Omid Scobie has been blasted for his “tasteless” post on Twitter formerly X ahead of Princess Kate’s cancer announcement.
The Endgame and Finding Freedom author took to the social media site to share an image of him setting his alarm to 6pm GMT, an hour before the public knew a statement was coming for the Princess of Wales.
One user Laura posted: “Disgusting man. Literal shame on you.”
While Casaco added: “The clock is very quickly running down on Scobie’s future career.”
Lynn claimed the 42-year-old “lacks decency.”
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Kate, 42, hadn’t been seen publicly since Christmas until video surfaced this week of her with her husband, Prince William, heir to the throne, walking from a farm shop near their Windsor home.
The news is another jolt for the royal family since the announcement last month that King Charles III was being treated for an unspecified type of cancer that was discovered while undergoing a procedure for a benign enlarged prostate.
Charles said he is “so proud of Catherine for her courage in speaking as she did,” according to a statement released by Buckingham Palace. He had remained in the “closest contact with his beloved daughter-in-law” in the past weeks.
Kensington Palace had given little detail about Kate’s condition beyond saying it wasn’t cancer-related, the surgery was successful and recuperation would keep the princess away from public duties until April. Kate said it had been thought that her condition was non-cancerous until tests revealed the diagnosis.
“This of course came as a huge shock, and William and I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family,” she said.
