so am I "lesser" by default, or "greater" cos I've done more than peer out of a window?

[Maybethisyearornext]

'When lesser mortals would have stayed at home, Catherine proved that the show goes on' | Writes @AllisonPearson in the telegraph

I find this indescribably offensive

I am a "lesser" cancer patient because I didn't attend the trooping of the colour? Ok, but I attended as many days of work as I could, and as many hospital appointments as was required, and that mean a mile walk to the station each time. And in the months I could not return to school premises I undertook small amounts of voluntary work in order to keep in touch with the world and work on my stamina

And I coped without any income at all in the 5 months it took the DWP to process my ESA claim - did this "greater" cancer patient do this?

I don't blame Princess Catherine. She is just muddling through the best she can like all of us, trying to cope with treatment, keep up her spirits, provide happy times for her family, be a useful citizen, and hope for the future

But how ignorant do you have to be to write that other cancer patients are "lesser mortals" - and how could an editor let that pass? Were they asleep at their desk?

Please complain or suggest any other way you can to react to this, and get it taken down, and get an apology - this has caused distress among many families this morning. I am not on twitter myself, can people who are on twitter say something please?

https://x.com/Telegraph/status/1802114337319932072

Exactly this. Your show also went on, as did mine at the time, so you're not being called lesser and I didn't consider myself being called lesser either having been in the same boat as you. It's a crap piece of journalism, but I'm not going to take it personally. Honestly, after a perspective shifting cancer diagnosis I can't get worked up over stuff like this.

I was just reading this and saying to DH how unbelievably offensive that “lesser mortal” was. But Allison Pearson is totally vile and unhinged so so would expect no less - I’ll never get over those comments she made about Ellie Simmonds being unacceptable on strictly because she had a visible disability and the show was all about glamour 😡

Expect nothing less from the torygraph, to be honest

@Flopsythebunny just this

My husband died of incurable cancer and I find that comment enraging. Its along the same lines as "lost the fight" as though its the sufferer's fault that they died and if they have been stronger, fought harder then cancer wouldn't have "won" which is another word use that enrages me. Its not even the fact that Catherine has less to do because she lives a wealthy life but simply because the rest of cancer sufferers who don't have so many good days have been judged by this awful woman. Kate herself has stated how hard threatment is and that she has both good and bad days, I am sure that this comment will be annoying her too.

YANBU at all @Maybethisyearornext imo it’s incredibly offensive.

A cancer specialist has called her out over it on Twitter.

I agree you're overthinking this and I'm a cancer patient too.

That quote applies to you too don't you see. You pointed out all the tough things you've done such as walking a mile and volunteering when you couldn't' work. I didn't do that so yes that was you making sure 'the show goes on'.

I had just become a mum for the first time when I got my cancer diagnosis so that quote applies to me too. I did hard stuff that I'm sure others would have struggled with, it was just different to you and Catherine.

I think we all have our own versions of 'the show goes on' but it's not putting other people to say not everyone could have managed the same thing. Whether that's attending the trooping of colour as a princess, walking a mile and holding down a job or juggling a new baby, chemo and surgery.

‘Self indulgent twaddle’? What a way to speak about someone navigating cancer. After all you’ve said about treating patients. Shame on you.

@Wimbledonmum1985 she's talking about the author of the article not Kate. Kate didn't write the article.

I agree with you. It takes the approach that cancer is the same for everyone, and therefore it is a person's character that defines how they handle that cancer. I.e. The PoW went to work because she is strong, and other people who don't go to work are weak. Lesser.

I cannot believe anyone is being anything but supportive about this OP. I'm sorry. You have every right to be irritated by this sycophantic, disrespectful and tone deaf journalism. The writer clearly has a turgid potato rather than a brain. Wishing you a full and speedy recovery.

Well it was Catherine who used her statement on Friday evening - not Allison Pearson. So I haven’t misunderstood . 🙄

I think you should write that up as a letter and send it to the paper.

If you appeared, the whole world wouldn't be looking at you to see how you looked. Sorry you are ill but there is no comparison.

Thank you for posting this