King Charles has cancer

[CormorantStrikesBack]

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

Goodness me, you’re ll over threads like a swashbuckling Harry protector. 😂

Precisely. We've as much "right" to demand news about Catherine's health as, say, Akshata Murty's. (I.e., none.)

Goodness. No need to make your post personal. You can comment on the subject matter without doing that you know

I got a bit lost somewhere around the alpaca comment and further derailed by the poster who seems to believe everything the most extreme regions of Twitter make up, but I do think most people on this thread are concentrating on Charles. There are exceptions of course.

Whilst I always think it odd when celebrities announce they are doing normal things, in this case visiting a sick parent, it makes total sense that Harry said he was visiting. I expect he thought it would cut down the tabloid speculation/articles poor man. I hope he exits the plane dressed as Deadpool to give the hacks at the airport something to write about.

Absolutely. And it’s so distasteful,, this roll her out so we can have a look, her William to make a statement and tell us. It’s really distasteful for people to think they have that level of entitlement over her private medical info.

@Uricon2 I agree the whole family is having a tough time inc Fergie.

I think the RF will be polite to Harry make small talk but it will take decades for them to rebuild trust.

@MrsLeonFarrell
Well said!

No they aren't because of covid. It's the life expectancy of a child born in that year and it was falling before the pandemic as a direct result of growing inequality and "austerity".

I think this “oversharing” stuff has gone way too far. No one has the right to know all about anyone’s health issues. A vague description should be adequate, not every gory, embarrassing or distressing detail.

Reminds me of the book The Circle (good plane read; appalling film) in which the aim is for everyone to publicly share everything via live feed 24 hours a day. It was ahead of its time, really, and some people now seem to insist that it’s odd to want some privacy.

I've just seen another thread on this where some people managed to turn it into a Harry and Meghan thread. He'd be the source of speculation and gossip whatever he did. If he visits people will speculate and create theories. If he doesn't visit, he'll be dragged through the mud and presented as a terrible son. This is really a family matter, not a public matter.

What the threads about Kate's surgery and the threads about Charles' diagnosis seem to show is that there's a lot of people who claim to have some deep emotional connection to a family of wealthy strangers but are likely sitting like vultures for the next tibbit of gossip or speculation.

That’s life expectancy at birth though, as you live longer your life expectancy changes.

'So Harry would issue a statement to the world and the King of UK having cancer. '

Didn't Harry sit down with an American tv host (probably for a paid interview, but I don't know for sure) pretty swiftly after visiting his ill grandmother claiming he had visited her to make sure she was okay and to ensure the right people were around her, leaving a lot open to interpretation, i.e. she was not cognitively well.

It is not a malintent to muse that he could do similar with his father, he has been paid millions to invade his immediate families privacy, would he really stop now if the money was right?

Anyway, he wouldn't even need to issue a statement as the brave Omid would be waiting in the wings to help out.

@LolaSmiles

I so agree. Which is why I did not want to discuss certain things yesterday. Why can't posters who want to shred Harry for whatever he has supposedly done, go on the thread purporting to be about a Book... plenty of people to keep them company there!

I am glad he is coming over on his own to see his Dad. That's it really. If he hadn't have said he was doing this, there would've been an absolute outcry so I get why it's out there that he will come to see him.

It is all about gossip and speculation for some. I have ideas and thoughts in my head about the family and their unfortunate health problems, but I keep it to myself, there is no way I would be expressing it to anyone.

They deserve their privacy at times like this, not ghoulish rumours

He did go. Just not in the same plane as William and I think the Late Queen's death was quicker than expected.

But the chatter has no impact on the King. He isn't going to be reading this or personally harangued to tell people.

MrsDanvers no irony whatsoever. The point about the Palace isn't about Charles himself or any individual member of the close family - purely about the institution. Very different.

The word irony is overused massively on MN, often when completely inappropriate - as here.

I agree cheeseball

However even if relatively vague statements are given, people refuse to believe them, embellish them or say it is merely a cover for something else.

Medical matters may be shared if the person it affects chooses to do so. And only then what they are comfortable in sharing.

It is far from odd to want privacy - or some level of it. You wouldn’t think it though from some of the posts.

Cmon, we all knew the queen was at rhe end, well before she died. Christ the palace even put a statement out in the morning, the press , and the international press were outside balmoral for hours. Of course Harry could have got there! There is no way he didn’t know. Christ I knew. The world’s press knew. Everyone knew.

Why the ? Of course it's work. The King has a job. He takes the role seriously and does it to the best of his ability, as he did as Prince of Wales.

I suspect that the difference between the way Charles and Catherine are handling the news is simply down to the seriousness of the condition and the length of recuperation, as initially predicted when it was thought the King's condition was benign. I wouldn't be surprised if Catherine talks about things when she is well but of course if she wants to keep things private that is her right as a human being. Not everyone wants to use their personal circumstances, even in the good cause of encouraging others with similar health problems.

I am laughing. I love it. 😂

Many of us use the word irony incorrectly. I do, although I'm aware as I speak/write that I'm not using it quite correctly. However, language changes over time. When I first heard people say 'it was like I was' instead of the correct 'it was as if I was', it sounded really strange, but it's become common practice.

@Lochroy

No, it really hasn't. They have released statements, which very clearly state the timings, that the over-invested like you should have the decency to understand effectively mean "please fuck off until then".

indeed.

I think so too although obviously don’t know.
And I say this as someone with sympathy for Meghan.

Even the queen didn’t give her private medical info out. Neither did Philip. They kept it all very private. The fact Charles has chosen to go public is as he wishes to, it certainly doesn’t mean Kate’s info needs to be shared.

she will be back after Easter and it will be back to normal.