It’s now been weeks since Kate Middleton left hospital following an abdominal procedure that saw her bed-bound for two weeks.
The Royal Family have offered very little in the way of concrete information regarding the Princess of Wales’ health problems, and though the general message is that she is doing well, no one really knows for sure just how serious Kate’s surgery was.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, that’s left the door open for all manner of speculation to find its way to the public. Chief amongst the startling rumors to arise in light of Kate’s hospitalization was the one started by Spanish journalist Concha Calleja, who said the Princess had been placed in a coma following her surgery.
That suggestion came under such intense scrutiny that the Palace themselves were forced to come out and rubbish the claim. The Royal Family have since claimed Kate is recovering well at home in Windsor.
Indeed, if anything were seriously awry with Kate’s recovery there may have been solid proof of it, whereas just now we can only go on the reports from the British tabloids parroting the notion that all is as should be and the future queen is merely resting before returning to her royal engagements and duties after Easter.
That said, there are new reports from Spanish mouthpiece Marca that certainly run contrary to the idea that Kate is out of the woods where danger is concerned.
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In an update shared on Fiesta, Manzano discussed the recent move by Kate to hire a private secretary, insisting that speculation regarding her heath will not go away unless the public get to see an image of her.
“There has been a move by the British royal household that is not understood,” said journalist Manzano.
“On the one hand they leak that Kate has hired a private secretary, to imply that she is at home doing things, but, on the other hand, we do not see an image. Until we see it, speculation will not stop.”
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Calleja, meanwhile, doubled down on her widely-criticized earlier claims about Kate having been placed in a coma in the days following her February surgery, though the expert stressed that it was the choice of doctors to do so.
“The operation was serious in itself,” Calleja noted.
“Afterwards, there were even more serious complications. And the doctors had to make a very quick decision, which was to induce her into a coma. And that was it. The princess did not go into a coma, she was induced.”