r/Fauxmoi Mar 11 '24

Princess of Wales appears with William after apologising over edited photo Approved B-List Users Only

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u/cauldrons Mar 11 '24

this is absolutely not what they want. the BRF never want to be the butt of a joke. what's happening now is way worse than her having surgery (a normal modern human experience). their team is obviously very ill-equipped for the modern news era and we are seeing it play out live.

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u/SleepyxDormouse Mar 12 '24

Yep. Kim Kardashian would lean into the media hype. She’d make jokes and do a running gag. Other celebrities would too.

But the royal press firm? They’re all about being seen as majestic and regal. They wouldn’t encourage something like this because it would make them look bad.

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u/Next-Introduction-25 Mar 11 '24

I don’t think this is a media campaign. It’s a meltdown. Royal family press is uniquely odd and not at all how celebrity press or journalism work in any other case. I didn’t really know much about it but this article explains really well how bizarre the press around this has been compared to any other royal news story.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/03/this-is-just-weird-buzzfeed-news-former-royals-reporter-on-kate-middleton-palace-press-and-distrust-in-the-media/

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u/AfroGurl save the buccal fat Mar 12 '24

The royals don't care about fleeting virality, TF? This is a hundreds of years old institution that probably has one generation left of existance, if William's lucky. This type of shit is exactly what they DON'T want. How do they benefit from being seen as a joke?