• jonne@infosec.pub
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      8 months ago

      She had surgery about 6 months ago and hasn’t been seen in public since. Conspiracy theories started spreading about why she hadn’t been seen in ages, so a week ago or so they released a very Photoshopped photo of her and her kids that was so bad it had to be retracted and fuelled the conspiracy theory stuff even more.

      And now I guess finally they’re admitting it’s cancer. They could’ve handled this whole thing a lot better.

      • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        It hasn’t been 6 months. She was seen on Christmas. Then nothing and sometime in late January they announced she was having a planned abdominal surgery and wouldn’t be in public until after Easter.

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        8 months ago

        So was the photoshop thing to cover up that she had cancer or was it more of a touch up removing blemishes kind of thing that went wrong?

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      8 months ago

      Conspiracy theorists online claim she might be dead and the Queen killed her from the grave or some world-is-flat crap

    • TheMinions@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      TL;DR

      it’s been a while since she had been seen in a photo.

      The palace released a photoshopped pic, AP pulled it since photoshopped items aren’t allowed by their guidelines.

      This is the official response from the palace after a few weeks and a lot of conspiracy theories.