Kate-spiracy! Social media is on fire over Kate Middleton

As the world erupts in a frenzy of conspiracy theories, we ask the question on everyone's minds - Where is Kate?

Where is Kate? This could go down as the single most powerful sentence of 2024 as the queen-in-waiting of the British monarchy is nowhere to be seen for the last 80 days. The Princess of Wales, made her last public appearance on Christmas morning as she walked with members of the Royal Family to church. On January 17, Kensington Palace announced that Catherine had underwent a planned abdominal surgery and would resume official duties after Easter. Two months on, the world has drawn a blank on Kate, as she’s popularly known. A photo from an SUV, followed by an official touched-up photo with her three kids, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis (sans her wedding ring), that she admitted to photoshopping, hasn’t satisfied her well-wishers. Talk show host Piers Morgan urged Kensington Palace to “release the original photograph”.

As the conspiracy theories start exploding, people take to social media to ask questions, vent emotions:

Catherine, Princess of Wales, has not made a public appearance since December, leading to intense speculation over her whereabouts (Reuters)

Netizens have been asking, 'Where is Kate?', as they take to social media to share what they feel

Some questioned if she was alive

The hashtag #whereiskate has gone viral

In 2019, media organisations reported Prince William and Rose Hanbury (Marchioness of Cholmondeley) were having an affair.

Prince William and Kate Middleton with Rose Hanbury

Kensington Palace posted a photo of Kate Middleton with her three kids, said to be taken by her husband Prince William

Is this her?

Photos of Kate with mum Carole Middleton and with Prince William were revealed online

Social media users questioned the authenticity of pictures that show Kate out and about with mum Carole Middleton and (right) husband Prince William