Princess Kate's surgery leaves stripped-down Royal Family 'facing a trial by blandness'
Kate, Princess of Wales, is recovering in hospital after undergoing a planned abdominal surgery at a clinic in London.
Kate in hospital after undergoing abdominal surgery
The Royal Family will find itself in some "dire straits" over the next few months as Princess Kate recovers from her abdominal surgery, a royal commentator has claimed.
The Princess of Wales is one of the most attention-grabbing and beloved members of the Firm, according to journalist Daniela Elser. But her prolonged absence from the public eye due to private health issues may translate into a struggle for the Royal Family in keeping people beyond the fiercest royalists engaged.
In a comment piece for News.com.au, Ms Elser wrote: "With Kate gone, at least for a bit, the Palace now finds itself in some dire straits.
"The Royal Family is now facing a trial by blandness, of the actual blood members of the outfit struggling to in any way hold the nation’s interest, making it even harder for them to regularly demonstrate just how pluckily they are working for the UK."
Princess Kate, Ms Elser believes, doesn't just carry out public duties and champion causes close to her heart. Rather, she also brings glamour to the Firm.
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The writer claimed: "Remove the Princess from the equation and the Royal Family suddenly loses all of its razzle dazzle, its fairydust, its seductiveness. PFFFT. Gone.
"The Princess of Wales, without any one of us twigging, has unintentionally witchily glamoured the world and that has now been stripped away."
News of Kate's ill health emerged on January 17, when Kensington Palace announced the Princess of Wales had successfully undergone a planned abdomen surgery at The London Clinic.
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The statement informed the public the royal is to remain an inpatient for up to two weeks.
Following her hospital stay, Kate will reportedly continue her recovery at Adelaide Cottage, the Wales' home in Windsor. She isn't expected to make a public appearance any time before Easter, the Palace also said.
As a consequence of the operation, understood not to be related to cancer, the royal cancelled all her planned engagements.
Her husband Prince William also pushed back the duties that had been planned over the next few weeks to take care of Kate as well as their children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
A source told The Times: "The kids are always at the centre of their universe. That will continue to be the case. They want to make sure they have as much normality as possible going forwards."
As King Charles is to undergo a "corrective procedure" for an enlarged prostate this week, the Firm is left for the immediate future with only a handful of working royals - Queen Camilla, Princess Anne, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.