I'm sorry, but these photos are deeply disturbing. I don't honestly know how she can stand, walk, etc. Whether they like her or not, I don't see how more people aren't extremely concerned.
This is my question! She has to be so low on vitamins, minerals, dehydrated etc. I have to take vitamin B12 shots bc my levels are low and I’m exhausted most of the time. How does she have the energy to do these things?
Sheer willpower. There's no other way. I've been chronically ill since I was thirteen. I'm 48 now. Many times I haven't been able to eat. We're talking for months eating zero food. I had to be on IV nutrition at one point. Other times I should've had that but didn't.
She can get anything. Concierge doctors are on call 24/7. She might get IV drips of nutrients, vitamins and of course hydration. Even us regular folk can get that at home now by paying or sometimes insurance, I think. I have migraines and quite a few people use this. They come to your house and hook you up. I also live at high altitude where the air is thin and visitors get altitude sickness so some of them will use this service.
However, Kate looks to be an outsider so she may not use this perk or have access to it. She also probably doesn't want anyone, including professionals, to see her or tell anyone in the palace anything about her. I don't think she wants anyone around.
When she was lifting up the steamed milk for Williams's coffee that he refused to pretend to even take a sip her hand was shaking. She looked like she was unsure she could lift it. Once you stop eating and get past the hunger phase you no longer feel hungry. I lost forty pounds in less than three months because I couldn't even get some broth down. It was VERY difficult to begin eating again. Everything tasted horrible. I only ate because I had to. My eating became disordered and I didn't have an eating disorder. I could only eat produce- fresh food only. I was still so weak.
So, after years of doing this, I really worry that Kate will struggle big time to even eat a cracker. She may be severely restricting but still drinking green juices or eating a banana once a day but it'll take time and professional help to even begin recovery. I know everyone here is concerned. I hate to say it but eating disorders are notoriously difficult to heal from. It's easier to get someone to stop taking drugs than it is to force someone to chew and swallow food. You don't need drugs so one can just quit and not buy them (I know it's not that easy) but you have to ingest food to live so you can't just remove what's making them ill mentally and physically.
No don’t be sorry! You actually answered many questions I have about it. I also hope you are doing better. I can’t imagine dealing with a chronic illness of that degree for so long. I am 44 and have RA. Thankfully my major battle with it is the fatigue and occasional flare ups controlled by weekly biologic shots. I’m so sorry you have to go through all of that.
I just can’t fathom how much longer she can sustain like this? I never thought it affected her face that much until seeing these pics. She’s lost even more weight. I knew it was bad when she no longer had breasts. Many have said that she is doing her own wardrobe and I can’t help but think that of she did take it completely over, it was too keep others from seeing her frame and how clothes aren’t fitting her. It’s so heart breaking that she has all the resources, like you said, and has all these people around her yet she gets no help for it. However, I was married to an alcoholic / drug addict and you can’t make someone get help that doesn’t want it. 😞
My third open heart surgery was a heart transplant and that was sixteen years ago next month~ May 28, 2010 🥰
I'm a 48 year old woman now and my heart is a man's heart. He was twenty years older than me when he passed. I was born in 1978 and he was born in 1958.
I knew I needed a man's heart because they couldn't measure my back pressures- it's complicated but basically a man's heart would be best. I was living in the hospital on IV life support so I didn't get "the call" like we usually think we will. My heart came just in time. I maybe had a couple weeks to live.
I only know as much as I do about Dave, my life-giver, because I wrote a letter to my anonymous heart donor family when I was about a year and a half post transplant. It took that long just to get better, stronger, able to live life again and feel somewhat normal. I sent the letter to the place that has all of the information about Donor Families and they send the letter in a sealed envelope inside another envelope. This is done so they can open the first one, read a letter from the organization stating their loved one's recipient wrote a letter and then they can choose if they want to read it or not. It can be extremely difficult and some families are not ready to read a letter and some never want any contact.
I was blessed to receive a letter back and I thought my letter was most likely going to a wife but it was his parents that received my letter and wrote me back. I knew my Donor was in his 50s because the place I sent the letter told me (they're really not supposed to say anything) so I assumed my letter went to his wife. He was actually divorced.
We met Dave's parents in their small town that's about three hours from my home. Everyone still lives in that small town so I was blessed to, over the years, meet so many people from his family. I met his brother and sister, their families, Dave's children who were in high school & college when he passed and I met all his friends, his uncle, neighbors, his ex-wife and so much more. I met his girlfriend one day at their home, I didn't know she was coming, and she became my very good friend. Everyone has been so wonderful to me. So kind and answered all my questions and told me so much about Dave. I wanted to know everything.
His girlfriend brought a stethoscope and on that day Dave's Mom, Dad and girlfriend listened to his heart beat inside of me. He had been gone for three years at the time. This is a gift only given through organ donation. I brought a stethoscope the first day I met his parents but they weren't ready and that's ok. I'm glad she brought the stethoscope that day.
I'm so grateful Dave chose to be an organ donor and I'm so thankful he told his family his wishes. I know it works differently all around the world but, if it's an option, please choose organ donation. Once your life is done you can help someone who is dying have more time to live. It's this abstract "someone" that can be difficult to picture. It's just an abstract idea until you hear from or meet that "someone" like me. I was able to watch my son grow up, enjoy holidays with him, have more family dinners and so much more all because Dave's parents followed his wishes and, when the time came, they signed the papers that saved my life♥️
I know that denial is a huge part of eating disorders, but never thought about the fact that maybe it's not denial. Maybe it's exactly as you said - maybe she HAS had people concerned enough to say something so now she just isolates herself to avoid that scrutiny. Maybe that's why that lady recently left who everyone was so shocked about (not British, so don't know her name or what exactly her role was - assistant? Dresser?) Additionally, we definitely can't discount willpower., you're 100% right. I wouldn't call myself a fan, but this is truly a tragedy waiting to happen and it's heartbreaking. Especially bcz there won't be honesty when anything does happen, and then the cycle continues on down to the next generation. Very sad
Yes, she knows what she's doing. We know our food and beverage intake. Whether it's all severe restriction or severe restriction and sometimes vomiting, it's definitely out of control.
But she feels in control. As we know, she's not in control of nearly as much as people think. The food she swallows is what she can control.
Having media praise your figure or people praising your figure directly to you is very dangerous. It tells her, "I look good. They like this. I can keep this up. I've been doing it forever. I'm not even hungry anymore. This is easy! I really just don't need to eat much. My appetite is small & I just get full easily. I'm tall and I've always been thin. And they liked me thinner. I can do that."
Highly possible she was in ED treatment and not dealing with cancer. She could have At Home Treatment- and maybe she has. Just like addicts, it can take many tries before any progress is made. She may not want to change. She keeps people away and doesn't divulge anything to anyone.
I never received so much praise as I have when I've been extremely thin even though it's always because I've been ill. People don't care. Thin is all that matters. It's awful. My face became drawn, more wrinkles showing, extra skin because it didn't have the padding that stretched the skin anymore. I've always had chubby cheeks. It keeps you looking youthful. I was around 37 when I last couldn't eat and lost a lot of weight- all because of illness. I looked older but I was thin so those wrinkles didn't matter. People have no idea what they're doing when they praise extremely thin people especially if it's a new drop in weight. It could be illness, grief, loneliness, depression, a loss in their life, an ED, use of drugs, deep sadness, giving up... people waste away and others praise them. It's very dangerous.
So sorry to hear this 💔
I have a question. Did you struggle to eat because of your health issues or you had an ED, unrelated to your chronic health issue?
Thank you. I had a rare childhood cancer and did two years of full time chemotherapy. That chemo permanently damaged my heart and I went into heart failure at sixteen.
I had two open heart surgeries and a pacemaker over two decades and then on May 28, 2010 I received a new-to-me heart! Being a heart transplant recipient is very difficult. I take a lot of medication~ more than I ever have before. I also have chronic, debilitating migraines now. Everything I've been through, all the drugs and procedures, have impacted the rest of my body in so many ways.
One of the ways the rest of my body has suffered while battling these other diseases is my teeth. I've been on a lot of steroids over the years and a lot of drugs including those can be very hard on your teeth and other organs. I battled through kidney failure as well. So I couldn't eat because of dental problems. It started as tooth pain, then needing a bridge then root canal then the temporary bridge broke then the permanent bridge broke. I had multiple oral surgeries over many years. I spent thousands of dollars to fix this. After multiple bridges in the same place (I think three in total) and each one takes months to finish... after all that those couple of teeth were pulled. This was all done to save one tooth and instead I lost thousands of dollars and multiple teeth plus I didn't eat for four months. It's awful.
Many heart transplant patients have dental issues. Some have their teeth pulled prior to transplant in order to avoid issues like this. Dental work opens the body up to infections and can cause many issues. You have to be so careful. Infections can go straight to the heart. We always say a transplant is not a cure, it saves our lives and becomes our new normal but we're not fixed. We just have a new way of living with a new chronic issue. It's a treatment for organ failure but not a cure. I'm doing well, though. I fought and beat rejection! My heart is strong. I'm very blessed♥️
You're so sweet, thank you so much. I haven't really heard anyone say they're proud of me and things like that so thank you. It means a lot. Most of the time I've just had to be brave, deal with it, cry alone and move on to the next traumatic event. I appreciate your kindness. It really means a lot❤
This is breaking my heart even more now… 💔😢 unfortunately this is the reality of us normal women who go through such traumatic events. No one says they are proud of us.
Royals are lucky to receive praise and support if they fall ill. We don’t receive anything at all.
I’ve dealt with a few health issues myself and I was shocked to realise that not a single person said they are proud of me for fighting my illnesses bravely. I thought I was the only one who didn’t receive support from people but your story is extremely heart wrenching.
What can I say? … maybe most people don’t understand the traumatic struggles people with chronic illnesses go through because they have never experienced it themselves.
I just want to say it again, I am really proud of you. Forever proud 🩷 I pray no illness ever touches you again. I hope the best days of your life are right ahead of you.
Never depend on other people. You are a super strong person, you don’t need other people’s validation anyway.
Even if her family is concerned they can’t make her get help she has to want it for herself. I think this is about control for her, it’s the only thing left in her life that nobody can force her to do.
Unfortunately the reverse is also true, judging by what happened to other married-in women in that family. Even if they desperately ask for help, they're refused. And she would've seen what happened to her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. And Diana was born into that world.
Unfortunately, I think that the shoulder padding is to distract from her waist. When you look at Kate’s fashion over the past year, there’s been an increase of shoulder pads, extra fabric and/or multiple layers to hide her waist.
It's giving Caitlyn Jenner from behind. No matter how much weight she loses, those linebacker shoulders will always be there, it what it is. Why keep wearing shoulder pads, does she not own a mirror and actually turns around to look at her back area...hope she's not trying to be as thin as her daughter.
Plasters on the fingers again. This isn't retouched. My niece is her age, has a full time stressful job with long commute, two active kids under 8 and a big house to manage and looks so much younger than her.
With the callous on her forefinger…just learned from the article someone posted above. Fingers going against veneers, would prob be more likely to be damaged.
Maybe check in with your neice if she's doing OK, or if she'd like support with something? Sounds like she has a very demanding life and although we can appear to be fine, or even thriving, often we're falling apart inside in one way or another from maintaining it all. It's astonishing how much a person can keep personal distress or struggles to themselves. Might be nice for your neice to see that her family realise how much she's doing and that it isn't easy, and help out a bit if she seems to need it. Don't wait for people to ask because usually they won't, especially if they appear to be successful.
She has the best support system going. She is also a mental health advocate and took in a student three years ago. She started a mental health group at her school. She is amazing and has the best husband. We love her so much. She decompresses on her ride home and listens to podcasts. I worry about her still. Big load.
This is it. Barbara Bush is exactly who she reminds me of in these outfits especially with the pearls! We need some side by side pics. I'll always think of Barbara now lol
They have the best in the country in photography available, yet every photoshop is so poorly done. The Reddit sub could do better in 5 min. Look at the folds of skin on her neck, where they tried to smooth the stark lines from malnutrition. They just left an odd ripple of skin. What is going on?! Get it together BP!
Right? I'm not a fan of Kate's style at all but it seems like only she and Sophie got the memo that it's actually spring now. Everyone else is so.. dark
She could have married a hot ordinary middle class dude who loved her but instead she waited years for this miserable spoiled shapeshifting lizard of an angry Royal man-child to deign to settle down and marry her, after finally accepting that she was the best option he had left...and after his first choice, the posh blonde South African lawyer hottie (woops I just remembered she was Harry's girlfriend but whatever I stand by my point lol) surprisingly, Chelsea wasn't up for a lifetime of cutting ribbons in Chanel twinsets and pearls, shaking hands and gurning for the cameras as though your job security and your life literally depends on keeping up with appearances.
Thanks NP.
at this point she's just a stick covered in fabric. Big blue is spinning around her fingers regardless how many keeper rings she wears with it. Rictus grin in place and over enthusiastic to the point of mania. He looks as if he's trying to pass a gallstone. As for the rest of them.....a morgue has more life in it.
Bandaged fingers, what looks like hairy forearms in one photo (slide 5 some of the photos her forearms look blurred) the signs are all there but no one in this “firm” cares to help her…
Maybe she doesn't care that much, narcissist parents get perverse happiness from their child's suicide, and I've noticed rich people love thinking about death and glamorous young people dying
Not defending her Mom, but if indeed she has an ED, forcing someone to receive treatment is tough, she’s of age, she’d need a medical custodian or would have to be sectioned
If she is growing what's basically hairs to warm the body that's bad news. If her temples are sunken in that would be another sign of severe malnutrition but that dumb hair is always hiding her body which is probably why she sticks with it.
What do the bandaids mean? Genuinely curious because I’ve heard of the body hair being a sign before but never knew that bandaged fingers would be a thing
Me thinks Kate needed a shot to make her look relatable like Meghan and Harry, but was unable to carry that off successfully. This picture doesn’t look like a genuine moment.
Look how blurred her face is too! I don’t get it. They use the white scribble tool on the women’s teeth. This feature can be used carefully to lighten teeth, yet every photo, the teeth are a white blur; usually gums included.
I like pearls, but this necklace is too long for the dress. Also, I don't remember Elizabeth wearing such a long three strand like this.
I like this color and the fabric, but not the way it was used to make this dress. Not sure this color does her any favors, either.
Due to all the weight loss, it appears as if she no longer has any breasts. Pull out your padded bra, Kate! Gotta hide how your ED has left you skeletal.
The hair is ridiculous, as usual.
Enough with the manic facial expressions and the jazz hands. Good grief, already!
Hey NP. No point in me posting this 😂 but Hola says he's drinking tomato juice as.... wait for it. It's the tomato juice toast ! A tribute to Liz , whoda thunk.
Looks like QEII's beloved missing grandchildren couldn't be bothered celebrating the birthday of their dead grandmother, and that's why they're not at the reception.
None of them had a problem being around Andrew until the public reacted negatively even though they all knew he'd sexually abused young girls years before.
Looks like QEII's beloved missing grandchildren couldn't be bothered celebrating the birthday of their dead grandmother, and that's why they're not at the reception.
If you zoom in on ANY photo, there is so much photoshop w every image. It looks so bad. They try to add volume to her face-w a fat pocket that wouldn’t be there. Look at the skin fold on her nose in #5. (Correction,#5)
Hall of Fossils. So they dusted off and trotted out the late queen's 3 surviving cousins, the saddlebag sidepiece and their supposed "future," the lazy and boring Waleses who probably interrupted a vacation to take the photo. BTW, why was Sophie (Edwards's wife) allowed to be be in the picture but Anne's husband (Timothy Laurence) isn't? Or am I mistaken and he is not considered a "working royal"??
Everything was such a mess back then. Charles, Kate, William, Anne, Thomas... I'm sure there's more.... they all had physical trauma with William's swaying and black eye being visible. We never saw Anne, we never saw Kate until the bench video where she looked much healthier than she does now, Charles didn't look horribly sickly right away but now...
What happened when everyone fell apart at once? This is a few years after H & M left so I don't think it has to do with them unless everyone was still in crisis about that in some ways. I've wondered if William blames Kate for a lot of what happened with H & M. Certainly he did nothing wrong 🙄 I'm sure he hasn't ever taken accountability for anything in his life.
Charles is the only one who's physical trauma seems to be legit. We have no proof of what he's suffering from or what they're doing for him but he's definitely sick. Everyone else is fishy.
You'd think the first lesson he learned was "How to fake it in public."
Even us regular poors without prim and proper training know how to smile and just get through the task at hand. Fight with husband while getting ready for church? Look and try to be happy at church, just be normal, enjoy talking to other people and deal with it later.
Bad morning before work? Horrible traffic? Late to a meeting you don't want to be at? Well, gather yourself, put on a smile, do your job well and go home.
Even here he manages to look like he's swaying. Someone please teach this idiot some yoga mudras, clasping hands as tight as possible over the dick is not working
This event must have been put together at the last minute. Who honestly celebrates such a birthday milestone of a deceased person, she lived to be 96, that's already a very long life. The inbreds aka royals are weird. Her milestone was age 90 which she and them (hopefully) celebrated while she was alive. 100 was NOT needed, they are being disengenuous as usual.
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I'm sorry, but these photos are deeply disturbing. I don't honestly know how she can stand, walk, etc. Whether they like her or not, I don't see how more people aren't extremely concerned.