Kate Middleton’s new images still spark controversy

She appears on the front page of the country’s most read newspaper: Kate Middleton, smiling, alongside her husband Prince William. It is the first time the Princess of Wales has been seen on the street since she disappeared from public life two and a half months ago. The amateur images show the princess visibly relaxed, two months after her hospitalization for abdominal surgery.

One way to quell rumors

For the royal couple, these images are a way of silencing rumors about Kate’s health and the state of her relationship with her husband. Speculation and conspiracy theories have reached an unprecedented level on the Internet in recent days. If the images reassure some Britons, others do not budge on social networks and are surprised, for example, by the thinness of the princess. The royal services now hope that the press and public opinion will leave Kate Middleton alone until the end of her convalescence. According to British media, she is not expected to return to public office until April 17.