As the mystery surrounding Princess Kate Middleton’s whereabouts continues, the palace only seems to be making matters worse. Whoever is managing their PR is dropping the ball big time, leaving people with more questions than answers. And if you think Black people aren’t part of the conversation, think again. Social media is buzzing with hilarious videos featuring Black folks getting their Sherlock Holmes on trying to get to the bottom of the case of the missing princess.
The latest chapter in the drama is a video released Monday by TMZ, which they say captures Princess Kate and Prince William shopping at a farmer’s market near their home. But while someone thought a grainy video of a smiling Kate would calm people down, it only got them riled TF up.
Take TikToker @kevonstage, who doesn’t believe royals are out here doing their own shopping.
“They don’t seem real just walking,” he said. “Ya’ll don’t look like you ever bought a thing with ya’ll own money. Do you know how to swipe a card or tap it?”
People in the comments couldn’t help but chime in, questioning why no one is stopping to take pictures of Middleton (if it’s really her), especially surrounding all of the controversy about her absence.
“That’s mate kiddleton,” joked one commenter.
Other amateur sleuths, like @talleyberrybaby question why the palace would release a casual “deep-fried video” rather than make Kate’s appearance more of a press event.
“If today was the day that they were going to decide to show us that Kate Middleton was alive, it would have been an event. People would have been expected to be there,” she said. “She just wouldn’t have been TMZ casually videographered walking around the goddamn farmer’s market.”
She was also swift enough to call out the fact that Kate is seen carrying bags in the video, a no-no for a patient post abdominal surgery and something she believes her royal husband should know.
“You mean to tell me, your woman just had a surgery that she’s recovering from...and you got her carrying groceries? You got her carrying the Piggly Wiggly bags? That don’t make no sense to me,” she wonders.
Others are alleging that TMZ’s video is actually from December, pointing out that the wooden booths behind the royal couple are only up in the area around the holidays.
“im gonna need her to get on a live and hold up that day’s newspaper,” wrote one commenter.
Whether the video is real or fake has yet to be determined. But we’ll definitely keep watching these hilarious Black creators posts for updates.