Narinder Kaur has accused Kate Middleton of having “privilege” on her cancer treatment after sparking a storm on social media.
The former Big Brother star, who has appeared on Good Morning Britain as well as Loose Women, sparked outrage on Twitter when she asked her followers why the Princess of Wales looked “old” during her appearance at the Remembrance Sunday event in London. “Genuine question – why has Kate aged so much? Isn’t she only 42? Is she a smoker? It’s the only explanation,” Narinder tweeted.
She later deleted the tweet, and apologised for any offence she had caused, but sparked further outrage when she released a video statement that heavily criticised Kate. “I thought I’d do a quick video instead of tweet after tweet, because it becomes pretty ridiculous – as if it wasn’t ridiculous enough already. I put out a stupid tweet,” she began.
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@narindertweets/X)“That wasn’t my intention, my intention was not to be malicious or nasty or anything. I’m not like that, anybody who knows me. It was stupid to ask about the ageing. I’ve admitted that, I’ve put my hands up and apologised if it caused offence,” Narinder added, as she revealed she had faced “sexual, racial and violent abuse” on Twitter following her post.
She added: “I asked about ageing. I didn’t kill kids, I didn’t wish death on anyone, I didn’t do anything like that. I asked about ageing and if she smoked – nothing to do with cancer at all. My brother suffered from cancer, went through brutal treatment with chemo, and he died.”
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Getty Images)However, Narinder’s apology fell flat as she made claims about Kate’s cancer diagnosis, and criticised the royal for having “privilege”. She continued: “She’s had near enough a year off work. Of course it must take its toll, I know plenty of people who have been in hospital and out for pre-cancerous treatment, and they’re back at work.”
“People suffer all day long, and they work, and they have to work. My own brother worked up until weeks before he died. So, Kate does have a lot of privilege there. I’m not excusing my tweet. But what I’m saying is you’re all mad at me but you’re not mad at the fact her husband and her father-in-law profit from cancer charities,” Narinder said, as she went on a rant.
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PA)However, Narinder’s followers were unimpressed with her apology, as they claimed she had used the video to make a string of unfounded claims against Kate and the Royal Family. “I've listened and yes you've said sorry which is a rare thing for yourself. You've also had a lot of hateful things sent to you (report & block). Yet you still couldn't help yourself having a dig. You just had the opportunity to end the discussion but you couldn't help yourself,” one fumed.
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