2024-03-24 19:44:59
The message from the bank: Princess Catherine spoke to many with her statement. As of Sunday afternoon, the Instagram post had been liked 4.8 million times and commented on 276,000 times. Image: Getty
She avoids foreign words, speaks clearly and uses key words to create closeness to the audience: Princess Catherine’s explanation is a rhetorical masterpiece.
Princess Catherine’s video appearance has earned her great praise and even admiration – even from the British press, which is often not kind to the royal family and has harassed her with nasty speculation in recent months.
There are several reasons for the extremely positive reaction to the public statement, quite apart from the serious content of the statement. One could even speak of a “performance”, an appearance that – as this term suggests – was perfectly staged. This is by no means meant as a devaluation and does not overlook the humanly touching nature of the message, but rather just highlights it.
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