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OPINION - Kate and William conspiracies might be wild, but you can’t blame the public for wondering...

Source: The Prince and Princess of Wales

There could barely be anything more superficial than a badly edited family portrait. In normal circumstances this very silly Kate and William story would be merely embarrassing. But as any A-level student could tell you, it’s the context that counts — both inside the Palace and out there among the subjects.

The Princess of Wales’s on William’s Mother’s Day snap will raise eyebrows among even the most ardent royalist. If the simplest explanation is the most likely, then you can’t blame newspapers, internet wags and a cynical

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