British royal family claiming William, Prince of Wales, had made a sad announcement about his wife, Kate, Princess of Wales. The posts all read, “Prince William makes the sad announcement that leaves fans in tears: ‘My wife it’s been…’” This same text was shared on Facebook in March, too.

This rumor emerged after a March 22 video announcement in which Kate disclosed she had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. The news followed King Charles III’s own cancer diagnosis, which was disclosed by Buckingham Palace on Feb. 5.

“In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London, and at the time, it was thought that my condition was noncancerous,” Kate said in the video. “The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy.”

Kate Middleton’s sad reality fingered by Prince William 

It’s been several months since Kate’s last official public appearance. Kensington Palace said in a statement that the Princess of Wales’ absence from the public eye is due to her recovery from a “planned abdominal surgery” on January 19. The official line from the palace is that she’ll be back soon.

Still, speculation hit a fever pitch on Monday after Kate Middleton admitted to editing a photograph Kensington Palace released of her and her children. Her admission — a statement shared on social media — only poured more fuel onto the rumor mill fire.

Worse still, the photo-editing scandal coincided with the spread of a new conspiracy theory: that Kate’s absence from the public is somehow connected to speculation Prince William had an affair with Sarah Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, who is a friend of the Wales’ with ancestral ties to the royal family.

Kensington Palace declined to comment fueling further possibility of a relationship between Prince William and Hanbury.

However, Lady Rose Hanbury broke her silence amid rumours she had an affair with Kate Middleton’s husband, Prince William.

She spoke out over the weekend while Royal fans continued to speculate about Middleton’s disappearance from the public eye.

Hanbury told Business Insider — via her lawyers — that rumours she had an affair with William “are completely false”. But ample evidences available to reputable sources in the Royal Palace suggest otherwise.