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Kate Middleton Before vs. Kate Middleton After
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Kate Middleton Before vs. Kate Middleton After refers to a series of Kategate memes parodying a supposed change in Princess Kate Middelton's appearance in her photographs and videos after her prolonged absence from public in early 2024. The format achieved virality after a paparazzi video of Kate Middleton shopping with her husband Prince William was released by the British tabloid The Sun in mid-March 2024.
Origin
On February 26th, 2024, during the initial period of Kategate conspiracy theories, X[1] / Twitter user @EmmaSzewczak posted a meme imagining that Kate Middleton being replaced by a lookalike, akin to an actor being replaced in a television series. The meme, captioned "kate middleton before and after 'abdominal surgery' pics" and showing EastEnders actors Joshua Pascoe and Harry Reid, both of whom portrayed Ben Mitchell at different times, garnered over 20 reposts and 590 likes in one month (shown below).
![Joshua Pascoe / Harry Reid Emma Szewczak @EmmaSzewczak kate middleton before and after "abdominal surgery" pics 8:24 AM Feb 26, 2024 78.2K Views .](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/778/065/732.jpg)
On March 17th, 2024, British tabloid The Sun[2] posted paparazzi footage of Kate Middleton shopping at a farm shop with her husband Prince William. On March 18th, TMZ uploaded the video to YouTube[6] and X,[7] where it received over 223,000 views and 27.3 million views in one day, respectively (shown below).
#KateMiddleton seemed to be in good spirits while out and about with #PrinceWilliam Saturday. https://t.co/kLUsfvt3b2 (🎥: TMZ/The Sun) pic.twitter.com/EqbtVojBcw
— TMZ (@TMZ) March 18, 2024
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Following the release of the video, users on social media posted memes referencing the speculation that the person in it was not Kate Middleton but a lookalike, posting images of actors and actors who replaced them in movie and TV series. On March 18th, 2024, X[3] user @MikeBeauvais posted a meme that received over 7,000 reposts and 65,000 likes in one day (shown below).
![Terrence Howard / Don Cheadle TORONTO EVERYBO Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais Kate Middleton before Mar. 18: Kate Middleton on Mar. 18: us US US 7:40 PM Mar 18, 2024 from Toronto, Ontario 2.3M Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/778/066/500.jpg)
More similar memes followed on March 18th and 19th. On March 18th, X[4] users @anihtek posted a meme that garnered over 4,400 reposts and 23,000 likes in one day (shown below, left). On March 19th, X[5] user @_benjamingv submitted a version that gained over 250 reposts and 1,000 likes in one day (shown below, right).
![Janet Hubert / Daphne Maxwell Reid Anihtek @anihtek Kate Middleton Kate Middleton before Jan '24: after Jan '24: • 8:16 AM Mar 19, 2024 895.1K Views • ÷ ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/778/068/050.jpg)
![Hasta el fin del mundo Ben Skywalker @_benjamingv Kate Middleton before Mar. 18: Kate Middleton on Mar. 18: 9:45 AM · Mar 19, 2024 • 49.9K Views ÷](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/778/072/efd.jpg)
Various Examples
![Katie Holmes / Maggie Gyllenhaal Adam @adamgreattweet Kate Middleton Kate Middleton before Jan '24: after Jan '24: 11:56 AM Mar 19, 2024 2,232 Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/778/078/8e9.jpg)
![Betty Boop Ranch Devereaux @theJacko Kate Middleton Kate Middleton before Mar. 18: on Mar. 18: 10:27 AM · Mar 19, 2024 3,102 Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/778/073/92d.jpg)
![Daario Naharis Jon Jaeger Snow Cassano Agatsuma @caffrey05 Kate Middleton Kate Middleton before Mar. 19: on Mar. 19: . 10:33 AM Mar 19, 2024 16.6K Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/778/076/8f4.jpg)
![Kimberly J. Brown / Sara Paxton Mikehole @MichaelDrummey Kate Middleton before Jan '24: Kate Middleton after Jan ’24: இரும ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/778/079/beb.jpg)
![Phil Bruns / Barney Martin Jay @theshamingofjay Kate Middleton Kate Middleton before Jan '24: after Jan '24 1:53 PM Mar 19, 2024 • 464 Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/778/084/830.jpg)
![Taylor Daniel Lautner / Wolf .:RiotGrlErin:. @RiotGrlErin Kate Middleton Kate Middleton before Mar. 19: on Mar. 19: • 10:47 AM Mar 19, 2024 12.3K Views • ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/778/080/1f4.jpg)
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