The surgery was successful.
It no doubt took courage for the Princess to make such a private health matter public.
However, she also likely had little choice.
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It alleged they attempted to reach the princesss personal health records.
In January, the Princess of Wales underwent a planned abdominal surgery at the Marylebone hospital.
The Princess of Wales appreciates the interest this statement will generate, a representative wrote at the time.
She hopes that the public will understand her desire to maintain as much normalcy for her children as possible.
On January 29, they announced she had left the hospital.
While many of the posts were humorous, others were sinister, even salacious, in their content.
Then, it reached a fever pitch.
It featured several Photoshop manipulations.
Suddenly, those fringe Wheres Kate internet rumors were catapulted into the mainstream.
Everyone, everywhere, couldnt help wondering what on earth was going on with Kate Middleton.
Lets get this out of the way: Kate Middleton works for the Crown, a taxpayer-funded institution.
Therefore, a certain amount of transparency about her life is expected.
Then, within 24 hours of their birth, Middleton participated in a photo call outside the hospital.
To do that so quickly after labor feels equal parts superhuman and inhuman.
But Middleton did it anyway, knowing it came with the job.
But the lack ofspecificsaround that abdominal surgery sent royal watchers into meltdownand possibly led to a crime being committed.
Now, everything is out in the open.
Despite the online rumor mill, there were no highly orchestrated lies, conspiracies, or secrets.
There was a slight tremor in her voice.
Its not just Kate.
Royal women, in particular, have been routinely hounded about medical matters to an unreasonable degree.
Instead, it was because Portland Hospital in Windsor said they couldnt handle the press.
Instead, Harry gave remarks to reporters a few hours after the birth.
Then, two days later, they introduced Archie publicly to reporters and cameras at Windsor Castle.
Nor does it only impact the royals themselves.
In December 2012, Middleton was admitted to Londons King Edward VII Hospital for her acute Hyperemesis gravidarum.
One night, two Australian DJs prank-called her hospital pretending to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.
A night nurse, Jacintha Saldanha, answered.
Confused, she accidentally revealed details about the princesss condition.
After finding out shed been dupedand feeling overwhelmed with shameSaldanha took her own life.
At the end of her two-minute video, Middleton asked for privacy yet again.
Everyone is humanand all humans, even royals, have a legal and ethical right to medical privacy.
Lets finally let Kate have it, too.
