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?

Why on earth would I be unnerved? My own dad had prostate cancer recently, that was unnerving. Upsetting, even. Thankfully it was caught early and he seems to be doing well.

Someone I've never met having cancer - well I'm sad for them and their family, it is horrible. But it has absolutely no bearing on my life at all. If he does succumb then William will become King, and that will also have no bearing on my life.

Yeah I'm unnerved - by the prospect of spending obscene amounts of money on a state funeral, followed by obscene amounts of money on a coronation. They are anachronisms, the lot of them, and the sooner we get rid of them the better.

Getting a cancer diagnosis must have been a shock on a personal level and raised constitutional questions.

He commenced outpatient treatment yesterday and unless it's every weekday it's most likely chemo.

No matter how luxurious his private health facility is, the drugs they put in his veins will have the same effect on him as any cancer patient and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. For someone on their 70s it's going to be a gruelling treatment. I hope it has a really positive effect, for his sake. The crown is a separate issue.

Why should be abdicate? Lots of people diagnosed with cancer manage to work, recovery and go on with their lives. He's hardly hauling crates around a supermarket in nmw

He's an old man. I have sympathy for them as a family, but personally, I don't care in the slightest.

The Royal Family have nothing to do with my sense of wellbeing whatsoever. I reserve my concern for people experiencing genuine suffering: not a highly privileged man who is undoubtedly getting the best treatment possible. I sympathise with anyone suffering from cancer, but the disparity between the treatment wait times and Charlie boy is mad.

No. There is no reason for me to be unnerved regarding this.

I hope he’s going to be ok and goes on to have some more good years like I would with anyone. Telling the public about his diagnosis is sensible. For a start it’ll soften a few hearts towards him. He doesn’t enjoy quite the same warmth as the queen did.

Wow!! Harry is an attention seeker for visiting his father, who has just been recently diagnosed with cancer? But we should feel your "pain" for being unnerved by a cancer diagnosis of someone you're not even related to, presumably never met and will never meet. 🤣🤣🤣

They've said it's not prostate cancer.

I'm not a monarchist in any sense but some people on here are plain nasty- I appreciate when things are so very shit here it's easy to feel little empathy with a rich old fella who has access to quick treatment in nice surroundings and not worrying about his job- but the treatment is still gruelling, it's the same treatment and I feel for anyone of any income and age going through this horrible and very worrying situation and treatment

As someone with an advanced cancer diagnosis I do welcome the fact that the King chose to be open about his diagnosis. Cancer is a great leveller unfortunately. But I do agree that your post is unnecessarily dramatic OP & making it all about you. Basically anyone can get cancer & fortunately for Charles he’ll have access to the best possible healthcare & therefore outcomes.

The Queen and PP always seemed to be very healthy and seemed much less old than KC has for a couple of decades now. And he is now an old man so im not very surprised, tough for his family though

Exactly. Honestly some people are daft.

Sooner than anticipated? I’m pretty sure we all know there will be another coronation fairly soon, cancer or not.

What affect does it have on your life? Literally none. I don’t like him but I don’t wish him ill will - I just don’t care. Charles didn’t care when my dad died so 🤷‍♀️

No.

People have cancer all the time and while I realise it is an issue for them and their families I do not have the head space to worry about them all. I am, however, concerned for the person in my family who is undergoing cancer treatment.

Charles Windsor has nothing to do with my life so I am no more "unsettled" by his illness than I would be of another random elderly person I had never met.

Not in this short a time though. The Queen and Prince Phillip lived into their 90s!

What a lot of bitter posters on this thread!

1. I have been diagnosed with cancer. Saw GP on Friday, diagnostic tests on Tuesday. Consultant seen Thursday and treatment started Friday. So same timescale as Charles, but NHS.
2. My daughter flew back from Japan - is she just an attention seeker like Harry? Or is she allowed to be worried about her mum?
3. My son drove down from Newcastle. Presumably not attention seeking as only a couple of hours?
4. I have BUPA but the consultant advised that it would bring no benefit in my situation other than better food if I had to be admitted for treatment. It wouldn’t bump me up the already quick treatment plan

It will be unsettling for a lot of people. There’s a lot of negative news at the moment & this adds to the list. As a PP said, the Queens death impacted a lot of people negatively, especially older generations.

Oh please, do yourself a favour and never refer to yourself as a 'subject' again!

And 'American witch' - what has she actually done to you to deserve your vitriol?

No. Why would I feel unnerved? He isn't a relative. He is someone I see on TV every once in a while.