'Kategate' conspiracy theories are so weird

WHAT has happened to people I previously considered to be sane and balanced? How have so many adults I respect morphed into Kate Middleton conspiracy theorists? In response to the news that Kate had been spotted out and about with her husband at the couples' favourite local farm shop a mile from their home, I received a flurry of messages asking if I'd heard this "weird" story, and what I thought about it.

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I responded thus: Why is it weird for Kate, who is obviously making a slow steady recovery, to break the monotony of being confined to quarters without venturing too far from home? Isn't enjoying a change of scenery, visiting a familiar place you like spending time in, just what the rest of us would do in her place?

How can any element in this latest bulletin about the convalescing Princess of Wales be considered weird?