Kate Middleton ends centuries of royal mantra with big move

Kate Middleton’s public announcement last week that she had cancer changed the trajectory of the royal family’s strategy for years.

Speaking on a True Royal TV show royal beatRoyal expert Duncan Larcombe revealed that the video represents “the end of the ‘never complain, never explain’ mantra. Clearly we have entered territory where members of the royal family will now be explaining.”

The royal correspondent added: “So, going forward, if the palace is going to push back where it has been silent before, then I think that’s a turning point.”

The Princess of Wales has opened up about her health, ending a flurry of speculation two months after undergoing abdominal surgery in January.

She was criticized for doctoring a photo of herself and her children on Welsh social media on Mother’s Day earlier this month.

At the time, PR and crisis management expert Edward Coram-James told us Mirror: “The only relevant response that can cool the flames is no response.”

Experts explain. “My one criticism of the Princess’s PR or crisis communications strategy so far is that she has taken these criticisms seriously by responding to them in subsequent statements.”