Oh guys I am so sad to hear about Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis!
I’m not particularly a royal family fan, for loads of reasons, but I wouldn’t wish that sort of hardship on anyone. She looks so unwell too :(
It is - at the most human level - very sad and one wishes the Princess good health and a full recovery. However, although I am an American I am an admirer of the institution of constitutional monarchy and that does add another dimension to this news story.
First, Princess Kate has performed her constitutional duties with dignity and dedication. That oddly adds a certain poignancy to the story. When the Princess dropped out of the public eye the rumor mill, hyper charged by the technology of social media went off the charts. This ultimately leading the Princess to make public her condition before she had wanted to.
News reports say that she had hoped not to go public about her condition until after Easter Sunday so that her small children could enjoy a happy and carefree holiday before having to be told that their mother was sick. Yet the jackals in social media would not have that and so Princess Kate was forced to announce her condition to the public - and therefore her children - early.
Such was the price the Princess and her family have to pay for their position. She did her duty and is to be commended for it. Yet to this sad medical story is added a personal dimension for her family that should not be forgotten.
Here is to wishing the best to Princess Kate for her recovery, but what it reveals about the culture and the public's insatiable taste for rumor and scandal is detestable. This is not just a personal story, it has become one in which the society - however unintentionally - has held up a mirror to itself. What it reveals is not flattering.
As I said in a similar question pretty much anyone that is diagnosed with cancer you wish they get better and a speedy recovery. This is even more so for parents with young children, there is the potential of their young kids being robbed of a mother. I seriously think that anyone wishing a harm to a parent, even not caring about it, should take a hard look at their level of compassion and value as a person.
Honestly as a actual brit I think you Americans read to much into the royal family and a lot of the stuff you get told isn't ture as I've seen for myself whilst being in America as to why all these wild rumours started about her.
I do genuinely feel sorry for her and her loved ones cancer is shit for everyone and Kate is a great role model to young women so I can understand why it's so upsetting especially when Megan likes to play victim constantly how she gonna up this one I think 🤔.
But unfortunately there tones of people suffering with cancer just like her who are just as great as her and don't get nearly as much attention. Just wish people would leave the poor lady alone. Its not just her physical health she must be struggling mentally too with all the social pressure to talk about everything so openly when she may not be ready to yet
Personally I am still absolutely reeling with the sheer shock.
For some weeks now I've suspected something (women's intuition perhaps) was not quite right, but never for one moment considered the worse ever possibility.
Although she will naturally have the world's finest cancer specialists at her side, it sadly makes absolutely no difference whatsoever who or what you are in life, this most dreadful disease doesn't pick and choose who it attacks.
We can only hope that they have caught this in time, and that she will make a full and speedy recovery for her family's sake (especially the three children) as well as for the rest of us.
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How many hundreds of people would have had a similar diagnosis in past few weeks? Around 1,000 a week in the UK receive the same news. They won't all receive the treatment that she will. She won't join the waiting list.
It's a sad case, for William and the kids too. But she's lucky she's getting the best care available in the UK.
I find it odd that Kate and Charles both have cancer at the same time. Perhaps it's brought on environmentally, the water they drink, the food they eat.
They barely mentioned Camilla is on chemotherapy as well. I guess they figure no one really likes her that much. I guess she has cancer as well.
The Queen had cancer when she died and her father died of lung cancer. Kate and Camila aren't blood related to the royal family so it's not genetic for them.
I think it's environmentally caused.
Still sad.
I feel sad for her and her family. I’m no fan of the royal family myself (with the exception of Princess Diana, may she rest in peace), but I know cancer is a very hard thing to go through, especially with young kids that you have to take care of. The treatments for cancer alone are exhausting, let alone having to deal with three young kids AND being a royal AND constantly being in the public eye AND the future of a whole country riding on your shoulders. If you’re in the public eye, they don’t let anything slip so you have to keep your guard up all the time which gets exhausting on its own.
It was made to try to stop speculation about her, but left more questions at the end than if she'd said nothing.
What type of cancer? What stage? Why the wait to announce it?
If it's pancreatic then the surgery plus chemotherapy only buys around five years, where if it's in her colon and they resected successfully full remission can be decades of example.
As someone who has lost several family members to various types of cancer, and a royalist, the announcement - while a good PR exercise to dispel rumours of her death - won't help. Especially with AI proving it can simulate a person's voice reasonably now if they don't move much.
I find it rather strange. Since she appears to be generally so slim and healthy, and of course, she is so young. I know it can happy to anyone, but generally it seems to be linked more to age and lifestyle. So I know people will just say it's bad luck or genetics, but it also appears there is more of a mystery here to be unlocked.
Obviously I wish her the best.
I'm hearing it now from you, well i also do not care about the person's position as much as i care that he/she are a person in the end of the day, just like anyone else...
I hope that she will recover and will become cancer free, she doesn't deserves the pain and she have a husband and kids too who needs her...
If god wants her to be healed than she will be healed for sure!
It's laughable, and an attention grab to detract from the negative headlines she's been getting from the previous weeks.
Also, she doesn't say she HAS cancer, she's only getting "preventative medicine" for it.
In other words, she's fine, but something has been picked up post operation and she's getting preventative treatment for it.
Shitlarks like you are going on like she's got terminal stage 4 cancer!
Most people her age going into hospital will be on some sort of preventative medicine. It is never something serious, but just a precaution.
The key to cancer treatment is early diagnosis, so while it's sad for Kate history does show high-profile cases lead to more people seeking advice for symptoms they'd normally ignore and attendance at screening appointments goes up.
Well I was right about the diagnosis just wrong about location. Friends and I had all kinds of theories. People were ever asking if she got Diana’d. But people get cancer diagnosis’s every day and being a member of the Royal family you know she’ll get much better medical care than the rest of us so nothing to be concerned about. It also seems that the surgery was successful and the chemotherapy is a precaution if it spread elsewhere.
I think that when so many people are so desperate for validation, they must concoct conspiracy theories in hopes of being seen or heard. So fucking sad.
I am glad she chose to address those futile attempts, and come forward with the truth.
Imagine that, she had more balls than the King himself. She chose not to hide behind a spokesperson.
Shocking whem something comes along and surprises someone so young and assumably w the best of everything. Just goes to show how life can go. I had my surprise earlier in life.
she's fortunate to have care when so many dont.
For me no matter the person, its sad they have to undergo such daunting sickness! Will it affect my life, not so much nor will I go around thinking about it. I do hope though she fully recovers!
Why doesn't she just cure it? It's one of the easiest things in the world to cure and there's nearly 400 known natural cures!
It's sad when any woman is in this situation. But millions of other women go through the same thing every year and no one cares. These sudden proclamations of empathy from the public whenever someone of celebrity has a problem seems more like virtue signaling to me than genuine concern.
And there are few things I despise more than virtue signaling.
Feel sad. The British nutjob press won't leave her alone now and hound her. She needs to go to one of the castles outside of london to do her treatments
s I knew she wasn't well, but I didn't know that it was something so serious. I'm not a fan of the British Royal Family, but nobody deserves this. Hope she recovers quickly.
I feel sorry for her but so many people are diagnosed with cancer, what makes her special? Cuz she’s royalty?
It's sad. But it sounds like they caught it early. Of course that's assuming they're being honest about that. As far as her looking unwell, she going through chemo. I'm sure that's taking it's toll.
I was shocked a bit at first. but just remember that the royals aren't any more special than the average person getting cancer. They might act like they're special but they're really just like the rest of us.
It shows it's a disease that doesn't discriminate. Unfortunately most people don't nor will get the treatment offered to her. She and her family are very lucky to have access to top healthcare.
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