Everyone is royally confused.
A BBC reporter is under fire after claiming that the video taken of Kate Middleton on Saturday is fake — and that the woman shopping alongside Prince William was actually a “look-alike.”
“Disturbing that newspapers like @thetimes are reporting this as fact,” Sonja McLaughlan wrote in a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter). “Headline ‘Kate seen in public for the first time’ when it’s clearly not her. As someone said. Could be a couple of lookalikes making mischief.”
“It’s so obviously not Kate. Some newspaper are reporting it as fact. But it’s not her. No conspiracy theorist but all very odd,” she added, per The Telegraph.
The Post reached out to the BBC for comment.
McLaughlan’s post was later slammed by Nelson Silva, who captured the video of the Prince and Princess of Wales shopping at the Windsor Farm Shop shortly after watching their three children play sports.
“What more do you need to lay off her? I thought after this was released they’d go quiet. But these people are so invested in the drama now,” Silvia, 40, told The Sun on Tuesday, a mere day after his footage went viral.
“This is a video clearly showing her and William. I saw them with my own eyes. It was a completely relaxed situation,” he added.
The man stated that he saw the royal couple while they were in the bread and meat section. According to him, they were “talking to staff and laughing” and “just looked very happy and relaxed together.”
Silva told the outlet that Middleton, 42, appeared to be “happy, relaxed and healthy” while donning black athleisure wear while walking next to William, 41, who attempted to keep a low profile in a ball cap and jeans.
He managed to snag a quick video of the couple as they left the shop and walked through the parking lot and field at the back.
Silva — who claimed to have no idea about all the speculation surrounding the princess’ health or her whereabouts — hoped that the footage of the senior royals would help put several nasty conspiracy theories to bed. Instead, it seemed to only fan the flames.
Internet trolls have shared several conspiracies that the woman alongside the future king was not actually Middleton, but rather a stunt double while the real princess remained out of the public eye.
“I’m not so much shocked that these comments have continued,” Silva stated. “I’m just confused how exactly they can continue.”
Silva alleges he only made the video so he could send it to his family back home in Portugal — calling all the comments insinuating he doctored the footage ludicrous.
“Are they now going to question if I’m a real person as well? Are they going to say I made this video? Did I put a fake Kate there? It is ridiculous,” Silva raged. “At what point will they back off and realize they have been caught up in something that is crazy?”
The rumors of a body double — despite an insider telling the Post that the video “should hopefully be enough to put an end to the outside noise about her recovery” — are the latest to follow the royal couple since Middleton’s planned abdominal surgery in January.
Middleton has since been staying at the couple’s nearby Adelaide Cottage during her recovery.
Following the “successful” procedure, Kensington Palace stated that Middleton would not be performing any royal duties until Easter.
After nearly a month of no updates, however, the public questioned about her whereabouts.
In February, the palace told The Post they “made it clear in January the timelines of the princess’ recovery and we’d only be providing significant updates” and “that guidance stands.”
The statement also noted that Middleton was “doing well.”
Speculation only increased when Middleton admitted to editing a photo she posted in honor of UK’s Mother’s Day. The photo was later yanked by several news organizations citing that it had been extensively “manipulated.”
Middleton issued an apology on X, stating that she “wanted to express my apologies for any confusion” that the picture may have caused.
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