April 29, 2011 was a special day for the British people: William and Kate got married on this day.
(Photo of the wedding at the time)
According to tradition, every wedding anniversary, William and Kate's official account will basically put a photo of the two together, such as the photo taken by the two shortly before the anniversary in 2023:
(2023 group photo)
2021 is simply a short film:
(2021 group photo)
Today is their 13th anniversary, and the situation for the royal family is clearly very different from that year:
William had a falling out with his brother, Harry left the United States, Charles had cancer, Kate disappeared for three months, and he said that he also had cancer......
It is unknown whether Kate will be able to appear this year.
This year, though, they seem to be celebrating their wedding anniversary as usual.
Just after one o'clock in the afternoon British time, the official accounts of the two released a "new" photo with the caption:
"13 years ago today!"
(Group photo released today)
The reason why I put "new" in quotation marks is because this photo was actually taken when they got married.
Kate's wedding dress can be seen to be the wedding day, and William still has hair at the time......
However, if you don't read the accompanying text carefully, it's still easy to be startled by this black and white photo, especially at this node, netizens are shocked, and they think...
"Why is it a black and white photo?! Oh my God, I almost fainted. ”
"Black and white photos, it scares me to death!"
"This black and white photo almost scared me out of a heart attack..."
"If your missing wife isn't dead, don't send black and white photos, okay, buddy"
"I almost threw up, don't scare me so much"
(The above are all from IG netizen comments)
......
Of course, there are normal blessings, such as the photographer of this photo, Millie Pilkington:
"Happy wedding anniversary! I can't believe it's been 13 years. I still remember this moment vividly. Shoot love to the two of you on this special day. ”
（摄影师Millie Pilkington的祝福）
However, these normal blessings are basically drowned out by comments complaining about black and white photos......
Yes, at this sensitive juncture, using an old black and white photo to "fill up" makes people feel like Kate is no longer able to see people now......
reminds me of Kate's self-reported in the public video of her cancer that she had started "preventive chemotherapy......
Is this already starting to have side effects?
(Kate announced screenshot of the cancer video)
Kensington Palace hasn't had an update on Kate's situation for over a month, so it's hard for us to speculate,
But you don't have to read too much into it, because if you look through their previous wedding anniversaries, you can find that
In 2020 they also used old photos of their wedding day, and in 2022 they didn't even send ...
So using old photos may not mean anything.
(The old photo used in 2020)
And in late April, William has gradually resumed royal work, and has not been with Kate all the time.
Illustrates that Kate's situation should not be so serious.
(On April 25, William attended the event)
Prince Louis' birthday on the 23rd is a photo taken by Kate herself for Louis,
And Louie is obviously outdoors, so at least at least, Kate's ability to go outdoors and walk around is still there.
(Louis is the 23rd birthday, the photographer is Kate)
This time the black-and-white photos made a big fuss, but after careful analysis, Kate's situation should not be so urgent.
I can only say that I hope William, or the staff of the couple, can have a snack and stop being so scary......
Of course, I hope that next year's anniversary, Kate can take a photo with William again.....