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Mariella Moon (20 March 2024). "Getty flags another British royal family photo for being digitally altered". Engadget. Retrieved 21 March 2024. The princess' absence from public events since Christmas last year has, as you might have expected, spawned all kinds of conspiracy theories. It even gave rise to a whole Wikipedia article entitled "Where is Kate?" because people around the world are apparently that invested in the British monarchy and can't quite believe that she'd undergone abdominal surgery.

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Pinned Thread: Consensus on usage of "Catherine" vs. "Kate", "Kate Middleton"[edit]

Closed as an explanatory thread. Safiel (talk)

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The Wikipedia Community has reached a consensus on "Catherine" vs "Kate" in favor of Catherine. Please do not post threads on this subject without at least reading the following threads:

There are numerous additional threads on this subject in the archives as well. Safiel (talk)

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"Catherine, Princess of Wales cancer diagnosis" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Deletion very good[edit]

Closed per WP:NOTAFORUM. Safiel (talk) 02:21, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I am delighted that Where is Kate? has been deleted and merged into a small section here. Everyone who had a part in this considerable benefit to English Wikipedia and the project's reputation can hold their heads high. SergeWoodzing (talk) 18:24, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There wasn't enough content to support a full separate page. It was always silly. 71.7.195.204 (talk) 21:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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"Where is Kate?" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Change ‘committed suicide’ to ‘took her own life’ as per standard language for reporting on suicide which highlights that suicide is no longer considered a crime in the UK. 2A02:C7C:6B23:3000:98F:56FE:5579:3C9E (talk) 09:06, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Now changed to "died by suicide", which is consistent with the wording at the target article Suicide of Jacintha Saldanha. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:18, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Should we primarily refer to the Princess of Wales as "Kate" or "Catherine" in this article?[edit]

It's Catherine and has been discussed multiple times before.

I think we should call her the former (Kate) because WP:COMMONNAME Coddlebean (talk) 13:42, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have you seen Talk:Catherine, Princess of Wales/Archive 10#Missing information on "Kate" name and Talk:Catherine, Princess of Wales/Archive 9#The name 'Kate Middleton' in the first sentence.? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:56, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Coats of arms and copyright[edit]

A discussion is going on at the Commons concerning the copyright status of several coats of arms that are in use on pages related to British royalty. Please feel free to share your comments and input at commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Coat of arms of Queen Camilla.svg. Thanks. Keivan.f^Talk 18:31, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]