Nicola Sturgeon’s sister has lashed out against “haters” as she rambled in a 14-minute social media rant about leaking Princess Kate's cancer diagnosis.
Gillian Sturgeon, whose older sister only quit as Scottish First Minister in March 2023, posted the video after she received a barrage of criticism just 25-minutes before the Princess of Wales' heartbreaking statement.
The mother-of-two claimed she had been receiving “loads” of “hate comments” but also goaded her detractors by encouraging them to send more as she “loved the attention”.
Gillian, who describes herself as a “spiritual reader and life coach”, said: “It is actually quite good because all your commenting has really built my algorithm up and I've had sales because of it so there you go.
Nicola Sturgeon’s sister has lashed out against “haters” as she rambled in a 14-minute social media rant about leaking Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis
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“Do I crave attention? Oh hell yeah of course I do. I am an online network marketer, I need attention!
“I love attention because it gets me sales and makes me money.
“I love attention because it makes more people hear about abuse.
“I love attention because more people are inspired by spirituality. I love attention - I crave it.
“Was that post to get attention? No - that post was to do something respectful because I work online.
“But yeah, us network marketers love attention so keep giving it to us. Keep giving it to me because I love it - even the hate.”
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Gillian Sturgeon posted a selfie after deleting the postThe Princess of Wales delivered an address to the nation informing them or her cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment.
In an emotional video message, the mother-of-three said: "I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you, personally, for all the wonderful messages of support and for your understanding whilst I have been recovering from surgery.
"It has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family, but I’ve had a fantastic medical team who have taken great care of me, for which I am so grateful.
"In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous. The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present.
However, Gillian also swatted away speculation that her sister Nicola informed her of the health update as a member of the Privy Council.
She said: “She knew nothing about it. So I am really sorry to disappoint you trolls out there.
The Princess of Wales confirmed her cancer diagnosis on Friday
GETTY“But at the end of the day you will believe what you want so you probably think I am talking a load of lies because I am apparently a liar, apparently I am fat, apparently I look like a duck with my lips - so I am a fat lying duck. That's good. I've been called worse.
“I did not get that information from my sister. She did not know. End of.
“That person you think leaked it to me didn't have a clue. I told her.
“Even if she had still been in the position she was in I doubt she would have been told early, but even if she had been she is professional in all she does in her work and wouldn't have said a word.
“But the fact that she is not in that position and the fact that she was at my mum's helping my daughter do something that my daughter's dad would have been doing had he been here - she had no clue at all.”
The Privy Council contains around 735 members and has advised to the sovereign since the 13th century.
However, the former First Minister has not yet made a statement about the Princess of Wales' health announcement.
Nicola SturgeonPAShe instead liked a post from SNP MSP Christina McKelvie 10 minutes after the news broke.
Gillian admitted she “probably should not” have posted the video and waited for other news sources.
She added: “I apologise for upsetting anyone that it may have affected and the only person that would have been was the woman herself and her family.
“Do you really think for a minute her family are looking at my Facebook posts?”
Nicola and Gillian grew up in a working-class family in Dreghorn, Ayrshire.
The pair were quite different, with the eldest daughter being fascinated by politics and Gillian preferring TV.
Gillian told The Sunday Post in 2022: “I was playing with my Barbie dolls, Nicola was always studying.
“I always knew she would do something very special because she worked so hard.”
