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Princess of Wales has left Hospital

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lemsip Mon 29-Jan-24 12:58:53

Catherine has today returned home to Adelaide Cottage Windsor

henetha Wed 31-Jan-24 09:55:59

Good luck to the Princess of Wales. For all it's luxury, I wouldn't want their lives with it's lack of privacy and endless criticism.
I had a knee replaced in a private hospital, on the NHS, and cataract surgery in another. Not my choice, but I would never turn it down.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 31-Jan-24 09:56:12

I think this goes to show that senior royals are more than capable of being private and need not be paparazzi fodder .

Well done Prince William for keeping his family members safe and away from prying eyes.

Primrose53 Wed 31-Jan-24 09:56:33

PS. I hope when she does appear in public again she has put on a bit of weight because she was looking painfully thin before. There can be few women in the world who could wear those tight fitting coat dresses she favours as every bit of spare flesh is visible, but often she doesn’t fill the coat out.

lemsip Wed 31-Jan-24 10:12:15

in the news today; the queen's niece reveals she's sufferering an agonising and unbearable medical condition! is she hoping camilla can pull some strings.
further reading says it endometriosis

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13025181/queen-Camilla-niece-Ayesha-Shand-medical-
condition.html

daily express too.

not my queen.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 31-Jan-24 10:17:06

As someone who suffered from endometriosis, I hope the publicity helps someone.

Women shouldn’t have to suffer in silence with painful gynaecology problems.

Anniebach Wed 31-Jan-24 10:34:14

The Queen’s niece said she is having surgery

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 31-Jan-24 10:44:15

She lives in New York lemsip. Why ask if she is hoping Camilla (who is your queen whether you like it or not) can pull some strings? How unnecessary.

Grantanow Wed 31-Jan-24 10:51:01

growstuff

PS. No need to commend my high principles. I wouldn't have a choice.

Absolutely. Most of us don't have a choice. Those who think the private sector takes a load off the NHS are being fooled. The consultants working part time or full time in the private sector (having trained in the NHS) are denying the NHS trained senior staff. The private sector is parasitic on the NHS. And being profit-making it charges accordingly so that when the NHS pays for patients to get private treatment it is sending taxpayers' money to shareholders. There are a few senior politicians who have been treated in NHS hospitals over the years and their security needs were presumably met without fuss. Many of us would have a higher regard for the Royals if they took their turn with the rest of us.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 31-Jan-24 10:57:31

Speak for yourself Grantanow.

Anniebach Wed 31-Jan-24 10:59:54

Headlines in press, mp in a bed in NHS hospital or Princess of Wales in a bed in NHS hospital , get your cameras out

Grantanow Wed 31-Jan-24 11:09:40

Germanshepherdsmum

Speak for yourself Grantanow.

I notice you don't take issue with the points I made about the NHS being denied resources by the private sector.

Anniebach Wed 31-Jan-24 11:11:17

Those who choose to work in private care could choose to live
in another country

lemsip Wed 31-Jan-24 11:21:42

Germanshepherdsmum

She lives in New York lemsip. Why ask if she is hoping Camilla (who is your queen whether you like it or not) can pull some strings? How unnecessary.

yes, unnecessary is your comment also.

ruthiek Wed 31-Jan-24 11:22:17

Primrose 53 I wonder if she has had surgery for Crohns disease , a friend of mine who has it is painfully slim and has awful pain . I guess we will never know and she has every right to keep her personal details private , however I am suprised at how concerned I am for her .

Sparklefizz Wed 31-Jan-24 11:34:37

Her sister is also extremely thin and her mother is slim. I think it's a family trait.

Dillonsgranma Wed 31-Jan-24 11:35:29

Why are people nitpicking about when Kate went home?? Let’s just be glad she is well enough to leave hospital

Cambia Wed 31-Jan-24 11:42:15

Grantanow must you be so sour? Are you having a bad day? Let’s just be happy that any mum is out of hospital and back to her husband and children.

Iam64 Wed 31-Jan-24 11:42:20

It really doesn’t worry me that Kate or the King have private medical treatment. They aren’t this awful government that is responsible for the decline of our nhs.
I’ve been referred for surgery to a private clinic. It isn’t urgent so I’ll wait about 4 months. If I waited for the nhs my gp said ‘it will be a very long time unless it goes wrong, then yiu;ll go in for emergency surgery via an and e.
I hope Kate and the King recover well. And well done Charles for being open about this health problem, evidently prompting men to seek help

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 31-Jan-24 11:53:06

Grantanow

Germanshepherdsmum

Speak for yourself Grantanow.

I notice you don't take issue with the points I made about the NHS being denied resources by the private sector.

I most certainly do take issue with your comments about the NHS being denied resources by the private sector. If a NHS trained doctor chooses to work full or part time in the private sector that’s their choice. You can’t chain them to the NHS and you’re not going to eradicate the private sector either.

Buttonjugs Wed 31-Jan-24 12:02:43

Casdon

There’s nothing good about needing to have surgery, whoever you are, and whether it’s private or NHS Grantanow.

No, but she gets a private room, excellent care, doesn’t have to worry about her children or her job. Unlike those who have had similar surgery in the real world and under the cash strapped NHS.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 31-Jan-24 12:05:39

And why shouldn’t she? By the way, we don’t know what surgery she had so can’t claim to have had a ‘similar’ operation.

Buttonjugs Wed 31-Jan-24 12:07:31

Germanshepherdsmum

She lives in New York lemsip. Why ask if she is hoping Camilla (who is your queen whether you like it or not) can pull some strings? How unnecessary.

She’s not my queen either. She made the beautiful Diana’s life a misery along with her sausage fingered adulterous Prince. The Royal Family died along with the real Queen for me. Parasites we no longer need in this day and age.

montymops Wed 31-Jan-24 12:14:34

I think we will all have to pay more for our NHS. Perhaps there should be a separate health tax? So many procedures and treatments are getting more and more expensive and better but are unsustainable cost wise. My son is a senior consultant surgeon - yes he does some private work but his NHS salary is considerable less than Mick Lynch’s and some train drivers - somewhat galling after nearly 20 years training. Why shouldn’t he boost his income when he has 4 children - one of whom is profoundly disabled - to look after? Their life has also been spent trying to get compensation for some terrible mistakes at her birth. So please forgo all the spite and envy - look beyond the headlines.

Anniebach Wed 31-Jan-24 12:16:51

The beautiful Diana surely made 4 wives a misery

cornergran Wed 31-Jan-24 12:39:21

My TKR was carried out by a senior NHS surgeon in a private hospital. He was very open and explained the NHS patients he sees there are only there because there is insufficient theatre and ward space in his base hospital. He has time for more operations, the space isn’t there. He wasn’t being paid extra, just changing locations once a week within his contracted NHS hours.

He does also have a private practice. Chatting with his secretary she commented I’d wait longer to see him privately as his private consultation and theatre time is very limited.

Others may disagree, it sounded reasonable to me and yes, I was relieved to have my surgery and dispense with constant pain.

I was pleased to read that Katherine had returned home privately without needing to smile for the press. A hospital discharge can leave anyone feeling wobbly no matter the length of stay. I wish her a speedy recovery.