King Charles has cancer

[CormorantStrikesBack]

Just announced on the bbc, doesn’t say what sort yet. Hope he’s going to be ok.

@Mylovelygreendress

I think you’ve covered yourself more in glory than some flower.

The wee halo polishing and chiding is a bit rich in the circumstances.

I’m curious that the accusations with regards to point scoring, ‘snipping’ and not showing decent levels of sympathy during an unpleasant situation are being levelled at you when one yelling j’accuse has been been point scoring, sniping, name calling and badmouthing the King - for the best part of yesterday, despite him being under the Doctor. I can’t recall seeing any decent levels of sympathy then.

I don’t have a big enough chinny to reckon with .

People certainly have their opinion and stance and why not?

But last time I looked, being decent didn’t mean spouting something which has no proof to it - despite their claims to the contrary. It doesn’t mean you can twist things for your agenda. And it doesn’t mean being a hypocrite.

This is a diversion from the main topic of the thread but those figures in those two years are surely impacted by the pandemic?

Whilst I'm sure we all wish both the King and Princess of Wales a full recovery, posters on here seem to wilfully misunderstand the difference between the two of them. One is the Head of State, and thus his wellbeing is of concern to the PM, Archbishop, Opposition Leader etc and the whole country. The other, whilst popular and high profile, will never have that same status. So knowing that the King can still meet the PM, sign State papers etc is important for the smooth running of the country.

Excellent post @ArcaneWireless !
Keep posting @Mylovelygreendress , your posts seem absolutely fine and not ghoulish like some others here.

I think it is pretty obvious that whatever surgery/condition that Kate is dealing with is pretty serious.

This thread has had me shocked and almost on the floor laughing

One thing is for sure there is still a lot of interest in the royal soap opera.

I agree family should know first but I can see timing when to tell H would have been discussed to minimise any potential leaks prior to the formal notification from the Palace.

No I think H would tell M and one of them tell OS who would tweet/x it just like he has done repeatedly. OS is getting his info from someone and it is more likely H & M or someone in their household.

How did we find out Hbwas flying to see KC?

Kate appeared to be relatively fit before the operation so maybe that will stand to her. She comes across as someone who is very likable if you go by her public persona.

On the what do we call old front:

i recon

70+ is old
80+ is very old
90+ is really old

I wouldn't describe 75 as very old.
'No spring chicken' though, as my dad used to say.

There's no hypocrisy in voicing an opinion about Charles and the rf and then when a serious condition is announced reeling it in. That's exactly what I did. Yesterday prior to 6pm Charles had had a very minor op and was doing well. That then changed. My opinion about Charles and the rf hasn't altered one jot. I'm just not prepared to continue posting while a relatively elderly person has just been diagnosed with cancer.

Unfortunately a small number of posters swooped with seeming delight on Charles's diagnosis as an excuse to slag Harry off yet again. That is not displaying any normal level of sympathy or manners and certainly reflects woefully badly on them.

On a different point, I can't see that anything any official source says about Kate has any real meaning. The Palace makes things up - or at least distorts them - as it goes along.

Oh don't be silly ......

If you think that Harry would issue a statement about his Father having cancer and throw it out to the world, you really have bought into something a bit odd!

If the price was right it's not beyond the realms of possibility at all, he has proven that on multiple occasions in a few short years..

To be honest I lost the grip on this thread after the Alpaca was mentioned.

I think we all have an opinion on what reflects woefully badly on others.

*Unfortunately a small number of posters swooped with seeming delight on Charles's diagnosis as an excuse to slag Harry off yet again. That is not displaying any normal level of sympathy or manners and certainly reflects woefully badly on them.

On a different point, I can't see that anything any official source says about Kate has any real meaning. The Palace makes things up - or at least distorts them - as it goes along*

The irony.

Indeed @ArcaneWireless !🙄

I find this baying to know about Kate’s illness disturbing. She’s a person who is allowed her privacy. People are not entitled to know what she was operated on for. And if the palace says she’s recovering well. Then the overwhelming odds are that’s exactly what’s occurring. She’s allowed a private life and recoup

its just a desire for gossip , arguing she’s incapable of she should appear or William make a statement, it’s all bullshit. She’s allowed privacy end of.

@goodbyestranger

Well said, excellent post.

I just find it bizarre that there are posters who profess to think a lot of Charles, Camilla, W&K... yet they only want to be on this thread to find something... anything... to criticise Harry about. Charles's condition appears to be irrelevant to them.
No thoughts to speak of on the family and their shock news, it's just Harry Harry Harry.
It does show to me that it's faux concern for Charles, and it's actually good to realise that.

Oh deary me.

So Harry would issue a statement to the world and the King of UK having cancer. Okey doke! Whatever you say... shakes head and steps back

Where will he be treated? Is it the same clinic he was in for his benign prostate procedure?

Whoops

@MrsDanversGlidesAgain , isn't it ironic , don't ya think!
A little too ironic , don't ya think!

@MrsDanversGlidesAgain Thank God you said that, I was starting to think I was in a parallel universe.

This. The King is head of state. The Princess of Wales isn’t and is not in the line of succession so irrelevant in constitutional terms (but not as a person obviously).

Courtiers only leak what they are told to leak. Not worth their jobs to leak stuff.

OK, Kate's medical issues were known about weeks before KC was diagnosed with cancer. If a day after that news breaks publicly she comes out with a statement confirming that she's OK/conscious/ William hasn't got her confined in a dungeon at Windsor, I guarantee that some would accuse her of making it "all about meeee" or shifting attention to herself for some nefarious reason to distract from KC. The RF (and I do include Fergie in that) is not in a great place at the moment healthwise and I hope they're busy shoring each other up rather than bothering too much about the "appearance" of the comms.

Anyway, I'm glad Harry's coming back to see his father and hope it is constructive for all of them.

It's always interesting when we have people who know the Royal Family posting on a thread - giving us the details of exactly how William and Kate felt and what happened between them and Harry and Megan.