The Princess of Wales..

[CurlewKate]

I just wanted to share some thoughts I've had since talking to some RL friends last night. I'm a Republican, and didn't actually post much on any of the threads on here. But I did read them, laugh at the ones I found funny and speculated a little IRL. I enjoy robust mental health, but I feel a little sad and down today about the news. And a little guilty. It occurs to me that it might be a real source of distress to some other people. Not the big media ghouls, of course, they have no shame and will just move on to the next thing without looking back, but for those of us who bought in to the whole farrago and maybe posted things we now wish we hadn't. So remember, the media often manipulates us, the establishment often lies to us and it's actually a good thing not to immediately take what we're told at face value. Don't beat yourself up and find someone to talk to if you feel really bad about it. Take care of yourselves.

The difference is that the unfortunate woman on the sink estate won't have to face an incessant clamour for proof of life and see revived rumours about her husbands infidelity and (with zero evidence) sexual proclivities, plus rumours of divorce and domestic violence all over the fucking internet. How much money makes that OK?

The NHS provides excellent cancer care, BTW. They are still good at it and I speak from personal experience.

But I am not the one getting my knickers in a twist about people talking about it. Merely pointing out to those who are that if they stop talking about it and let it all calm down then they will be doing exactly what Kate has asked them to do which is give her space

Then stop talking about it, @dandeliondandy .

@BigFluffyHoodie that's right. Now that people know that, they've stopped speculating and they feel sad for them.

Sadly it goes with the territory of being royal. The rumour mill around royals of all countries goes back centuries. It is just the way it is. Sometimes the gossip has turned out to be true, other times it has not. Kate was a royal girlfriend for nearly 10 years and so I think knew what she would be getting in to. I am not saying it is right but it would be naïve in the extreme to believe otherwise. Also outcomes for those of lower socio-economic backgrounds are consistently worse across the board in healthcare and whilst money and the protection that Kate enjoys will not spare her worry or uncertainty, it also affords her enhanced treatments and care that can make all the difference in outlook. Let's all just wish the woman a speedy recovery.

The King’s diagnosis was handled so beautifully

Strange choice of words.

Will have to flounce from MN now. It's not the online space I once valued.

Bye ghouly fuckers! 👋

I am not bothered about the flames though and I am not the one full of outrage whether real or manufactured.

Take your own advice

I'm not telling people not to talk about it.

Yep. Don't let the gaslighters and Wales haters get to you. I've had enough of this crap, it is the lowest of low human behaviour, posting nasty sneery mean stuff about a woman in Kate's position. Yuck. Will take a looooong break from Mumsnet who clear endorse this shit.

Frankly I can't take any of the 'Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' type posts I have read seriously. It is neither here nor there to me whether people gossip about the royal family and I don't get upset about it but so many are making so much out of it and using it as a platform to spout even more about the situation in direct contravention of the wishes of the woman they claim to admire/respect so much. I wish Kate a good recovery and hope that her treatment is successful.

Quite.

But it keeps it all going by keeping it current

None attendance at the funeral was for personal reasons. With a wife just out of surgery I personally didn’t find this cagey.
The picture looked like Kate to me, just much slimmer.
She admitted the crap photoshop job.
I just don’t see them as lies myself. But I’m not looking for holes in stories.
Maybe if by Easter we hadn’t heard any news I’d be speculating too. Actually I know I would because I’m human and a nosy cow🧐

Why post a picture at all?

You mistake me for someone who really cares beyond wishing a fellow human being a good recovery. I am not a fan, I don't profess to be and I also don't profess to be upset that others have chosen to say whatever they have said about it all. However, just pointing out that if you truly care as much for Kate and her wellbeing and wishes as has been expressed then why carry on talking about it all? Keep talking about if you like

From what I've seen some of you are accusing anyone who comes within an inch of this thread .but never mind I found out Royal board is toxic .

I feel it shows more consideration could be given for the fact that these are real people, with real kids and real feelings - not just a collection of people to chase, and gossip about and create frame around just because people want an escape from their own lives.

you can’t be expected to forgo every right (even your parental ones) when you are a royal.

Yes, but treating Kate as if she's the second coming of the She Wolf of France when she's a girl from the Home Counties who has married royal and is now facing serious illness and a media storm is just wrong. She's 42, she's got 3 young children, is it beyond hope to imagine how she has felt recently, exemplary healthcare and all?

I am the age Diana would have been and remember all of that period, sad lots don't, because the hounding really feels like it now.