Catherine, Princess of Wales

[ahah]

Apr 9, 2024 21:18:51 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Im sorry but either Kensington Palace are trolling the conspiracy theory chatter folk or are genuinely :-Xnaive but these Unsigned/ not sig stamped, nameless Thank you cards are only going to fuel things even more imo… I mean how hard would it be to have her name Catherine in there somewhere
this is what I mean by handling things badly, weirdly and vague by comparison to to BP.

(Go ahead, I’m ready for the onslaught about how wrong I am again and KP pr is perfect )


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Id be skeptical of that polling company in general re positive royal polling that YouGov has a Parker Bowles relative high up in its board somewhere.

I hear what you're saying. What has been the norm from the royal family? Since Queen Elizabeth was the pinnacle of making the effort and doing it right - if people sent her notes of support, did they get anything back, and if so, what did it look like?

[cancan]

Apr 10, 2024 7:26:00 GMT -4 ahah said:

Apr 9, 2024 21:18:51 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Im sorry but either Kensington Palace are trolling the conspiracy theory chatter folk or are genuinely :-Xnaive but these Unsigned/ not sig stamped, nameless Thank you cards are only going to fuel things even more imo… I mean how hard would it be to have her name Catherine in there somewhere
this is what I mean by handling things badly, weirdly and vague by comparison to to BP.

(Go ahead, I’m ready for the onslaught about how wrong I am again and KP pr is perfect )


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Id be skeptical of that polling company in general re positive royal polling that YouGov has a Parker Bowles relative high up in its board somewhere.

I hear what you're saying. What has been the norm from the royal family? Since Queen Elizabeth was the pinnacle of making the effort and doing it right - if people sent her notes of support, did they get anything back, and if so, what did it look like?

Here's an example of something that was sent from the Queen (or her office.) Nowhere does it say "Elizabeth", nor is it signed.

[ahah]

Thanks! So Kate has in some ways upgraded the norm by putting the acknowledgement on cardstock that is more of a keep sake.

[Karrit]

What are ya gonna do? I think anything the P&PW do is enough for a conspiracy theorist to run with.

[Hujambo]

Apr 9, 2024 21:18:51 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Im sorry but either Kensington Palace are trolling the conspiracy theory chatter folk or are genuinely :-Xnaive but these Unsigned/ not sig stamped, nameless Thank you cards are only going to fuel things even more imo… I mean how hard would it be to have her name Catherine in there somewhere
this is what I mean by handling things badly, weirdly and vague by comparison to to BP.

(Go ahead, I’m ready for the onslaught about how wrong I am again and KP pr is perfect )


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Id be skeptical of that polling company in general re positive royal polling that YouGov has a Parker Bowles relative high up in its board somewhere.

Unsigned cards are standard for KP. These are the type of thank you cards they send thanking people for well wishes not their anniversary and for wishing their children Happy Birthday. The Queen also released the same. Online people always forget that the majority of people don't give a toss about trending topics. Crazies are gonna crazy. She released a full on two and half minute video speaking to the camera and people still think it's AI. A signed signature on a card won't make them discard their tin foil hats. The card is written in the third person, ie, it's an aide or secretary telling whoever wrote in thank you. No one here actually believes she's the one sending them out and licking the envelope.

Polling can be imperfect but it also has its strengths. A total of nearly 8k people were polled. IMO, it's a far better read than what @whereskate on Twitter says. YouGov, Sky and Newsweek took polling and they all say the same thing: The vast majority of people, even in the US, think Kate handled this well and there's no need for her to release any more information. People who look at her favorably has actually increased since January. 50% of people having a favorable opinion of Camilla has been the norm since before the Queen Elizabeth's last Jubilee. She rarely gets over that. 41% of people look at her unfavorably. Also the norm.

[luckylexie]

That thank you note is totally normal and usual. They aren’t usually signed (or auto-penned/signature armed) because staffers send them out. And, as someone mentioned up thread, the majority of these are written in the third person. The correspondence team at BP/KP must be huge — they must receive tons of mail for all members of the royal family, especially these days. They save money/time by sending out these boring, plain thank you notes. I recall the Queen had a team of ladies-in-waiting who handled her correspondence. They typed out each thank you letter and thanked the correspondent on behalf of the Queen.

[cancan]

Apr 11, 2024 10:54:31 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Apr 10, 2024 9:15:18 GMT -4 Karrit said:

What are ya gonna do? I think anything the P&PW do is enough for a conspiracy theorist to run with.

Which is what i was getting at surely theyd be more aware that any little thing could be picked up and run with, therefore more careful with the comms. Im not the only one who noticed the impersonal nature of the card.

Eh, if it was good enough for QE2, it's good enough for the Princess of Wales.

[ahah]

Apr 11, 2024 11:54:18 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Apr 11, 2024 11:31:45 GMT -4 cancan said:

Eh, if it was good enough for QE2, it's good enough for the Princess of Wales.

Yeah but QE2 wasnt trying to dampen down conspiracy theories and internet noises.

You think that if they suddenly broke with tradition and made Kate hand sign thank you notes, there would not be internet noise pointing out that the palace never does things that way, so clearly they're hiding that it's not really Kate?
When normal things happen in a normal way and people insist it's a sign, I think it's more of a sign that the people insisting such don't know what is normal. Comms teams can't do much about that.

[cancan]

Apr 11, 2024 11:54:18 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Apr 11, 2024 11:31:45 GMT -4 cancan said:

Eh, if it was good enough for QE2, it's good enough for the Princess of Wales.

Yeah but QE2 wasnt trying to dampen down conspiracy theories and internet noises.

Nor is KP, apparently. And one might ask, why not? And one might answer: those "conspiracy theories and internet noises" are from a small, irrelevant, often not British squad of online provocateurs. Best to ignore them.

It's like when a feral cat shows up at your door. If you feed it, it will keep coming back, and bring its friends.

[hellsbells]

Apr 11, 2024 11:59:22 GMT -4 ahah said:

Apr 11, 2024 11:54:18 GMT -4 @fitz said:

Yeah but QE2 wasnt trying to dampen down conspiracy theories and internet noises.

You think that if they suddenly broke with tradition and made Kate hand sign thank you notes, there would not be internet noise pointing out that the palace never does things that way, so clearly they're hiding that it's not really Kate?
When normal things happen in a normal way and people insist it's a sign, I think it's more of a sign that the people insisting such don't know what is normal. Comms teams can't do much about that.

I don't know about tamping down conspiracies, but signature stamps are pretty common now. They're easy to utilize and don't require Catherine doing it all herself.

I'm shocked the Royal Palace (Buckingham and Kensington and every other Duke, Marquis, Lord, etc.) hasn't been doing this for decades.

It's more personal and friendly than a fully typed card.

I'm sure there is some royal justification for not using them, but it's so odd seeing such an impersonal card. (I work in the not for profit world, so personalization -- even if just a stamp -- is the norm here.).