It’s the little things that are meant to make life great, like the first morning rays on dewy grass or the delicious fizz of a new bottle of tonic or watching far-right windbag Nigel Farage have a milkshake thrown at his head – and in royal land, it’s so often the little words that maketh the story. What’s in a little name or a word? Plenty, if you ask social media, which has just gotten its teeth into the idea that Kensington Palace has just played us all. Today, I’m here to glumly report that a firestorm has broken out, essentially over three simple letters which, some argue, proves that Kate, the Princess of Wales never really had cancer and cunningly pulled the wool over our gullible eyes.
Here’s the lay of the land. Rhiannon Mills is Sky UK’s highly experienced senior royal editor, who was last in the spotlight after Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex had a go at her during his and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex’s 2019 tour of southern Africa when Mills had the temerity, as a journalist, to ask a question. She is also part of the often unfairly maligned royal rota of reporters, that is, the affiliated scribes who cover Crown Inc and have working relationships with the Palace.
Point is, Mills is legit. So it’s September, and it’s the hours after Kate surprised the world by releasing a three minute plus Land Rover ad-like video announcing she had finished chemotherapy. Release the doves! Fire up the 41 gun salute! Someone pop out for a real bottle of spark.
