Most of this is ridiculous! Kate had some surgery that we may or may not hear about in the future and Charles has cancer is getting treated for it. That's it, no more no less. I wish that all this craziness would stop. It's actually making the media and social media look stupid.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a financial motive. Newspapers will pay a fortune for a good story, and it can be very tempting.
I think that sadly happens a lot. Not only medical institutions but also at banks, the tax office etc. I remember a case from 2022 in the Netherlands where a 23 y/o employee of the mental health services was found guilty & was sentenced for searching for information of friends, family and celebrities. It seems rather curious that people risk their carreer for this (apart from having no moral hesitations about the matter).
Precisely. I once handled the account of a Major League Baseball player - and not some benchwarmer but a recognizable player who was a starter for his team - and had access to not just his annual income, assets & expenses (which, theoretically, for any customer could include health care benefits or costs) but also his SSN, address (present and past), number of dependents, marital status, etc. Everyone gets annual privacy training in my industry, as happens in the healthcare industry, and we are constantly reminded about different levels of information and especially protecting sensitive personal information. There is a lot we could learn or know about our clients and none of it is anything that I would be allowed to reveal to anyone outside of our organization - and even within our organization, the question always needs to be asked "does this person have a business need to know?"
I think that sadly happens a lot. Not only medical institutions but also at banks, the tax office etc. I remember a case from 2022 in the Netherlands where a 23 y/o employee of the mental health services was found guilty & was sentenced for searching for information of friends, family and celebrities. It seems rather curious that people risk their carreer for this (apart from having no moral hesitations about the matter).
I imagine that will be difficult. His ticket out -as it is for magazines or online publications and such- is that he simply referred to internet rumours, which is not untrue.
I hope not. I don't think giving the story more oxygen by having long drawn litigation is the way forward.
Personally, I think she should make the source of the story bleed. People will believe what they want anyway--if if I were her and I can afford to have lawyers on it, I'd rather be on record of having fought back on something so untrue and damaging. I wouldn't be after money, but an admission from the originating tabloid that the story was completely fabricated. Rose is not a member of the Royal Family and is under no obligation to "never explain, never complain."
I think such a course of action is quite unbritish. And people who do go on this course often win the battle but lose the war.
Yes, but there's a saying: If they don't sue, it's true!
Thankfully, we have no such saying in the British Isles!
I think the comedian has plenty to keep him occupied with the forthcoming American elections. Or making jokes about your home country is maybe not acceptable, but it is acceptable to run down people and families that do not affect you, conveniently forgetting that they have children who can hear / read all this. Vile people.
The BBC is running another story on their website, the excuse is to let people understand how things go wild in Social Media. Unbelievable
That is also why the RF very rarely make statements or sue, simply because if you pick and chose what you deny it gives credence to other stuff.
Agreed. He’s a comedian. It’s actually NOT funny to “joke” about internet based affair rumors. These are real people with real families and real lives. Or is that somehow forgotten?
I don't doubt there were plenty of comedy monologues that included jokes about Charles, Diana and Camilla, but I'd also bet that those jokes didn't start until after the affairs were publicly confirmed. Your example of the Italian politician? Again, was the joke made while it was only a rumor circulating around on social media or did it come after there was an admission or evidence to support the rumor's accuracy had surfaced?
If Rose knows best she would leave it alone and let it die out. Colbert is just one of many American late night comedians. He has no real influence.
It will never die because there are people out there who hate Kate and use this affair rumour as their favourite weapon. They've been doing that for the last almost 5 years.
