Catherine completes three peak challenge

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwydwgy7125o

OMG, the comments asking 'why can't Catherine work if she can do this' are absolutely awful. 😖

SHE HAS HAD CANCER.

SHE IS BACK AT WORK. And she has been for nearly 2 years!

Oh yeah, and 'she didn't really do it solo though did she because obviously someone took the photo' yada yada.

Then calling her lazy and over privileged and just generally sticking the boot in! And deliberately spelling Catherine's name incorrectly!

WTAF?!

So much bile and and vitriol, and so sour and salty.. I feel sorry for these people who can only bring negativity and bile about Princess Catherine to the thread. I hope you find happiness and peace soon.💕

Well if you are going there - the late Queen had a 16 year gap between her children, sent the 3 boys to boarding school at the age of 8 and also lived abroad for 2 years leaving her children behind in the UK.

So let's not pretend she was a hands on parent doing the school run or attending their activities.

I’m afraid I also think her doing this to ask for donations to the hospital when her dh makes around £20m a year from the Duchy of Cornwall, is a little poor reading the room. However, I think it’s great she’s well enough to do that. I’ve climbed Ben Nevis, then afterwards are pizza and slept, the idea of then having to go scamper up Scarfell Pike a few hours later would not be fun, I’m always in awe of the people who can do the 3 peaks back to back. (It does sort of kill off the “delicate flower” view of Catherine’s limited work schedule doesn’t it? If she can do this, she’s stronger and fitter than the majority.)

No-one should tackle that sort of thing alone, accidents can always happen.

Good for her she is fab

Don’t forget the visit she did with George to the RAF.

OK I'll bite but might need to step away from this thread as I'm starting to find it distressing.

I was diagnosed with cancer last year completely out of the blue. It was a form of cancer which is rare, aggressive and had previously killed my parent in a matter of weeks. The experience has been horrifying but also life affirming. It's reminded me that life is short and we need make the most of it. It's made me sign up for a cancer fundraising challenge later this year because I know how lucky I am and I desperately want to give something back for those (like my parent) who haven't survived and for those who come after me in the future.

I'm also planning a big physical challenge for next year, not to raise money, but to live life to the full and push myself. This could also be why Catherine has done this. Not just to fundraise but to challenge herself and give thanks for being alive. If she can raise money for a cause she believes in at the same time then that's a good thing too but my own decision to undertake challenges following my treatment is a much more complicated and emotional decision than just fundraising and hers may be as well.

you realise plenty of ordinary as in not royal people so this? this isn't some elite activity only the rich and famous can do?

Have a google, plenty of opportunities

Lots of love to you @PatsFishTank Please don't let the haters get to you.

In the 60s doing the 3 Peaks, the Lyke Wake Walk, Striding Edge and the Pennine Way were almost rites of passage, lots used to do them, not a vast amount of gear needed, good, comfortable boots were essential.

Well said! Was about to post something similar, but you’ve put it perfectly!

The woman's just got over Cancer for gods sake, and she has been working just light duties. This was probably a personal thing to test her recovery, get her physical confidence back.

What a great achievement for the Princess. I think she’s a remarkable woman.

No one knows how much they’ve donated personally. Surely the more donations cancer charities (or indeed any worthwhile cause) receive the better.

Honestly, some of the comments on this thread.

My sister has been a support driver a couple of times for different Three Peaks Challenge groups. I think driving yourself would be unnecessarily dangerous.

Beggars belief doesn't it @SpiritofaPanda

Lots of luck, if you’d feel comfortable posting a link to your charity I bet many on here would be happy to donate, myself included.

Please don’t let the nastiness on here upset you.

and thankfully she's spending more time actually raising them.

Absolutely. We all know if Catherine had just announced a donation people would be picking that apart too. I can’t fathom how using her unique platform to raise awareness of such a worthwhile cause is wrong? She also may encourage other people to give it a go, raising money for their own causes. How is this in any way a negative thing?

I do wonder why people who despise the Royal Family so much come onto this board.

Genuinely baffling.

@zov- compared to Anne, Edward and Charles when he was PofW, Catherine and William do very few engagements. They work very very part time for the country, with William focussing on work that makes him money, not royal duties.

The reasons given for Catherine’s limited workload has been cancer and/ or the children. The children are all in full time education now, she has more than one nanny, and now it seems her health is not just back to where it was, but she’s stronger than she was before her treatment. It’s a reasonable assumption that if she’s well enough for this, she’s well enough to work full time on royal duties. Why can’t they match the workload of Anne? Obviously they can, they just don’t want to. Which is pretty rubbish, unless you are a fan of getting rid of the royal family and being a republic, because William is the best argument against “they work so hard for us”.

It is perfectly reasonable to point out it’s pretty crass that a couple who earn £20-24m a year are asking other people to donate money to a cause they care about, but haven’t announced a donation themselves. Particularly when our economy is in the state it is at the moment.

but on a personal level, that’s bloody tough to do, it’s impressive.

You have a point there. She and William.

But she wasn't asking in good faith, has no intention of doing it and didn't actually want the information. i thought that came across in the tone of her post. It was just a way of digging at the PoW because she probably did have it made easier for her in the organisation than most people. Though in other ways harder, because a lot of people - as has been pointed out - decide to do it for a laugh and just get on with it. Not a lot of organisation needed beyond having the right kit. Particularly no security needed.

Well done Catherine. Now nose to the grindstone.