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What’s going on with Kate Middleton? Kensington Palace has assured us that the Princess of Wales is recovering from a successful, planned abdominal surgery, but the meme-makers of the internet aren’t fully convinced. Kensington Palace previously announced on January 17 that Middleton had undergone surgery and would be returning home after a hospital stay, adding that she wanted to keep her medical details private (though her office did reportedly confirm to NBC that it wasn’t cancer). The statement noted that she would likely not be able to return to public duties until after Easter. But the fact that she apparently hasn’t even by spotted by British tabloids since Christmas Day 2023 has concerned…