Kate’s William claim falls apart

Kate’s William claim falls apart

The role that chairs—heavy, expensive, possibly teahouse chairs—have played in royal history is interesting. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was delighted with her first Father’s Day poem for Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, after the birth of his son Prince Archie.

From the bench, the couple aired their involvement in controversial American politics ahead of the 2020 presidential election. (Ordain could be heard almost from space.)

Now another bank has racked up over 180 million views in 24 hours thanks to Kate, Princess of Wales, choosing this setting to tell the world she has cancer. It’s a revelation that, even after a day and night of processing, rumination, and discussion, is still shocking and feels awesome in a horrible way.

However, this bench, Kate’s bench, is remarkable not just for what she said from it, but also for who wasn’t perched adoringly on it.