The king has cancer

[TheBayLady]

Wow. What a shock

Eh the palace?

They are really milking it on TV. Jeez,let the man get on with his treatment without all the drama

i bet the doctors and lab scientists were double checking!

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.

Why? We're not all sycophantic royalists.

Probably the various different news alerts and the two threads already on here.

Does feeling more sorry/less sorry matter to you?

Like some sort of weird sliding scale of sorrow?

Except it's not.

Shame on you!

Although I am not unsettled 😂, Edward has looked very frail of late.

I’m not a monarchist by any stretch, but it’s quite a refreshing difference from the old Queen and Philip. We never got any medical info about them.

Yes I know that now.

We're not all ignorant 'humans' either!!

Sounds like they luckily discovered it by accident during the surgery. Very lucky!

Some horrible people on here these days

I'm no fan of any of the Royal family but wish him well

It's really not difficult to have empathy for a husband , father and grandfather

Hearing that anyone has cancer is not good news. I wish him well as I would anyone in the same position.

What has surprised me is the openness of HM about it all, and I admire it. No offence meant but it is in marked contrast to the mystery of Kate's illness. I know she wanted privacy so that's her call.

I feel, rightly or wrongly that Charles' illness is certainly taking the focus off Kate for now. It is a perfect storm for them all.

TbH though most people who get a diagnosis of cancer at his age actually die of something else first, as it's normally less aggressive in older people.

As he'll get the best possible care, he's still likely to live some time yet.

Let's hope he has a swift recovery

Can’t be nice for him but it’s not the same as if it was a normal person juggling everything, with no money and servants etc.

I wish him well. No 6 month wait to see a consultant for him though.

@TheBayLady Why are you unsettled by it ?

I wish him well and hope he recovers. But I can't help but think about the thousands of other people who will have been diagnosed with cancer today, who won't have the luxury of private medical treatment and no money worries.

Charles hasn't looked well for some time, nor Edward who is also taking a break from public duties. Add in Kate having serious surgery and William taking an extended break to care for her... it's not good for the RF right now.

Although apparently William has his first engagements booked for Wednesday.

I don't think it's unreasonable for people to reflect on the inequality aspect of this, tbh. Charles won't be on a dangerously long waiting list, he won't have to beg for drugs and basic care, he won't spend any nights in agony on a trolley in a crowded corridor. Of course people are going to comment on that.

I don't wish him or his family any harm, but I don't particularly care what happens to him either. He isn't a force for good in society and he has no personal relevance for me. I have relatives with cancer who may die early deaths because of poor care and lack of resources; the contrast is stark, and it's not wrong to say so.

Not all nhs patients wait 6 months, my dh was seen within days after his positive result, scanned within 10 days and phone calls every few days from the nurses to see how he was faring.