Kate Middleton

[BigRedBuster]

Soooo…..in the last month or so, the palace has issued two AI fakes of her. The first was a picture with her kids. 
 

Then, they release what many believe is a fake AI video of her announcing she has cancer. 
 

 

There are some wild conspiracy theories circulating and they don’t seem to be doing anything to prove them wrong. 
 

So, where is she?

[teachercd]

American LOVE for the crown still amazes me.

 

I don't mean you, BRB, I just mean in general.  

[funhusker]

26 minutes ago, teachercd said:

American LOVE for the crown still amazes me.

 

I don't mean you, BRB, I just mean in general.  

No s#!t!  Why the Brits even still put up with them amazes me.

 

 

[teachercd]

5 minutes ago, funhusker said:

No s#!t!  Why the Brits even still put up with them amazes me.

 

 

It would be one thing if it did not cost them MILLIONS each year but it does...

 

I know we like to be like "cult this and cult that" but, that s#!t, across "the pond" is a freaking real cult.

[Moiraine]

I believe having a living breathing “monarchy” that ties back to old people probably helps increase the tourism revenue somewhat. Because as others have said, some people are obsessed. 

 

It’s kind of hard to judge the amount though. It’s not like people would stop visiting Buckingham Palace or Westminster Cathedral if there were no longer royals. 

 

In fact at the beginning of their absence, Buckingham would open up all of the other wings so you could see what their living quarters were like, and would be open 12 mos a year instead of just in the summer. The private estates would all turn into museums as well if not owned by the family. Most of the “public” places only have sections available to see. So there would probably be a boom in visitors and revenue for at least the first 5 years, if the royals went away. 

 

 

In case anyone was wondering:

 

 

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Places like Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle are owned by the monarch of the moment because of their position as king or queen, while other properties, like Balmoral and Sandringham House, are personally owned and not publicly funded

 

So I assume a change in the law could instantly take Buckingham and Windsor from Charles. Balmoral is in the middle of nowhere so who cares. Dunno where Sand is. 

[BigRedBuster]

I really didn’t mean for this to be a thread about how numb it is to have a monarchy. I really don’t care about them. But, this is becoming a very interesting story. 

[Moiraine]

17 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I really didn’t mean for this to be a thread about how numb it is to have a monarchy. I really don’t care about them. But, this is becoming a very interesting story. 

 

 

We do what we want

[DevoHusker]

 

 

[Crusader Husker]

July 4th, 1776

[commando]

british tabloids will make mountains out of every mole hill.   my guess is that if the video is altered it is because someone coughed or 1 of the kids wondered away or something like that.   have to keep everything regal you know.     

[BigRedBuster]

Hmmm

[Moiraine]

11 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

Hmmm

 

 

I know she/they have the right to not share details and not want people to know their private business, but they are supported by public funds and bring in a lot of $ to the country (supposedly - if they don’t, they shouldn’t exist as royals) and in that way it is a matter of public interest for that country. 

 

Also, you’d think the royals would have learned by now that the truth is usually better than secrecy and rampant speculation by the public. 

 

Anyhow, I googled and the best guess based on her having abdominal issues is that she has colorectal cancer. Chadwick Boseman died of that at 43. She’s 42. But it may be that she’s not appearing in public merely because the chemo is hard on her and not because she’s at an advanced stage. 

[knapplc]

6 hours ago, Moiraine said:

Anyhow, I googled and the best guess based on her having abdominal issues is that she has colorectal cancer. Chadwick Boseman died of that at 43. She’s 42. But it may be that she’s not appearing in public merely because the chemo is hard on her and not because she’s at an advanced stage. 

 

That's awful. They're screening for that earlier and earlier. It used to be at 50, but now they're urging people to do it at 45, or earlier if there's a family history.

 

Pro tip - DO NOT do the "poop in the box" method. Get a colonoscopy. I did the PITB and never heard from anyone. Next year at my physical, my doctor asked what became of my positive test. I didn't know - because NO ONE TOLD ME.

 

So I had to do a colonoscopy, which turned out to just have a few polyps that needed removal, and no concerns. See you in five years.

 

Don't trust ColoGuard. Prep for the colonoscopy isn't fun, but knowing for a fact that you don't have cancer is a heck of a lot better than worrying for a few months that you do.

[ZRod]

3 hours ago, knapplc said:

 

That's awful. They're screening for that earlier and earlier. It used to be at 50, but now they're urging people to do it at 45, or earlier if there's a family history.

 

Pro tip - DO NOT do the "poop in the box" method. Get a colonoscopy. I did the PITB and never heard from anyone. Next year at my physical, my doctor asked what became of my positive test. I didn't know - because NO ONE TOLD ME.

 

So I had to do a colonoscopy, which turned out to just have a few polyps that needed removal, and no concerns. See you in five years.

 

Don't trust ColoGuard. Prep for the colonoscopy isn't fun, but knowing for a fact that you don't have cancer is a heck of a lot better than worrying for a few months that you do.

Guy I worked with's dad had a false positive as well. A lot of stress for nothing unfortunately but better that than a true positive.

[Moiraine]

3 hours ago, ZRod said:

Guy I worked with's dad had a false positive as well. A lot of stress for nothing unfortunately but better that than a true positive.

I wonder what threshholds they use for the tests. A false positive would be awful especially if there was no further/better test to do and you went through chemo. But a false negative would be worse than a false positive.