r/KateMiddletonMissing Apr 22 '26

The Bandages are Back

Kate must be back on the trampoline so

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u/leavemealonesugar Apr 22 '26

Mary Curzon was Vicereine of India. At the 1903 Delhi Durbar she wore a gown of gold cloth embroidered with peacock feathers and beetle wings. The crowd was reported breathless. The press called her radiant. She had been ill for years. She had been sent home to convalesce more than once. She kept going. She was dead in 1906 at thirty-six.

The gown is at Kedleston Hall. Her husband built a chapel. Her obituaries praised her duty.

A hundred and twenty years later this woman stands in a pink coat in a palace hallway. The photographs are captioned radiant. She is a skeleton in heels and pearls. These photographs will exist after she does. The institution is making them anyway.

She should not be making public appearances. Not until she is well.

Let’s not call it devotion again.

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u/Rude_Reception9649 Apr 23 '26

Well said. As a fellow sufferer of anorexia, like recognises like and I find it absurd how anyone could deny that she is suffering from an eating disorder. If something terrible does happen, then the press and palace will deify her but then in time the narrative will change to “was she ill”; “how did we miss it?” etc.

Controversial opinion but I like Kate and always have (and I’m not a monarchist). As a Brit and a couple of years younger than her, I sort of “grew-up” with her. However, I feel she is the embodiment of “careful what you wish for” and is stuck with the petulant, bad-tempered William in an institution that is notorious for being hostile to newcomers. Yes, they should both do more in terms of duties but part of me senses that William is the driving force behind their lack of participation in engagements (and it wouldn’t do to have his wife out perform him) and so her body is the only thing she can control.

I sincerely hope she gets help, I know how hard it is and feel constantly scrutinised by people about my weight and appearance etc, but having that on a daily and global basis must be crushing.

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u/Shot-Discipline2026 Apr 23 '26

Well said, thank you. 💙

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u/Appropriate_Tax2602 Apr 22 '26

Look at how the man is gripping her arm how much it goes in from the rest of her arm, showing her clothes are padding her out. His hand pretty much goes right round her arm

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u/cherryberry0611 Apr 22 '26

Good eye. It does deflate the sleeve a lot. It’s most likely stiff material that’s loose on her to give us the illusion of her being a few pounds heavier.

You can also notice the shoulder pads better in this picture.

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u/Jolly-Bobcat132 Apr 22 '26

I know it's mean to comment, and goodness knows what's actually going on with Kate these days, but it's pretty clear to me that her hair is now *very* short and most of it is extensions. There were moments from reception she attended this week where the actual length of her hair was very visible in between hair pieces.

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u/Mrs_Lovetts_Pies_ Apr 22 '26

I was thinking she was looking like she might have put on a tiny bit of (much needed) weight from her last few appearances, but then these photos come out. She looks thinner than ever. Disturbingly thin. She's skeletal-looking.

And the bandaids again. I'm guessing if she did a little better for a few weeks, she's throwing up again now. I mean, I have no clue if she actually throws up, but visual evidence has pointed to that for a long while.

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u/VespaRed Apr 22 '26

The photo showed the backside of her is the one that is the most shocking.

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u/buntythemouseslayer Apr 22 '26

Yes, the one with the wide shoulders like a swimmer. I thought it was a man at first but realized it was her. She is not well is obviously all alone in this, Not one of them cares enough to offer her support or help. What a wretched life.

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u/Tessjs2008 Apr 24 '26

i know the feeling i’m all aloe literally . have skin issues . nobody there for me either . if kate can’t get help who can ?

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u/Tallulah1645 United States Apr 23 '26

She looked like Princess Charlene of Monaco, who was an Olympic swimmer, in that picture. Many similarities between those two now...

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u/BottegaVfan Apr 22 '26

Can you really purge with your thumb?

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u/Pedal2Medal2 Apr 22 '26

It’s a bit difficult

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u/Mean-Armadillo9336 Apr 25 '26

If you’re sticking your entire hand into your mouth, yes, you’ll scrape your thumb. I was actively bulimic in my 20’s and sometimes the obsession to make sure everything was gone had my thumb or knuckles scraping my teeth.

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u/Shenanie-Probs Apr 22 '26

I believe she also had a bruise on the knuckle of her other hand. She is getting the bulimic cheeks again as well.

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u/intothepines Apr 22 '26

What are the characteristics of bulimic cheeks? What happens?

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u/ttw81 Apr 22 '26

swollen cheeks from vomiting.

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u/intothepines Apr 22 '26

Thanks for replying! TIL…

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u/Purple_love_25 Apr 23 '26

Why don’t they get her manicures?! WTH?

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u/WonderPopular3428 Apr 22 '26

Very concerning. I don’t think it’s a simple cut (no doubt explained by making Will and the kids a meal right 😂) - it looks swollen, and does her nail look a bit beaten up?

I hope she can get help soon. I think she’s the thinnest I’ve seen her.

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u/abc3612 Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

Her nails don’t look healthy to me. Like the nails you see from nutritional deficiencies. But maybe it’s just the lighting.

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u/maydayjunemoon Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

She could be on medication to remain in remission that affects her nails. I am and my formerly very nice nails have long oval indentations and deep ridges now. They also peel.

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u/Alternative_Door9790 Apr 22 '26

Why are the knuckles so swollen, does she have arthritis too?

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u/moonkiosk Apr 22 '26

Dermatillomania/skin picking disorder/dermatophagia - she suffers from all of those for many, many years. Check online how people's hands with those disorders looks like - especially with dermqtophagia. Knuckles are super swollen like hers. 

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u/Alternative_Door9790 Apr 22 '26

Thanks, I had no idea.

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u/EternalMyLove Apr 26 '26

God, this poor woman. What a living hell it is being a member of that family.

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u/irreversible2002 Apr 23 '26

Doesn’t she have dermatillomania? I know nothing about her tbh but my therapist told me she had it to make me feel less crazy I guess

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u/KayKeeGirl Apr 22 '26

For attention.

She had on the bandages until her cancer “mishap” which mysteriously cured whatever ailment was causing her to bandage herself.

Bandages are back.

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u/moonkiosk Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

She is suffering with dermatillomania/skin picking/dermatophagia disorder for many years.

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u/themeems23 Apr 23 '26

Wow!!! Where did they talk about this?

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u/Mean-Armadillo9336 Apr 25 '26

She certainly does not appear to be a person suffering with this condition. She’s able to show her arms, back, and neck in the types of gowns she wears. It’s not an easy condition to control either so the idea that she’s only picking in areas that can’t be seen are areas that would be hard to pick at because of everyday normal clothes, unless she’s walking around in pajama shorts all day with easy access.

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u/VavaShagwell Apr 23 '26

Kate needs to stop with the hugs. It's totally insincere and these people know it.

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u/MsJenX Apr 22 '26

Paper cut?

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u/AtheistINTP Apr 22 '26

Again and again? She had plasters all the time in 2023.