What Is The Princess Kate Conspiracy?

Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, has become the latest subject of online conspiracy theories as people continue to speculate over why she is missing. The public absence of Catherine, the Princess of Wales, has grown from a niche royal watcher concern to an international punchline in a matter of weeks. For weeks, hundreds of people online have spread conspiracy theories, posted memes, and cracked jokes in an attempt to answer one question: Where is Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales?

On Monday, TMZ published the first photo of Kate since her surgery, a grainy image that appeared to show the Princess and her mother, Carole Middleton, in a shopping trip. Social media accounts linked to a prominent Russian disinformation campaign capitalized on conspiracy theories about Kate, the Princess of Wales. Most artificial intelligence experts say it shows no evidence of the video.

Data reveals the scale of conspiracies after Kensington Palace’s release of altered image of the princess with her children. A combination of gamified social platforms, distrust in media and government, unprecedented conspiratorial thinking, and even a bot has contributed to the frenzy of social media conspiracies about the Princess of Wales. Security researchers believe a Russia-based disinformation group amplified and added to the frenzy of social media conspiracies about the Princess of Wales’s life.

Although Catherine has expressed regret for playing into conspiracy theories about Kate after she announced she is battling cancer, there is reason to believe that Russia did have a hand in spreading some of the conspiracy theories.