Kate Middleton has not been seen in public for 2 months and conspiracy theories are wild

Kate Middleton underwent an abdominal surgery on January 16

Where is Kate Middleton? The British royal’s uncharacteristic disappearance from the public eye has sparked a host of conspiracy theories, each one wilder than the last.

Of course, the ‘disappearance’ is not unexplained – in a statement shared on January 17, the Royal Family had announced that the Princess of Wales had undergone a planned abdominal surgery and would return to public duties only after Easter. Despite this, royal fans are not convinced that all is well with Kate Middleton.

“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?” one X user succinctly put it.

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

In the last few days, the conspiracy theories have suddenly exploded online. Take a look:

SO KATE MIDDLETON HASN’T BEEN SEEN IN MONTHS AND I HAVE MY THEORIES pic.twitter.com/TcJ2Rlfjnd

— Adam (@adamgreattweet) February 28, 2024

I just can’t think of a rational reason why they wouldn’t have released a photograph of Kate Middleton by now outside of they literally cannot.

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— Henry VIII (@SussexHenryVIII) February 28, 2024

Me for 43 years: Could not care less about the royal family.
Me since yesterday: Obsessed with where Kate Middleton is.

— Laura Pearson (@LauraPAuthor) February 27, 2024

How are we all expected to “work” when we don’t even know where Kate Middleton is pic.twitter.com/YM5KhTXNdp

— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) February 27, 2024

“[I have] spent years eyeball deep in Weird Royal Research for the Royals books, and everything that is happening with Kate M is indeed very, very weird. Unprecedented, even,” she wrote in now-deleted tweets, as reported by news.com.au

“We’re at 2 months since anyone has seen her. We’re not even getting milquetost, ‘I appreciate the well wishes,’ statements from her (note that we HAVE gotten solo statements from William under his personal standard. Anything about her has been under the joint PoW banner)” Hawkins wrote.

I am not trying to be a conspiracy theorist about the situation at all, but it is WILD how much the royal family has shut down press about where Kate Middleton is/why she hasn't been seen.

— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) February 19, 2024

“I am not trying to be a conspiracy theorist about the situation at all, but it is WILD how much the royal family has shut down press about where Kate Middleton is/why she hasn't been seen,” one X user wrote in a post that has been viewed 1.4 million times.

However, a statement obtained by NBC News, the Kensington Palace on February 27 said “Princess of Wales, who is recovering from abdominal surgery, continues to be doing well.”

Before this, the last update on Kate’s health had come on January 29, when the Palace announced that she had returned home to recover after the surgery.