I was moved by Kate’s cancer video – but should she be controlling the narrative?
6 months, 1 week ago

I was moved by Kate’s cancer video – but should she be controlling the narrative?

The Independent  

On the surface, the Princess of Wales’s celebratory post-chemo video message is just that – a cause for celebration. Or, if Kate wanted to help inspire other cancer sufferers with her story and to boost donations to cancer charities, couldn’t she have done a sit-down interview with the BBC? An unfortunate undertone of Kate’s home movie, produced like a Hollywood film and with a heavily curated message, is that, like many celebrities today, the Princess is “calling the shots”. ‘Out of darkness, can come light’: Kate Middleton completes cancer treatment My first thought on watching the video was that if Meghan and Harry had released it, the nation’s howls of derision would be heard in Montecito. Are the soft-focus shots of William kissing Kate’s cheek or Kate leaping on a hay bale materially different from Meghan’s promotional video for her new brand, American Orchard Riviera?

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