LONDON — Catherine, the Princess of Wales, can be seen in a fresh video smiling and walking next to Prince William during a visit to a farm shop in Windsor, according to footage published on the Sun newspaper’s website.
The Washington Post was able to verify the location but not the date of the video. Kensington Palace did not deny that the video was authentic.
Nelson Silva, 40, who said he took the video footage over the weekend, told the Sun that “Kate looked happy and relaxed” when he spotted the couple in the bread aisle at a farm shop in Windsor.
It’s possible that the footage will quell some of the wild conspiracy theories that have sprouted around Catherine in the last few months.
In January, Kensington Palace said that the princess had a planned abdominal surgery and wouldn’t resume official duties before Easter. The online speculation about Catherine’s well-being and whereabouts grew after the palace released a photo on Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom showing the princess and her three children. After internet sleuths spotted irregularities in the photo and photo agencies pulled the photograph, Catherine acknowledged “editing” the image and apologized for any “confusion” caused.