Princess Kate's video announcing the end of her chemotherapy won overwhelming support from Americans who watched it despite biting criticism in the British media, polling for reveals. The of her with her children , and on social media. And she opened up about in a narration played on top of the private family clips.
Newspaper columnists in Britain heaped criticism on for its highly stylized presentation, which some said was more comparable to an advert. Redfield & Wilton, on behalf of , asked Americans what they thought of the message—and of those who had seen the video, 80 percent said they approved of Kate's decision to announce the end of her chemotherapy that way, compared to 3 percent who disapproved. In total, 71 percent said the video was was well produced.
Of those, 35 percent said it was "well" produced and 36 percent said "very well" produced, compared to 5 percent who said it was "poorly" produced and 1 percent "very poorly." The princess's video was seen by 27 percent of poll respondents, while 73 percent did not see it. The survey used a representative sample of 2,000 U.
S. adults and was conducted between September 28 and 29. Columnists, in particular in the , were at points scathing about Kate's video, with come painting it as contrived.
columnist Liz Jones wrote: "Suddenly and inexplicably, what began as a heartfelt message, a tonic, a relief after all the months of obfuscation, descended into a Boden advert. Or something Marc Jacobs might use to sell scent. .
