Princess of Wales

How do you know?!

Why does everyone assume a hysterectomy? Just because she's female doesn't meant that's the only type of abdominal surgery she could possibly have. As others have said, it doesn't have that length of recovery time and she has so much support at home that surely she would prefer to be discharged asap.

No idea but what made me laugh was a newspaper headline about William “juggling childcare with Royal Duties” or words to that effect. Yeah right - he’ll be WFH or popping out from opening a Youth Centre to pick the DC up from school 🤣🤣🤣

She and her husband are shirkers at the best of times so any excuse I suppose.

The royal family aren't just any old private citizens....and Kate actively chose to be a part of it

They may have over estimated the time she'll be out in to manage expectations. I mean if they said she'll be out in seven days and she was out in eight, everyone would be speculating as to why she's still in hospital. Whereas if they say two weeks and she's out in eight days, then you avoid that speculation.

What really has surprised me is the length of time she's said to be taking to recuperate....until Easter. That seems a very long time.

I do wish those in the public eye had the privacy to have these sorts of things done in private without having to disclose any information at all. What does it say about us as a society when a personal matter is made public and then all the speculation. Why do we care really? It has absolutely nothing to do with any of us.

i suppose an advantage royal means you don’t waste spend your time on social media as you’d just be reading about yourself.

you would I’d imagine feel quite vulnerable as there’s nothing to stop someone in the hospital or on the staff taking a photo and selling it to foreign media of you or telling family members about her nightwear. I’m thinking I’ve seen a photo of her at George’s football match on Instagram obviously taken sneakily by a parent.

Why bbc thought this was breaking news I have no idea. Didn’t know she was having an operation and don’t very much care - anyone interested in knowing my neighbour went in for an operation last week? Nope, didn’t think so 😂

Back in the 80s, it was normal to spend 2 weeks in NHS hospitals following caesarean section or hysterectomy, for example. The private sector hasn’t had to make swingeing cuts like the NHS has, hence…

Ha. You might want to go through the 40 page thread and report that. She’s been diagnosed with all manner of physical ailments, an eating disorder and god knows what else. It’s utterly pathetic. Who actually cares ? It’s abdo surgery and she’s probably staying in for a nice recuperation and break in a lovely private hospital that’s like a hotel. I have no idea why anyone needs to discuss it so much.

I don't know why so many posters in these threads are so focussed on it being a hysterectomy. There are many organs and structures within the abdomen.

Reported!

The current NICE Guidance is that hysterectomy should be offered as a last resort in many gynae conditions (unless a patient specifically wants a hysterectomy).

Its obvious she must be detoxing off hard drugs to be in for that long. I expect she’s managed to keep her addiction hidden thanks to all the cooks/nanny’s.

The treatment for those is usually to whip the whole lot out.

No, it isn't.

I have an ovarian cyst. It's being monitored. It may disappear, increase in size, decrease in size or remain the same size. Its characteristics on ultrasound suggest it is very low risk. There has been no discussion about "whipping the whole lot out" despite the fact that I have large post menopausal fibroids and have had a thickened endometrial lining which has been reversed using medroxyprogesterone. I have no wish to have "the whole lot out" for any reason other than cancer, while there remain viable, conservative alternatives.

Well I had seven legs removed and was only in for ten minutes so something must be really wrong with her. FFS ..how on earth is it relevant how long other people stayed in hospital for and, as far as we know, what could be wildly different procedures.

Kate - if you are reading this I hope it doesn’t hurst too much when you laugh at some of the stupid comments on here!

I think at the time the Queen had a private Dr and nurses at home I saw something on TV about it.

I think it was left at balmoral but she went and got it.....

I agree stupidity!

No one's in for ten days to a fortnight for a hysterectomy. The Queen was out in 4 days after one, then recuperated at home.

A tummy tuck?

There's speculation. Then there's stupidity.

Where exactly is this tummy that needs tucking?

My friend was in a lot of pain from her cyst, plus she was nearly 50 anyway.

Whatever it is I'm sure she wouldn't want to stay longer than necessary.

I don't understand all the frothing about it.

how is it "clearly" i mean you have no idea however much you think or say it.

A tummy tuck!? Doubt it. She’s amazingly slim and athletically built, doubt she has much tummy to tuck!