The photo debacle and Kate’s absence from public duties—which, as her rep reiterated Feb. 29, isn’t expected to end until after the March 31 Easter holiday—have also been the subject of late night talk show discussions and jokes.
Stephen Colbert noted on The Late Show March 12 how “the dominion has been all a flutter by the seeming disappearance of Kate Middleton.” Also that day, John Oliver shared his thoughts in regards to the matter on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.
“I used to be out. I believed ‘Let’s all just ignore this, we have moved on,’ until the Photoshop thing,” the British-born Last Week Tonight host said. “Seems like you are almost handling it badly in a powerful way at this point.”
John also joked, “There may be a non-zero probability she died 18 months ago. They could be Weekend at Bernie‘s-ing this example,” adding, “I’m not saying it happened! I’m saying it’s non-zero. Until proved otherwise. Until you see her with a replica of the day’s newspaper.”
Kate isn’t the one royal to stir online discussion in recent months. Look back at more royal news from this yr below: