King Charles has cancer

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

@LillythePinky there are a number of cancers that often have no real symptoms such as colorectal or pancreatic cancer, as well as cancers with vague symptoms. It is just as well it was detected at a treatable stage.

Plus her own (obviously very close) family

If they're not around to help out I'll be absolutely amazed

I think he's had quite a bit of responsibility (that he didn't actually earn as such, just saying) and seems to have had a good life - not without trials and tribulations ,but haven't we all?

William stepping aside wouldn’t change anything for his children.

The only way the Wales children would drop out of the line of succession (barring future changes) would be if they were christened Catholic.

Exactly. He's coming over to see his father and hopefully go some way to reconciliation. Who cares what Aunty Anne or anyone else thinks?

I strongly doubt Kate has any more Nannies than one nanny - Maria Borello. With all her early years work, she would know multiple care givers are not good for children. But she has her mother and father and I expect Pippa has been popping in.

Re the Nostradamus prediction it doesn’t name a ‘Harry’ it suggests that ‘a man who never expected to be King’ would come to the throne.

Sounds more likely to be that weird Australian bloke who claims he’s the son of Charles and Camilla.

Now that would be a plot twist.

Your presumption is misplaced.

You can only step down for yourself, and for any future hypothetical unborn DC (who would be born after the abdication - this is in effect what Edward VIII did, no DC at the time of the abdication and any hypothetical future DC whether with Mrs Simpson or a hypothetical subsequent spouse would never join the succession)

George, Charlotte and Louis exist, and their place in the succession cannot be revoked by anyone else. Nor can they abdicate for themselves until they are of age.

So if William stepped down, we have King George for at least 8 years. But he would require a Regent, which brings its own difficulties.

I really don't see William doing that.

Thanks for everyone answering my ponderence which was hypothetical 👏

What’s going to happen to George in 8 years 🧐

If it was discovered during prostate surgery then it will most likely be bladder cancer.

He would be old enough to step down himself if he wished I presume.

There has been no mention of Beatrice on the news tonight

BBC said if needed William, Harry, Andrew and Beatrice are the people who would step up to cover.

If the BBC said that they're massively wrong and have forgotten the update.

They've even missed that the Queen is CoS.

It's Camilla, William, Anne and Edward since the amendments

It's not prostate. His reign will be short.

I'm watching ITV news and they haven't mentioned Beatrice

Sort of have. Harry would be King Henry IX.

Not that I think it will ever happen.

Not in their online report they are saying it will be Camilla, William, Anne and Edward

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68208157

@Hels20 she has one nanny and other childcare assistants to help out.

Although to be fair to the BBC even the royal family website hasn't actually updated and lists the CoS as only being William, Harry, Andrew and Beatrice.

I will be having major surgery in a few months and my DD is a baby. My DP will still go to work. Kate will have lots of staff to do the childcare, cleaning, cooking etc. William can still work.

Ive really been noticing that too. I also thought he looked dreadful at the Coronation. He just doesn't look well generally. What an awful time what with Kate recovering and now this. Poor Camilla and William.

I wonder if they know more than they're letting on, particularly as Harry is flying over pretty much immediately.

Why would it require 4 people to do the job? Surely The Queen would step up, and maybe William. Even Charles's job as Head if State makes no material difference to anything.