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The king has cancer

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TheBayLady · 05/02/2024 18:01

Wow. What a shock

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MyopicBunny · 05/02/2024 19:22

That isn't the King's fault...!

I didn't say it was his fault but he and the firm could do more to aid the inequality and of young children losing their parents if they really wanted to. It's worse than ever atm.

LakeTiticaca · 05/02/2024 19:22

I'm rooting for Charles, of course I wish him well but after listening to ITV news wheeling out "experts" to repeat themselves for 1.5 hours, Emmerdale better be on, or else!!!

LetsgoLego · 05/02/2024 19:20

Cloudbuggi · 05/02/2024 19:17

Money doesn't stop you dying of cancer. Look at Steve Jobs, alongside all the other extremely rich people who have died of cancer.

Steve Jobs was in the tiny minority who had treatable pancreatic cancer, but he chose to swerve conventional medicine and died as a result.

ColleenDonaghy · 05/02/2024 19:19

Daphnis156 · 05/02/2024 19:18

Has Harry tried to grab headlines by rushing over?

FFS. Ever had a parent diagnosed with cancer? DH and I have had that pleasure 9 times (yes, really, no that doesn't include basal cell) and it's very normal to want to visit.

clarepetal · 05/02/2024 19:19

Daphnis156 · 05/02/2024 19:18

Has Harry tried to grab headlines by rushing over?

What is wrong with you?

ColleenDonaghy · 05/02/2024 19:18

Cloudbuggi · 05/02/2024 19:17

Money doesn't stop you dying of cancer. Look at Steve Jobs, alongside all the other extremely rich people who have died of cancer.

Didn't Steve Jobs treat an early stage cancer with alternative "treatments" rather than actual medicine?

Daphnis156 · 05/02/2024 19:18

Has Harry tried to grab headlines by rushing over?

Cloudbuggi · 05/02/2024 19:17

Money doesn't stop you dying of cancer. Look at Steve Jobs, alongside all the other extremely rich people who have died of cancer.

Fionaville · 05/02/2024 19:16

In the nicest possible way, I'm sure he's got a much better chance of recovery that 99.9% of the people diagnosed with the same cancer.
It's a shame, I hope he recovers. As I would any other person.

usernother · 05/02/2024 19:15

I wonder if Huw Edwards is watching all the BBC coverage and wishing it was him doing it. TBH it's not the same without him.

Flopsythebunny · 05/02/2024 19:14

HeddaGarbled · 05/02/2024 18:14

Eh no doubt he'll have the best if everything. I feel more sorry for normal people that I do him tbh

What an unpleasant response.

I guess having to wait months for treatment for aggressive breast cancer can be unpleasant?
More and more people on my breast cancer group are in this position and it's getting worse

Winberry · 05/02/2024 19:13

Wish him well with his treatment and hope he makes a full and quick recovery.

Admire the openness of the recent statements on his health and todays one. Great to raise awareness, and perhaps help those people who would like to share their own diagnosis but hold back (and also help their families).

But I am finding the radio discussions even just in this first hour too much, like gossip, and speculation, which just felt a bit uncomfortable to me.

Cloudbuggi · 05/02/2024 19:13

Why are people all "I bet he won't have to wait months for treatment". Of course he won't. He's the King. He's not going to be being treated on the NHS. If he was there'd be an absolute outcry.

Everyone I have known recently with cancer has received extremely speedy treatment on the NHS, incidentally.

mayorofcasterbridge · 05/02/2024 19:11

frostyfeet · 05/02/2024 19:10

And he’s completely facilitated in his work by everyone around him!

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As are most people who work at a senior level. What's your problem? You think he should do it all himself???

AlwaysGinPlease · 05/02/2024 19:11

QuestionableMouse · 05/02/2024 18:02

Got a credible source for that?

There's always one 🙄

Weftaway768 · 05/02/2024 19:10

Dogdilemma2000 · 05/02/2024 18:41

The cynic in me says it’s so Harry can make sure he’s seen by fans as a hero racing to the rescue.

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Oh here we go.

mayorofcasterbridge · 05/02/2024 19:10

Supergirl1958 · 05/02/2024 19:08

Similarly people need to stop banging on about how the King will get the best of the best treatment privately. It’s not his fault.

Some of the vitriol (not your post) on this thread and bitterness isn’t appropriate.

I wish anyone who is diagnosed with any serious life threatening illness, the best treatment possible 🥰

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Some posters are really showing themselves up with their nasty and vicious remarks.

If you are so anti-monarchy why would you even open up the thread? To chuck some horrible spite and bile? Says a lot about your character!!

firethene · 05/02/2024 19:10

anotherfatyorkie · 05/02/2024 18:05

All credit to him for revealing this to raise awareness of this condition.

Raisinf awareness but the type is kept secret?

2dogsandabudgie · 05/02/2024 19:10

QuestionableMouse - Much more quickly than who? There are timescales that the NHS work to regarding cancer treatment. If you have an operation you have to wait a certain time to recover if you need chemotherapy, the same if you then need radiotherapy afterwards. I would imagine that those recovery times are the same if you go private.

frostyfeet · 05/02/2024 19:10

LetsgoLego · 05/02/2024 18:37

He still works at 75, probably works harder than a lot of people albeit in a gilded cage.

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And he’s completely facilitated in his work by everyone around him!

Thegreatestoftheseislove · 05/02/2024 19:09

The diagnosis is a body-blow shock for anyone - pauper or King. I'm sure he's has the swiftest intervention and will get the very best of care but he's still a 'normal' human being and will be a bit stunned for a while. Wishing him well but more, and whilst not begrudging him anything, wishing there was equality of care and access to the best of the best therapies and drugs for all.

ColleenDonaghy · 05/02/2024 19:09

Viviennemary · 05/02/2024 19:07

Its pretty bad that Harry has opted out in view of this very difficult time for the royal family. Time he either opted back in or gave up his titles and his place in the line of succession.

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He's more than welcome to his place in line - no promotions for Andrew thank you.

CombatLingerie · 05/02/2024 19:09

Yes@SisterMichaelsHabit I agree with you.

baileybrosbuildingandloan · 05/02/2024 19:08

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How dare you say that? Do you personally know Harry's feelings towards his father? To suggest that if a man dies his son would cry crocodile tears is contemptible.

Supergirl1958 · 05/02/2024 19:08

SisterMichaelsHabit · 05/02/2024 19:06

I wish him well and I hope he makes a good recovery.

I do think people need to stop banging the drum on this thread about how amazing the NHS is for cancer though based on one person they know. It's been well-documented the UK has some of the worst survival rates in the world for some cancers, and there are many people whose cancer treatment got chucked out of the window during Covid. It's not fair on those suffering from shit access to healthcare in the postcode lottery to say we all get amazing healthcare in the UK. Some people really do wait 6 months or a year for diagnosis before that fast treatment they always trot out in the NHS PR. The wait time to diagnosis is what kills a lot of people because cancer is easier to treat with better survival rates when caught early.

I can understand why some are annoyed about this. They are basically being told their life is worth less than someone else's due to structural inequalities they can't do anything about.

None of that is HRH's fault though and I really wish the best outcome for him.

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Similarly people need to stop banging on about how the King will get the best of the best treatment privately. It’s not his fault.

Some of the vitriol (not your post) on this thread and bitterness isn’t appropriate.

I wish anyone who is diagnosed with any serious life threatening illness, the best treatment possible 🥰