# @apnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C5BhJpzLdCy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13028811-apnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/788e90596d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-03-27T16:03:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Associated Press (@AP) — https://gondola.cc/AP

## Caption

A media frenzy was born on Feb. 27, when the hashtag #WhereIsKate exploded online with speculation about the whereabouts of Britain’s Princess of Wales.

It opened a rabbit hole of amateur detective work, memes, bizarre theories and jokes — mixed with genuine concern about Kate’s health — into which thousands of people descended until her announcement last week that she was recovering from cancer.

The episode offered the royal family — and everyone else — a lesson in the modern world of online media: If your silence leaves an information vacuum, others will rush to fill it. 

And the results may be messy.

Read more at the link in our bio.

#APPhoto by David Cliff.

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