There’s a reason why the Kate Middleton story will never end.
The slightly grainy phone video of a carefree Kate Middleton walking out of a farm shop over the weekend in leggings and a zip-up jumper stunned the internet and put a stop to the conjecture that had been going around. She wasn’t growing out her bangs, in a coma, or getting a divorce from her spouse.
However, things didn’t go well when the video faced off against the internet conspiracy theories going crazy. Online detectives examined the image, claiming the woman in it was too tall to be Kate, and a well-known lookalike denied any connection to the incident. The Canterbury Archbishop wrote down the commotion as “village gossip.” The man who appeared to have taken the video also became involved. Nelson Silva, 40, claimed the British publication The Sun that he saw the royal couple at a meat counter and that Kate appeared content. He said that those who were critical of the couple should “get a hobby.”
Following weeks of a gradual release of information from the palace, it raised the question of what would be required to persuade the public that Kate Middleton is safe. According to some online rumors, Middleton will make a dramatic comeback to public life on Easter Sunday, setting off internet memes about another famous person who is rumored to have come back to life around the same time of year. This will serve as official confirmation that Middleton is still very much a part of the Royal Family. But will it really matter now that confidence in one of the oldest organizations in the west has been shaken, during a period when conspiracy theories are having a moment in the media?
“Obviously, some of the allegations would disappear if she appeared in a setting where a large number of people could view her. However, I don’t think the widespread mistrust that has emerged is going away “MediaSmarts is a non-profit organization that promotes media and digital literacy, and Matthew Johnson is its director of education. “Once people start thinking in conspiracy patterns, it’s very hard to get out of that.” It’s true that the stakes are relatively low for the people to trust the word of a wealthy family that resides in castles and has mostly symbolic authority. However, Johnson noted that it highlights a deeper social vulnerability that politicians or other powerful figures could take advantage of.
