After Kate Middleton’s abdominal surgery, a conspiracy theory emerged questioning the princess’s health.
With the information gaps and lack of visual evidence, begin to thrive on such rumors.
Discover how, when, and why this unfounded claim, involving a Spanish journalist, began.
Kate Middleton’s conspiracy theories
The conspiracy theory started on January 16th, 2023 when Kate Middleton underwent abdominal surgery and spent two weeks recovering in the hospital.
With no photos released of Kate leaving the hospital, Spanish journalist Concha Calleja told her TV show ‘Fiesta’ that she spoke to a royal aide who said the princess’ life “was in great danger.”
“I have spoken to an aide at the Royal Household off the record and they assure me that something has gone wrong in the postoperative period,” he began his off-the-record revelations.
Calleja revealed on television that the situation with Kate was quite worrisome due to the complications that arose after the operation.
Claimed Kate’s doctors had to put her in an induced coma due to complications.
“The doctors had to take a rather drastic decision at that time because of those complications, and the decision was to induce a coma, she had to be intubated. They were serious complications, quite serious and that they did not expect because the operation went well, but the postoperative period did not go so well,” Calleja said.
Kensington Palace immediately denied this, calling it “ludicrous” and “not fact-checked.”
But with no official diagnosis given and no images of Kate, speculation spread rapidly on social media.
Various viral posts questioned why Kate, who posed publicly after previous births, now supposedly required months of recovery.
You’re telling me that Kate Middleton—the same woman who posed outside the hospital like a freaking supermodel mere hours after giving birth—suddenly requires months of recovery before showing her face? And the British press now magically respects privacy? This feels…sinister.
— Liv 🌱 (@MRSFVenom) February 26, 2024
Royal experts note that information vacuums often fuel conspiracy theories.
The lack of visual proof emboldened claims by Calleja.
Kensington Palace remains firm it will not publicize Kate’s medical details or release a photo to counter rumors.
For now, the health conspiracy continues circulating, demonstrating how silence and secrecy can feed public speculation.
In the face of this media chaos, People magazine received from the palace a brief update on Kate Middleton’s health, where they assured that the princess is “doing well.”