Over the past month, the internet has gone wild over the conspiracy theories surrounding the Princess of Wales’ absence in a way that can only be described as feral. Social media is like a dog with its catch — jaw locked, foaming at the mouth, a maddened glint in our eyes.
To begin with, it seemed like a gleeful, harmless pursuit. No one was actually taking it seriously. The internet hypotheses were ridiculous and knowingly unrealistic: Kate’s recovering from a Brazilian butt lift, Kate’s covering a shift at the car crash Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow, Kate’s set to be a surprise contestant on Celebrity Big Brother. The dumber the better.
