It started from a good feeling. Since the start of the pandemic, the duchess of cambridge multiplies videoconferences, with or without her husband, to promote the various social actions of his fellow citizens. On June 6, during the week of volunteering, Kate and William for example posted a video on their account Instagram official to salute the investment of all the volunteers on the British territory. Tuesday June 10, 2020, it's only that Kate Middleton appeared on the social network to interact with staff members of the Cloud's house, a rehab center in a historic building in Wiltshire, east of London. The aim of this "virtual visit" was to encourage drug addicts to seek help, even during this period of confinement.
Confinement would exacerbate addictions
"What is worrying are all these people who dare not approach the centers when they are struggling, but feel that they cannot reach out, she said. It's about making sure they know they can reach out and that you're there to help and support them during this difficult time ". In fact, according to a GAE Conseil study relayed by Forbes, containment would strengthen addictive behaviors for multiple reasons such as boredom, loss of bearings or worry about the future. But, far from moving Internet users, the speech of the Duchess of Cambridge left them somewhat perplexed.
"It's embarrassing, it's been 8 years since she visited them but now she needs them to advertise herself" or "It took 8 years for her to remember them", can be read in comments on Twitter. The magazine Daily Express also noted another comment, obviously written by a very annoyed internet user: "There is no one to contact. Services are decimated and so underfunded that they cannot operate remotely, so they are closed. Abolish the monarchy and finance society. " Critics that arise only a few days after the publication of an inflammatory portrait of the Duchess and her relatives in the magazine Tatler.
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