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Royal Family Accused Of Lying About Kate Middleton’s Condition
A tech entrepreneur and close friend of Harry and Meghan Markle has reviewed the recent video by Kate Middleton announcing her cancer diagnosis and claims the Royal Palace is not being truthful with the public about the princess’s health.
Christopher Bouzy, a supporter of the Markles who previously in a recent Netflix documentary about the couple, posted a long series of messages on X over the weekend where he accused Buckingham Palace of “North Korean / Trumpian” when it released doctored photos of Middleton and her family.
“I am sorry to hear Kate has cancer, and I hope she has a full recovery. But it is also clear that all three earlier photos of her were fake, and the palace tried to cover it up,” Bouzy wrote on X just 30 minutes after Middleton announced her ailment, according to the Daily Mail. The tech CEO went so far as to say he believes it was not actually Middleton who appeared in the video released by the royal family.
“They were clearly not conspiracy theories. The palace and the British press created this mess by lying, not the people calling them out for their lies. Journalists are now openly stating that the person in the video wasn’t her based on what we just all watched,” he added.
“The palace lied, and the British press happily helped them lie. The countless ‘conspiracy theory’ headlines, while knowing a lot of what was being said was true.
“This is really some North Korea / Trumpian type of propaganda,” he concluded.
Middleton, who has been mostly out of the public eye since December, rocked the world earlier this month when the Royal Palace released a set of family photos that were immediately identified as having been touched up, fueling speculation that elements of Middleton’s health are being kept from the public. Last week she announced the start of preventative chemotherapy in a heartbreaking video that only caused conspiracy theorists to double down in their initial assessments.
Bouzy, who founded the X analytics company Bot Sentinel, was pilloried by followers who were disgusted that he would inflame the controversy, according to the New York Post.
“Hmm the Palace lied….nahhh you just couldn’t keep your nasty little noses out of things, and I’m not even a royalist,” one X user wrote in response to his thread. “She is a mother to young children, a wife, a daughter, a sister. She is a damned human being who should not be hounded at the darkest time in her life.”
“You are despicable,” another raged. “Comparing a cancer-stricken mother who TOLD you she’d say something after Easter, it’s still not Easter, to Trump and N. Korea is beyond vile.”
Bouzy stepped in it further when he claimed that a recent visit to a family farm by Middleton and husband Prince Williams was faked.
“I’ve compiled a few older videos of William and Kate walking together, as well as the recent video from Windsor Farm. Take a look and decide for yourself if it’s Kate or not. In my opinion, we still haven’t seen Kate in public,” he wrote Tuesday.
“We were told Kate was recovering and would resume her royal duties shortly. Yet, in the recent video, she is holding a bag and moving briskly. If she’s capable of such activity, why isn’t she back to fulfilling her royal duties yet,” he added in another tweet.
The British media has made matters worse by adding to Bouzy’s sense of doubt that Middleton’s appearances in the photos and video are authentic.
“Disturbing that newspapers like @thetimes are reporting this as fact,” BBC reporter Sonja McLaughlan wrote. “Headline ‘Kate seen in public for the first time’ when it’s clearly not her. As someone said. Could be a couple of lookalikes making mischief.”