After his and Kate Middleton's first evening of their three-day visit to Ireland, Prince William seems to be in hot water on Twitter after making a, possibly, insensitive joke about "spreading" the coronavirus.
Too soon, maybe?
After his and Kate Middleton's first evening of their three-day visit to Ireland, Prince William seems to be in hot water on Twitter after making a, possibly, insensitive joke about "spreading" the coronavirus.
Too soon, maybe?
It's rare for the Duke of Cambridge to receive aggressive backlash online.
But this time, Twitter is not holding back.
He also questioned the angle in which the media has been covering the global health scare.
3,190 have died, and 53,981 people have had it and recovered.
276 of those reported cases have recovered so far.
Anyways, considering the number of people who have died because of the virus so far, it doesn't exactly seem like a great time to be making a joke about it.
"By the way, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are spreading coronavirus, sorry."
He then suggested that the virus is not as big of a deal as the media has been making it out to be — explaining that they've been hyping it up.
"Is it being a little bit hyped up, do you think, in the media?"
They've been instructed to take the "business as usual" angle on the threat for the time being.
People think that his remarks were disrespectful toward those who have recently died from the virus, but accurately reflect the "institution" he represents.
They also pointed out that his brother, Harry, would have probably handled the situation very differently.
Their privilege is showing!
They paired their tweet with photos of people wearing masks in public, trying to protect themselves from contracting the virus.
Evidently, Twitter was not impressed.
And what do you think about his comments on the media coverage of the virus?
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