GRALISTAIR
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Wow- horrible news. First of all King Charles and now the Princess of Wales officially announced.
Probably. All the talk about doctored photographs now quite rightly, pale into insignificanceI suspect she's come out with this now as the effects of the chemotherapy she's about to undergo could easily give the game away otherwise.
Very senior members too.To have two members of your family receiving cancer treatment at the same time is pretty awful.
Too right. Now they need to leave them alone.Probably. All the talk about doctored photographs now quite rightly, pale into insignificance
yes, but the older you get the more likely it is to reveal itself. However it is very bad luck for a middle-aged person to be hit, sadly not uncommon though.Very senior members too.
I believe the princess wanted to wait until the children broke up for the Easter holidays before telling them.It's sad but I can't but think Kensington Palace should have upfront a lot earlier.
King George VI probably died from lung cancer, though they weren’t as open about things then.Not very good news for the Royal Family. King Charles was diagnosed with cancer and now the Princess of Wales has it too.
I believe this might be a first time any Royal Family had cancer, unless one of the members had it years ago which I can’t remember.
Not very good news for the Royal Family. King Charles was diagnosed with cancer and now the Princess of Wales has it too.
I believe this might be a first time any Royal Family had cancer, unless one of the members had it years ago which I can’t remember.
Gyles Brandreth's authorised biography on the late Queen Elizabeth II claims she had bone marrow cancer.King George VI probably died from lung cancer, though they weren’t as open about things then.
we all have to die of something, and the longer we live the more likely it is that the big C will have appeared. I believe that loads of people die with (not "of") it, luckily unaware of its development.Gyles Brandreth's authorised biography on the late Queen Elizabeth II claims she had bone marrow cancer.
My understanding too.I believe the princess wanted to wait until the children broke up for the Easter holidays before telling them.
That's a pretty crass statement to make. Perhaps stop and think about those involved as human beings rather than a media commodity.It's sad but I can't but think Kensington Palace should have upfront a lot earlier.
Private and personal medical information should be released when the individual deems it fit. The world is not owed such information.It's sad but I can't but think Kensington Palace should have upfront a lot earlier.
Why?It's sad but I can't but think Kensington Palace should have upfront a lot earlier.
Almost certainly not. Cancer has been around for millenia, as @dangie says, anybody can get it. It's only with shorter lives terminated by other causes that probably reduce its apparent occurence.I believe this might be a first time any Royal Family had cancer, unless one of the members had it years ago which I can’t remember.
is the correct answer - this is a person with a family and young children. We should think about that first.That's a pretty crass statement to make. Perhaps stop and think about those involved as human beings rather than a media commodity.
Sadly so true.Genie is out of the bag with that one, social media and 24/7 100's of news channels. Even with information they won't stop speculating and commenting.
A number of news commentators are saying this was clearly done now for the sake of their children: the announcement came almost straight after they'd broken up for the Easter holidays, giving them 2-3 weeks to come to terms with all this away from the school environment, where hopefully by the time they return the situation will have cooled down.I’m not a supporter of the monarchy but as a human being I obviously wish Catherine a speedy recovery.
I can’t help thinking that if it wasn’t for the doctored photo they’d have been able to keep this hidden until Easter, whereas with the speculation the doctored photo caused they had little choice but to announce it now to stop the speculation.
The speculation had gone too far. Some were speculating a Dianna-style divorce, some were speculating that she’d died, some were speculating about domestic violence, some were speculating she’d fled the country. The speculation/conspiracy theories really had gone way too far.
I don’t want to take the thread off topic as the vaccine has been done to death (No pun intended). In the USA though it takes on a whole new Level of stupidity imho. Yes, nobody should have been forced/pressured to have the vaccine, but we are where we are. Putting the vaccine as a potential cause of The Princess of Wales condition though, is really stooping almost to scumbag level. I am shaking my head in disbelief.Anti vaxxers in USA are now linking it to her getting the covid vaccine.
Someone said to me a while ago that social media was the worst thing invented, all this makes one think they are right.
Term dates always vary by county. By me, the schools all broke up yesterday for two weeks.I'm just surprised the kiddywinks have already broken up for Easter - obviously not being sent to a proper school seeing as the Easter holidays here in Berkshire start this coming Friday.