Does anyone else feel unnerved by the news about King Charles?

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Yes I know this belongs in the Royal section but more traffic here for people feeling like I do.

King Charles has cancer, I am sure William is wondering if he will become King sooner than he anticipated. It makes me wonder too if Kate will be okay due to her recent surgery - William really needs her by his side if he is going to take on the Big Job.

Harry rushing home feels bad to me. I mean, it's good that he is coming to see his dad but it makes me feel as though it's serious - I just hope, hope it's not pancreatic cancer - but I just don't have a good feeling.

The Queen's only been gone 16 months. I feel out of sorts. Anyone else?

What makes you think that? How do you know how much different people care about different issues?

I didn't say it did. But working in industry, mining, in factories etc can.

Well he has the very best care in the world doesnt he? So he should have a good chance for sure

What is there about the RF that makes you feel stable?

They're a stable drain on money that’s for sure.

I don't feel unnerved, just wish him a full recovery, as I do to those people I know whose have family members receiving treatment for cancer.

I find it peculiar that Harry, who no longer enjoys a close relationship with his father, immediately jumped on a plane to see him for a very short fleeting visit. If they caught it early and it was treatable, then surely you wouldn't just jump straight on a plane. It would make more sense to visit for a holiday and spend quality time with him in a few weeks. So either it's more serious than they're making out, or Harry is flying over as part of a PR attempt to avoid criticism and possibly with a view to taking on some duties in time in order to increase his profile.

Just as long as H&M dont end up as King & Queen, it will be fine 🫣

Honestly the first thing I thought was if he dies, there will be another funeral and another coronation, and it will cost millions all over again.

It’s sad, but genuinely I don’t care beyond how the news will have hit them as a family.

What is there about the RF that makes you feel stable?

They are all fooking crackers.

The sulky son with more money and life security than any of us can dream about whining in a book that his older brother got a bigger bedroom. & who chucked in wealth and status and his whole life and home to chase a buck with a no-mark actress in the states. & spilled private dirt on his family & fell out badly with his dad and his mum and by all accounts irritated his long suffering granny.

The dopey sweaty uncle hanging round pizza hut and very obviously dodge paedo millionaire types to roll with the high life.

The man who married a woman he didn't love, conducted a very public affair with his mistress, rubbed his young and vulnerable wifes nose in it and wanted to be a tampax.

The one who organised a suspiciiously bad its a knock out as he wanted some kind of job.

It's like a Shakespearean bad joke.

The only one who is half way normal is Princess Anne and William seems alright but he's got Harry and everything else to contend with.

It's enough to make all our families look like models of stability.

Maybe he just loves his dad and misses him. Maybe he wanted to tell him so 🤷‍♀️

I literally couldn’t care less beyond feeling that I don’t want any other human being to have cancer.

I am so not a fan of the royal family and what they represent. I find it completely alien that anyone likes them as people.

No. I wish him well but this is the least of the country's worries!!

I hope he gets better soon though. It is hard for any family to experience this. That’s the extent of my feelings.

^^ This.

I don't know or care much about the royal family. I don't have a Wills v Harry favourite. I don't know if the monarchy is a better or worse form of government than a republic with a figurehead president, like Ireland or Germany has.

I do know, however, that pretty well all of the people who are saying "OK so maybe Harry did come back but it's only for attention" would have had an equally snarky comment if Harry had not come back ("He doesn't care about his poor Dad", or for advanced students, "He knows Charles isn't his Dad anyway, hur hur ginger something hur hur"). In those people's eyes, whatever Harry does is bad, simply because it's Harry doing it. There is literally nothing Harry can do that these people would approve of. (It isn't just Harry, either. I have seen people express similar opinions about Jeremy Corbyn, David Cameron, and Piers Morgan, for example.)

Now, that's fine. We can all choose to like or not like someone we've never met based on press reporting. The problem is that if you are going to slag off Harry whether he does X or the exact opposite of X, then it's not about X. You should just put "I hate Harry" in your profile and be done with it. Don't waste our time making out that his actions are in any relevant to your hatred.

I don’t feel unnerved, he has the best possible medical care at his beck and call and he won’t have to be given chemo in a mobile unit on a hospital carpark.
I would say though, as my 63 year old mom is going through cancer treatment for the second time, it really takes it out of you, he will find it a struggle to return as a full time working King, and early abdication is my prediction.

No. I am, however, very upset about the recent cancer diagnosis of my 40 yr old friend.

I'm clutching my pearls

I wish him no more good will than every cancer sufferer.

He will get the very best of treatment, unlike most.

Sad for him and his family but not unnerving for the people he supposedly reigns over in the slightest.

Nope. I note that he had his first treatment today, so I’m feeling very resentful that DB is still waiting to have life improving and prolonging treatment which was cancelled due to the dr strike in Jan and rescheduled for March, meanwhile DB had been hospitalised while he continues to deteriorate. Note- we would happily pay but the specialised treatment isn’t available privately (although I’m pretty confident the king wouldn’t be waiting 2 months). DB is going to lose his job as a result of the illness…..

so no, I couldn’t give a monkeys about Charles diagnosis anymore than I would about anyone else I’ve never met having cancer.

No. The big change was when QE died. It was the of an era in one regard but the world is still revolving.

Don't want to speculate directly about the cancer but I wonder if William were to become king relatively soon do you think he would opt for much simpler ceremonies out of consideration for the economy?

You seem insane. This does not affect you in any way. The King is a figure, an idea, a stranger to you. Last week a 44 year old friend of mine died because the covid lockdowns meant he was unable to see a doctor and his cancer went undiagnosed until it spread. This morning my FiL has a cancer op delayed due to waiting lists: I have a family member unable to access mental health care despite a number of psychotic episodes in which they have endangered lives. If you have escaped such tragedies, feel fortunate instead of creating drama about someone who is, to all intents and purposes a fiction used to control you.

One would hope so. That would be the right thing to do.

I am no more nor no less unnerved than when anyone is diagnosed with cancer.