by Enrica Roddolo
Three days after the operation, the mystery remains about the illness that forced Princess Kate into the hospital. Her family and her husband take care of their three children: And there are those who accuse William of abandoning his royal duty to his wife
After Prince William yesterday visited his wife Kate at the London Clinic in central London, where the Princess of Wales has been hospitalized since January 16 for abdominal surgery, a visit from the Princess's family is expected.
Indeed, the Middletons – father Michael and mother Carole, as well as sister Pippa and brother Matthew – have never failed to help their eldest daughter look after their three young children, often hosting them for sleepovers. And now they have leaked that they will be moving to Windsor to be close to their daughter and ensure as normal a family life as possible during her long recovery period. They represent the approach of a very practical, middle-class family, which will also be of help to the House of Windsor in this situation. Carlo and Camilla are now in Scotland.
The hypotheses for Kate's illness: diverticulitis, hysterectomy or ulcers
But what is Kate's health drama?
In the United Kingdom, various hypotheses are put forward regarding abdominal surgery in the absence of official confirmation.
The most accredited are cases of possible diverticula that would have required major surgery; But there remains the immediate hypothesis of a hysterectomy, which may be related to the after-effects of the three pregnancies. A hypothesis that would not justify the urgency of the operation, even if Kensington Palace has spoken of a planned operation. Another hypothesis – for a young 42-year-old woman who has always enjoyed good health – is that of stones or ulcers that would have required an operating room and then a long period of recovery. Buckingham Palace immediately ruled out a form of cancer, while a BBC source immediately told the Courier of a serious problem, but not cancer.
The Princess therefore had to forego the Bafta Awards ceremony on the Thames in February: an event at which the Princess always shone with her beauty, which was underlined by her evening dresses. But if she faces a long rehabilitation process, as Kensington Palace says, the Princess of Wales will not even be able to attend the traditional Commonwealth ceremony, which takes place in mid-March every year. And not even at the Easter celebrations, at the media-covered Easter Mass gathering that the royal family normally watches from St. George's Chapel in Windsor.
As well as dozens of other low-profile official engagements relating to his work for the Royal Foundation on Shaping Up – their early childhood education project.
The allegations against William
Speaking of obligations, the Republican front is never soft on the Windsors
– attacked William's announcement that he planned to abandon official duties not only for Kate's entire hospital stay, but also after she returns home. The accusation is that he would put his family above obligations in the name of the House of Windsor.
However, given Kate's popularity, there is a risk that this move will prove to be a boomerang for the already fragile Republican branch in the kingdom. A United Kingdom that has never before looked with concern at what is happening in the room at the London clinic where Kate is hospitalized.
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January 19, 2024 (modified January 19, 2024 | 4:09 p.m.)
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