP has managed to maintain plausible deniability in this case. They will claim ignorance if anyone has evidence (other than visual) that this isn’t W&K. When I texted my niece yesterday with a tweet saying it’s not Kate, she texted right back, “It’s not William either.”

      • WiththeAmerican says:

        I saw on BBC yesterday an anchor saying KP had confirmed it was them, but gave no official statement.

        Of course, KP is Kim Jong Un now, so that really only means they want it to be seen as them. I’ve also not seen that repeated elsewhere.

      • Digital Unicorn says:

        @Withtheamerican – they’ve apparently back tracked on that, I saw a report that the palace are now refusing to comment on it (after confirming it was them).

        Even if Kitty got a whole new face, I have a hard time believing it was her or them in that video.

      • Feeshalori says:

        I was concentrating so much on the Dupli-Kate that l didn’t realize that it was a William impersonator too.

      • Becks1 says:

        I think if this was actually William and Kate, at this point KP would confirm it – we would have heard “the prince and princess were enjoying a quiet afternoon together as her recovery progresses, its unfortunate their privacy was breached in such a manner but they understand the interest the public has in them as public figures.”

        and if it wasn’t them AND KP wasn’t sanctioning these videos, we would hear “this is clearly a game someone is playing to try to earn money off the princess’s illness and its despicable.”

        Instead we’re hearing silence, and we’re seeing these pictures splashed everywhere. I think KP can’t quite decide which way to go here. I think they can’t confirm it was them because it wasn’t (this is a turn around for me from yesterday btw) but now that the images are everywhere they can’t fully backtrack either.

    • AMB says:

      Yeah, but honestly, when I first saw that video I WAS expecting them to suddenly stop and start singing “The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow” a la the movie Dave. (“We killed ’em at the Saperstein wedding!”)

  2. Proud Mary says:

    That is not Kate. Either the Sun and TMZ got played, or they were in on the fix. Both entities are owned by Rupert Murdoch, who has an agreement with William. (Is it not fishy at all that only the Sun has access to the videographer?) The question is, will TMZ exercise any independence at all, once they come to realize that they’re being used to promote propaganda. I think too many US media entities are only now coming to grips with the level to which zero journalism exists on that island, especially when it comes to covering the royals.

    • sevenblue says:

      What I don’t understand, TMZ paid this guy 200K pounds for the video. So, why don’t they just interview the guy live on their show? If I paid some guy that much money for a grainy video, I would make him sing for it in front of everyone live in the studio.

      • Harper says:

        That dude is not anwering TMZ’s calls. He’s probably already left town with his 200K. But kudos to him for making bank off of this circus.

        Although the idea that Murdoch set it up with look-alikes is intriguing as now there are a lot of people who believe it was her. Propaganda’s goal is to confuse the masses.

      • Tuesday says:

        TMZ doesn’t care if it’s actually Kate. They made that $200k back in 30 minutes.

    • Dee(2) says:

      Agree. Too many publications in the U.S. just regurgitated for years BM wire reporting with no questions regarding authenticity or contradictions. That’s why so many casual observers thought Kate was just some sweetheart who (ugh) never put a foot wrong. It appears that while there’s still some, just leave her alone articles ( that Meghan didn’t and doesn’t get), a good portion are realizing the BRF aren’t truthful.

    • Smart&Messy says:

      Yeah, that is what I thought when US outlets just adopted some BM talking points about the royals and H&M. That they just don’t know how far the BM has gone in colluding with the royals. And now they are realizing it. Some will even get some credibility hits if they don’t start looking into facts rather than accepting things the BM says.
      PS: that is not Peg’s nose and chin either.

    • Digital Unicorn says:

      It’s also interesting that, like the Carole photo, the UK tabs only ran with the screen shot that was on the Sun newspaper, they haven’t embedded the video. Well not that I have seen so I could be wrong on that.

      I think they know this was a setup using doubles, the photo was to see how the public would react and it went badly so they released the video.

    • Alice says:

      It’s the thighs that convinced me it’s not her. This woman has no muscle definition which Kate has in abundance especially above the knee. This is not something one can lose in a couple of months considering she was not immobilized in cast from the waist down.

  3. Just Jade says:

    It would be nice to see all the rats turn on each other. Even TMZ is laughing about the authenticity of that fake Kate video. Why are they going out of their ways to prove that was her? I am so happy H&M and their kids are out of that family.

  4. ML says:

    Wow, it takes guts to go against protocol. I wonder if Sonja McLaughlan was speaking just for herself or if she voiced the collective behind-the-scenes opinion? I could see a rugby reporter having more leeway than a royal reporter or even a news reporter.

  5. StillDouchesOfCambridge says:

    The chin is different, she walks funnily, the socks: kkkhan’t would never wear it that way-not traditional enough. She needs to come out, hug people with the day’s newpaper in her hand, live streamed no filters by many people at the same time!! lol what they have created is their own doing!

    • Ana Maria says:

      …and the ears; video-Kate has pointy ears, real-Kate does not

    • lucky says:

      I kinda feel like she is emaciated which can make lots of things look different like her legs look longer, ears and chin look larger, cheekbones are wild… all because proportions are different?

      • Alice says:

        Yes but then her muscles would be even more pronounced on her legs. She has very pronounced muscles on the thighs, thia is all absent in this video. It’s not something one loses over a couple of months especially when she was not in cast, immobilized.

  6. Jules says:

    The fact that not a single supporting witness from the Market has come out to support the W and K outing is a huge tell. Just the documentary film maker with his crappy video lol. Nothing suspicious here.

    • Moondust says:

      Apparently an ex cricket player took their defense (is he after an MBE?). Didn’t William visit a cricket stadium recently? Again, phony.

  7. Seraphina says:

    None of this continues to mesh well. Ma Middleton has not been seen since the car photo and have her staffers seen or talked to her since? Where are the kids? And now the video is being scrutinized (as well it should be). That’s a whole lotta trouble to go through for a princess wo is going though a lengthy plastic surgery recovery.

    • anotherlily says:

      The silence of the Middletons is adding to the mystery. There hasn’t been a single sentence from any of them. (Gary Goldsmith doesn’t count. He is clearly kept away from the Middletons and knows nothing )

      I wonder if they have been told by the Palace to say nothing or have been asked to release a reassuring statement and have refused.

      • Moondust says:

        The total silence and absence of the Middletons (except for the staged pap shot) adds another layer of the whole bizarreness.

  8. SamuelWhiskers says:

    I don’t think it’s her, but the real mystery is why is KP so desperate to promote this image of super healthy Kate, while simultaneously claiming she’s so unwell that she needs six months of total quiet and isn’t even able to do 1 Zoom call or 1 minor event where she doesn’t even need to do anything.

    If she’s able to prance around shopping in leggings and skinny jeans then she’s capable of standing on a balcony to wave for 2 minutes.

    • Eurydice says:

      Are they promoting the video? Or is the press promoting it? It seems that KP are letting the press do the dirty work and if/when the video is proven false, KP can say they didn’t know anything about it.

      • Jais says:

        Peter Hunt has spoken really well about this. He says the fact that the papers have even run the photos without a fuss from KP is practically a tacit endorsement. And it’s in contrast to how the papers were pressured to not run the Carole/Kate photo. But yeah, if it turns out to be fake then KP has plausible deniability but they are playing games in letting the papers run it with no pushback.

    • ML says:

      It’s not lining up with her medical diagnosis and until they either explain a bit as to what is ailing her or change the images to reflect what the public knows about her condition, this cannot work.
      In a normal world situation, even if she were still recovering, she would be gently forced to reintegrate into work. They would have already started zoom calls, having her come in one or two days a week building up to about 10 hours so that she’d be ready to work a 40-hour week 3 – 6 months after her operation. Clearly, this woman is super privileged and that isn’t happening, but this is what she’d be faced with in Europe. For all I know in other countries reintegration would be swifter. The messaging is an absolute disaster.

      • Jaded says:

        And let’s face it, she never worked a 40 hour week in her life, even at the peak of good health. The guy who took this video is laughing all the way to the bank and KP/Willbur have egg on their faces once again. When will this stupid soap opera end…do they not realize they’re humiliating themselves on the world stage?

    • BeanieBean says:

      The longer they remain quiet the more obvious it is: Kate brings nothing to the table. She can literally not show her face for three whole months, or six, and it literally does not matter. The jig is up. She’s not the keystone, not the peacemaker, not the savior of the BRF. She’s immaterial to the institution as a whole, and more worrisome, to its individual members.

  9. Jais says:

    Yeah, agree with @kaiser, that after the Mother’s Day photo, it makes sense that people will doubt random videos. The way people are rolling their eyes or scolding people for not believing the video is pretty gross. They literally just faked a photo and won’t show the original. They play games with tabloids. Why should anything be believed?

    • WiththeAmerican says:

      That part is sending me. There’s some new names here calling people crazy and another one repeating the q anon accusation from a different poster a few days ago, clearly talking points they’re trying to use to silence people.

      When KP is trying to shame the public into silence, it’s because they refuse to produce Kate in a clear photo or video that is authenticated. That’s how easy it would be to shut all of this down. But they refuse to do it. Why?

      • Where'sMyTiara says:

        Because they can’t show her.
        Why they can’t show her… would be interesting to know.
        It’s at the root of the whole 2.5 month coverup, tbh.
        All these palace parlor tricks are attempts at public appeasement.
        But it’s doing down like a balloon filled with Sunak’s sewage-filled seawater.

        They need to stop playing games at the palaces, and come clean – about her, what happened to her, why her staff and family didn’t know she was having “planned surgery”, why the kids haven’t been seen attending school, and whether someone else was responsible for her current condition. All of it. Come clean about all of it.

        The longer they put off the reckoning the worse it will be for the institution. It could very well end the monarchy, in a D by 1000 cuts (made by media missteps) if they keep playing these asinine games in the public sphere.

  10. Agnes says:

    Didn’t realize how invested I was in the conspiracy vortex around Kate until this video came out. It immediately seemed off kilter (why would she look happy and free around that bullying ass Egg NOW when she never has before?) but if it IS her? That possibility pointed out how much I’ve been looking forward to reading about another total mess from WanK on this blog and Twitter every morning. It’s addictive! Is KP trying to be the gossip equivalent of crack cocaine?

  11. Sunday says:

    to The Sun: were you trolled, or were you trollling?

    • Christine says:

      And why does the DF shriek, “Harry and Meghan are downgraded” on the same page? Same old, same old, and I feel really sorry for the people that don’t see the sleight of hand. I don’t know how they manage to complete any task, it’s all right there.

  12. Jks says:

    Initially I thought it was Kate with a facelift but now I’m more and more convinced that it’s Gabriella Munro Douglas. She’s lanky, leggy, young and a much closer resemblance to the woman in the video. The jawline, her hair , the chin… it’s very very close.
    Nelson Silva probably has ‘untrained eyes’ and easily duped, or he’s in on the hoax. It’s no coincidence that a Kate lookalike is walking with a Will lookalike.

    • Bettyrose says:

      Ooh thanks for the tip. Just googled her and yep that tracks. Ears and all.

      • Jks says:

        ☺️

        Oops. I didn’t know lanky also meant awkward. I didn’t mean that! She’s tall and has long slender limbs. She walks with a slight bounce whereas Kate sort of lunges, rather stiff leggedly.

      • Bettyrose says:

        I only think lanky hints at awkward when describing a tall, thin man. I didn’t read it that way here.

    • Feeshalori says:

      Thank you, now I’m falling down the rabbit hole of Kate look-alikes. I didn’t realize there were so many.

    • Sid says:

      Ah I see it. She has same small elfin head as the video lady. And long legs, which Mrs. Wails decidedly does not have.

    • WiththeAmerican says:

      Yep, I didn’t see it with the other double yesterday but this one has the features that would look like what we saw in the grainy contrasty video.

      She also has rounded leaning forward shoulders, but is graceful in a way Kate isn’t. And small boned instead of athletic like Kate.

    • CatMum says:

      I think you are correct. I just did an image search on her and I think she was the one in the video. the William impersonator is going to be tough to figure out since we never get a clear view of his face what with the ball cap.

    • Proud Mary says:

      I think you might be on to something. There’s a clear resemblance there.

    • Jaded says:

      Gabriella Munro Douglas has stated she was not the lookalike, that she was on another job at the time. There’s another Kate model I saw the other day who looks much more like Kate than Gabriella, I’ll do a snoop and post it.

    • Jaded says:

      Here’s another woman who looks way more like the fake Kate: https://www.instagram.com/katelookalike/?hl=en

    • morgfunk says:

      I agree with you. I hate myself for going down this dang rabbit hole, but I clicked on her instagram and scrolled through it…and she has photos from windsor farm, https://www.instagram.com/p/a3Hw1Kq0oh/?viewer=true&hl=en

      not sure if the link worked or what, but my point is, she’s been there before. And it makes sense to cash in on this, now would be the time. I would do it if I was a Kate lookalike lol.

      • kirk says:

        morgfunk – Link worked perfectly. First pic on her instagram is a Windsor Farm Shop bag!

    • Babz says:

      All those reasons you list are some of what makes me think it’s not Kate. The give-away for me are the ears, and the teeth when she smiled. Those are absolutely not Kate’s very expensive veneers. This woman seems to be showing her real teeth. It was glaringly obvious in the still photos that had been scrubbed of most of the blurriness that was in the video. And the ears – no way does Kate have those elfin ears. They almost look fake on the woman in the video! There are too many unanswered questions about the couple in the video to ever make me believe it’s real. I don’t give a blessed damn what the BBC says.

    • Mila says:

      It looks like Rose.

  13. Alex Can says:

    Yikes I agree with the guy in the video from tmz. At first I thought it was her but now I don’t. That woman is too tall and the gait is all wrong.

    • Voominvava says:

      She does walk a little different than Kate, but she’s walking quite briskly, and Kate doesn’t usually walk that fast at her ”job”. Also, Kate’s proportions are not typical, she has a long body that is really noticeable and not that many people have that type of shape and this person in the video does.. I find that to be a tougher thing to duplicate with a look alike.

  14. HeatherC says:

    Let’s not forget that there are people that make a living off being royal impersonators. They are specifically hired for appearances etc.

    • Underhill says:

      Apparently there are quite a few of them. No birthday party complete with a royal impersonator, lol.

  15. Becks1 says:

    I remember a video on Fox News years ago, maybe the first few months of Trump. (I know, I know. it was just a clip I saw on social media, I didnt watch the channel, lol.) Anyway I think it was Shep Smith (is that his name?) and he was talking about…..I dont even remember. (sorry, great story.) But it was in response to some attack from the Trump admin on a journalist and he was listing all these things that Trump had covered up and was like, “and you’re going to try to tell us that we’re wrong for asking the questions? No sir.”

    I swear its a good clip, LOL.

    Anyway, that’s how I feel now. You’re going to tell us that she needs months off for some mysterious surgery, you’re going to pressure the British press to NOT run a picture of Kate and her mother, you’re going to back out of a family memorial service for your godfather, you’re going to release a photo that is so altered that the photo agencies kill it, and then you’re going to stage a pic of “Kate” in a car with her head turned away, and then you’re going to stage this grainy video at a farm stand with someone who could or could not be Kate…..

    and then you’re going to tell us that we’re wrong for doubting your credibility, for asking questions about said video? No sir. We are not wrong for asking.

  16. samipup says:

    Well the only thing I am wondering today is if it will be discovered the videos of the Queen having tea with P.Bear and her helicoptering with Janes Bond are fake. That would break my heart!

    • chikki says:

      Absolutely REAL videos. Paddington Bear would never be involved in something shady like that, he is an honest bear 🙂

      • FlamingHotCheetos2021 says:

        OH, Paddington Bear, I thought that was Pooh Bear.

        But the point still stands, Paddington Bear and Pooh Bear are both VERY honest bears!

    • Feeshalori says:

      Say it ain’t so!

    • Underhill says:

      I’d rather believe those than anything that KP puts out, these days.

  17. Em says:

    I think it’s her but she has lost weight, we are used to seeing carefully edited photos of her ( even makeup free ones) that we really don’t know what she looks like in real life, if you see the photo taken of her at that “rave” last year then you’ll know it’s truly her.

    • Jaded says:

      But it’s her bone structure, ears and gait that are different, not just that she lost weight or always has her photos altered, it’s the things that can’t be altered that are giving it away that this was staged with fakes.

  18. Kateee says:

    I think the socks cover the fact that this woman is wearing lifts to be Kate’s height. Kate’s legs just aren’t built like that.

    I feel crazy. I consider myself a serious, non-internet person. Why does this nonsense keep sucking me back in?

  19. Defender of Cats says:

    Look at the difference in Kates face between the two front pages. It appears the sun has ‘kateified’ the persons face, while the mail shows a woman who does not look like Kate. For all we know it could be two people having a laugh, and the photographer, the sun and tmz have fallen for it.

    • chikki says:

      YES! I just don’t understand how people are not talking about that more. It is like two different photos.

    • blueberry says:

      The two photos are different stills from the video and it’s possible the difference is in the angle. Surely also I don’t trust the Sun but I’d need a closer look to decide.

  20. therese says:

    I’m just going to say that William better keep up his Bafta duties and stay in good with the acting crowd, because he is going to need to keep coming up with Kate look-a-likes until and if “will the real Kate Middleton please step up”. (That wasn’t Kate)

    • Feeshalori says:

      LOL, based on your comment I just had to go to YouTube to watch Eminem’s ”Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up.”

    • Underhill says:

      (She) could be working at Burger King,
      Spitting in your Onion Rings.

  21. Chelsea says:

    The day this video dropped Symone D Sanders, a former Biden aide who now works at MSNBC, tweeted that NBC couldn’t verify the video and cast some doubt on it. I kind of just ignored it because this story is story was starting to get boring to me but now that TMZ is openly questioning this and KP has still refused to confirm that it was her I’m more suspicious.

    As someone pointed out on Twitter: why did KP confirm that the person in that car pic whose face we couldn’t see was Kate but refuse to confirm that this person was Kate?? My theory right now is that it is not Kate but it’s not staged either; it’s William with another woman. KP won’t confirm it’s her because it’s not and they are worried people will eventually figure that out since her face is visible but they can’t deny it because with all the rumors about their marriage it would be a mess if there were headlines about him being seen with another woman while his wife is recovering from ‘abdominal surgery’.

    • ML says:

      Chelsea, I do believe that W cheats. However, I can’t wrap my head around him bringing another woman a couple of miles from his home, going shopping with her in a farm store his family provides with produce, and not being noticed by the locals when his wife is missing.

      • Babz says:

        The only – ONLY – reason I could maybe believe it was Will with another woman in this setting, is that she is an RPO officer, hired to be Kate’s double. Security services do this, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the CIA or Mossad or any other government security service does it, too. The only reason I can think of for Will to be so comfortable walking with her in public, without a care in the world – especially at this time – is that she’s known to him as a member of his wife’s detail. There would be no reason for him to try to be secretive at being seen with her, because she’s hired to protect them. That being said, a lot of the public would not know about body doubles for security, and so they see what they want to see and believe it’s Kate. Also, shame on him for being so oblivious that he can appear with this woman in public, who so closely resembles his wife if you don’t look too closely, and not realize that it could raise questions. His arrogance and sense of entitlement don’t allow him to worry what the peasants might be thinking. OR – he really is that oblivious and doesn’t think twice about appearing with a side chick a mile from his supposed home and is almost daring the paps to catch him. I put NOTHING past this guy.

  22. Jessica says:

    I don’t believe it’s Kate and haven’t thought so since they released the video. It just doesn’t look like or move like her. When it was released, I thought “what an unsatisfying conclusion to this drama” so I’m loving the continued clusterf*ck. For what it’s worth, I showed my bf (decidedly NOT a royal watcher) the three pics- Mother’s Day, the car pic, and a still from the video. He said the video still and the Mother’s Day pic were the same person, so make of that what you will.

    • Pixie says:

      I mean men don’t even realise that “natural” makeup can take an hour to apply so let’s not get ahead of ourselves here lol.

  23. Interested Gawker says:

    That was not Kate in that video and KP was crafty in saying the ‘photos’ were them but made no comment about the video. Many of the papers ran older stills from other, earlier events on their papers and websites. ‘Those’ really were William and Kate from previous engagements. They haven’t said anything about the veracity of the video and then let William Scot free letting him yuk it up at some other event as if nothing was amiss. When are people going to demand a response and verify a video that news outlets parroting’ Kate was seen outside’ with out any questioning of the footage.

    Not minutes after The Sun put out the video all the rota posting that it went live -promoting it rather than happening on it organically, didn’t just say, “Kate was seen shopping…” ALL of them suggested it should put speculation to rest. People are inserting themselves into SM spaces, showing up here, telling us we’re conspiracy theorists dripping imperious scorn. No. GTFOH. That video was purported to be the P&POW and the palace has a responsibility to answer the public and state whether it was actually them in that footage. This isn’t a cutesy internal matter, it’s become a matter of international interest. If KP won’t then BP better step up and save the BRF’s reputation from William’s clown show.

  24. Lau says:

    Even fake Melania is not getting that much attention, perhaps they should have called her and asked for tips.

  25. Jodes says:

    The socks give it away. Katie does not wear socks with trainers.

    • Interested Gawker says:

      This! There are websites that track everything Kate wears, WE SEE HER, year in and year out. A style detail like that is a red flag and we know it to be so from experience.

    • Hummingbird says:

      I did a bit of a deep dive on old photos and I did come across 1 photo of Kate with leggings tucked into socks. Wish I’d noted where now.
      It’s not her on the video.

      • Interested Gawker says:

        That’s what they want though, they want people arguing about that sort of minutiae rather than staying focused on the fact that it’s fake.

        TMZ said they ‘debunked’ the claim that it was Kate’s Vogue cover face on the Mothering Sunday photo before that theory had reached a wider public, they are part of this apparatus trying to move the story out of SM, realizing now they might get burned too after this video debacle. They are openly questioning their own scoop? Now? Reading comments under their You Tube realizing the only people ‘buying it’ were the KP plants making fun of people being gullible? I do hope international news gets clarification from the palace that the video. That footage was false. With wars, elections and climate change impacting everyone who consumes news media, allowing that video to be reported on as true with so many obvious hints it wasn’t real, the zeal with which some on SM and traditional media outlets push to paint people questioning it to be shrugged off as cranks is dangerous.

      • BeanieBean says:

        Yes, jeans tucked into socks for when she’s wearing her hiking boots, but that’s it. Not with sneakers. Not unless there was a quick change out of the boots for sneakers, but even then, she usually does a whole different sock change (no shows) or goes without.

    • Jaded says:

      She also doesn’t wear track suits, (how gauche)! She wears sporty tops but always with skin-tight jeggings and usually boots, not trainers, unless she’s doing something sporty.

    • Lila Fowler says:

      It really feels like the final courtroom scene in Legally Blonde. It’s a superficial detail, but it means alot. There’s no way Kate shows up – after an absence that has garnered international attention – wearing that outfit.

      • AuntRara says:

        I agree, Lila. That’s a really good point. Why do I feel like she’d be wearing something that was “a sweet nod to Princess Diana” or flashing her ring for us?

  26. Louise says:

    Has anyone mentioned the knobby knees? She’s not called Bones for nothing, but I’ve never seen a photo of Kate with such bulbous knees.

    • MipMip says:

      Yes! Her knees were the first thing I noticed that looked odd. Add to that the lack of thigh definition and the fact that her legs grew two inches and it’s… not her.

  27. Isabella says:

    DM is all over Christopher Bouzy , billing him as a “friend” of Harry and Meghan. It is ugly. They’re going after the BBC woman too. Yet they haven’t officially confirmed that the video is real. So why is it wrong to doubt it?

  28. Hummingbird says:

    The lookalikes have form. Back in 2013 when Kate was due to give birth they appeared on the steps of the Lindo Wing wearing t-shirts printed with “No 1 for Royal baby news” made to look like The Suns front page.
    The article I read states they were seemingly sent by the paper.
    Dear oh dear, oh dear.
    https://pin.it/hq9bwjMEJ

  29. QuiteContrary says:

    I trust Christopher Bouzy on this. He’s been right about a lot of things.

  30. Elsa says:

    I find the use of dehumanizing names for people to be so disturbing. You do realize that this is what people do to justify terrible behavior? You can call out people and their bad behavior without dehumanizing them. There is no need to call Kate and William things like kkkate or pegs. I don’t say this because I am a fan. I say this as a human being.

    • Vanessa says:

      She called kkkate because she is a racist woman who used racism 101 tacit to abuse her black sister in law . Kate used her whiteness as a weapons against Meghan saying Meghan made her cry questioning the skin tone of how dark archie would be . Go back and look at the way Kate purposely lean a way from doria during a official palace wedding pictures how Kate rolls her eyes at black woman or literally recoils at any black persons who dared to touch her . Calling kkkkate is not mean or name calling it’s the truth she a racist

    • ArtFossil says:

      The Prince and Princess of Wales are vile human beings who cause real harm.

      As Saul Alinsky said in Rules for Radicals:

      “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.”

    • blueberry says:

      I gotta agree with you Elsa on names and also mocking appearances. I know these aren’t great people and have done worse to others in a heartbeat, but I also know unattractive folks who are sweet as can be. I’d rather just focus on the cruel things people do than taunts. (Same for t*ump)

  31. Tashiro says:

    I don’t know why the Sun would pay for that video, it’s obviously not Kate. I haven’t heard that KP verified it’s them so I don’t get it.

  32. smee says:

    Farm visit was a dry run for Easter, to see if the public would buy it. Failed.

  33. Mary Pester says:

    Of course it’s not them! BP hasn’t said a word and William didn’t say, when asked about her yesterday, oh she’s much better thank you. I took her for a walk to the shops at the weekend and made the lazy BCH carry her own bag. Lol it wasn’t them. There was no rpos, people were sat drinking tea and coffee and IGNORED THEM. If it had been the gruesome twosome, the camera phones would have been ready to speed dial every daily because they knew they would pay a fortune for a GENUINE video. Now, maybe it’s because I can’t stand the woman or her family, I had a thought about this “video” who gave tmz the picture of keen and her mother, who made sure a photographer was there on both occasions and WHO owes her creditors a shed load of money????

    • Saucy&Sassy says:

      Mary Pester, okay, if it’s Ma Mids it also explains why she’s going to a US Murdoch owned agency. Now that’s something to ponder.

      • Catnip says:

        Willy settled secretly with the Murdochs’ Sun over phone hacking. Whatever the agreement entailed, it was reported the Sun paid Willy out bigly.

        Maybe the Murdochs had to trade in some forelock tugging and forked over a lot of cash to Willy and now would like to make some money back. Who knows. Ultimately Murdochs’ press is all about making money and controlling the news empire. I’m not sure it likes being under the thumb of these do-nothing royals.

        Perhaps there’s a bit of who’s in control here? If so, I love to see them screw each other (metaphorically).

    • Liz says:

      I agree Mary P – Carole is ghastly

  34. MarqueeMoon says:

    Definitely not her, it looks like one of those face swap videos where you
    put your face on someone else’s body for a laugh!
    Come on papers.. so many big fake headlines.. where is your KATE VIDEO IS A HOAX headline?

    Harry was right , these people specialise in gaslighting , they are very much a narcissistic family … the golden one will rise again on Easter Sunday, a huge star turn by aaaah … WALKING to Church ??????
    Way to decrease the Public expectations of their work down to nothing… after three months absence .. she might.. just might if you’re really lucky .. walk to church
    And now comes the next phase of DARVO… attack
    The christening picture of Archie is suddenly a headline, surprise surprise, but no one can find where it was manipulated
    And how do narcissists make you feel… Like you’re taking crazy pills…

  35. Bread and Circuses says:

    It will be relief if this turns out to have been a real health crisis, because I’m still concerned William hurt her, and they’re keeping her locked up to secure her cooperation in hiding that fact. This family doesn’t treat its women well, and only Harry seems to have learned any lessons from first his mother, and later his wife, fighting their way out of it.