King Charles

Sorry (oh for an edit button) "the monarchy will carry on" in the last sentence.

I heard on the news an announcement in Parliament, messages
from Commonwealth countries , messages from other heads of state

So a brave decision to be frank about his medical condition to the degree that he has. We do not need intmate details.

Cancer of any kind and the treatment for it is no joke when you get into your 70s. KC is only a few years younger than I am and I do feel for him in this respect.

When George VI (the late Queen's father) developed cancer the docters pussy footed around being frank with the family, calling it "structural changes" in the lungs. There was a lot of stigma surrounding cancer in those days (1950s). Perhaps if the king had known the truth earlier he would have had more time to prepare his family and his daughter to be queen. As it was she departed on a Commonwealth tour as his representative expecting to return and see her father. She never saw him alive again.

Rishi was in there like lightening, speaking on 5Live. His PR people were quick off the mark - here we go......

It’s rather sad to see that even on a thread about the King’s cancer diagnosis some use it as an opportunity to dredge up the usual comments about Harry and Meghan.

mae13

Rishi was in there like lightening, speaking on 5Live. His PR people were quick off the mark - here we go......

The PM couldn’t ignore King Charles III’s announcement…

Major world and domestic events command our news headlines. News is broadcast quite differently to the days when everyone 'switched on' at a certain time to get the latest news. People can now listen to or watch the news when it suits them, or when their working life permits it - that's why we have rolling news - and why any major event will continue to dominate the headline. There are posters on here who have only just become aware of the king's diagnosis.

So I don't understand why people are complaining about it - if you must sit and watch the rolling news continually then you should expect to hear a repeat of the main focus. The serious illness of the monarch and how it affects the rest of the working members of the family is a major news item.

Digressing somewhat, but on the subject of rolling news.

When Margaret Thatcher resigned, at the end of my working day I popped in to see my elderly mum. She had her tv on (as usual) and Mrs T came up.

“Oh, for goodness sake, not this again!’” said Mum. ‘I don’t know how many times I’ve heard all this!”

“Well” I said. “Some of us have been at work all day, and this is the first opportunity I’ve had to hear about it”.

We don’t all hear stuff at the same time.

And of course, times have changed greatly since those days.

There are bound to be comments about H&M. It would be very odd if people just stopped. Hopefully any reports will now focus on the positive. Harry is on his way to see his father and anyone who has suffered estrangement or any family discord would be rejoicing not nit picking.

There’s a long way to go and some serious wounds to heal but this could be a start.

It might be the start of improving relationship between Charles and Harry.

Not so sure about William and Harry though.

But serious illness focuses the mind on what matters in life, and the health of loved ones is really all that matters.

Often realised far too late.

I am distressed , no member of the royal family has endured as
much criticism lies and mocking as Charles . I thought he
had reached a peaceful time in his life.
I don’t know him, I have met him several times since his investiture in 1969 , a gentle, kind man

Now the big question for me is do I send him a Get Well card?
Would he even notice if I did? Would it help? Maybe not…..

GrannyGravy13

mae13

Rishi was in there like lightening, speaking on 5Live. His PR people were quick off the mark - here we go......

The PM couldn’t ignore King Charles III’s announcement…

mae13 We have a Constitutional Monarchy in this country!!
How do you think it works?

🤔

Anniebach

I am distressed , no member of the royal family has endured as
much criticism lies and mocking as Charles . I thought he
had reached a peaceful time in his life.
I don’t know him, I have met him several times since his investiture in 1969 , a gentle, kind man

I agree Anniebach.
I think he's a thoughtful man.
Perhaps he's a worrier, I don't know, and he has had a lot of stress lately.

This is a family, facing the news that their loved father, brother, father-in-law, grandfather, uncle, is ill and facing possibly gruelling treatment.
All in the glare of publicity and unpleasant comments from people who don't know him, only what they read in the media.

merlotgran

There are bound to be comments about H&M. It would be very odd if people just stopped. Hopefully any reports will now focus on the positive. Harry is on his way to see his father and anyone who has suffered estrangement or any family discord would be rejoicing not nit picking.

There’s a long way to go and some serious wounds to heal but this could be a start.

I hope so, merlotgran.

I agree Anniebach

crazyH

I agree Anniebach

I agree as well. My first thought was, He doesn’t deserve this!

Does anybody merlotgran?

The only Prince of Wales to learn Welsh, and he really does
speak Welsh

It's good that Harry is coming. Often things like this lead to family reconciliation. Sad but true
I think it's fine he comes alone. When my mum was really ill, it's her immediate family she wanted close.

Sparklefizz, you’re correct, no one deserves this. I expect Merlotgran shares that view and was simply sympathising that KC has faced lots of challenges and would benefit from a quiet spell
So would I and so would many others on gransnet who share small bits of the ups and downs in their lives. I’ve found the emphasis on early diagnosis and treatment a tough listen. My husband was 3 months before diagnosis then 8 weeks before treatment. We increasingly fall behind other wealthy countries. Dare we hope that the NHS will be boosted as the King’s cancer treatment hopefully succeeds. It’s evidently been caught early and treatment started already
I may need to stress - this reflection isn’t a criticism of KC or his medical team

I felt extremely sad when I heard the news. I think King Charles is a kind and caring human being. He genuinely cares so much for the environment. I wish him a full recovery and a long reign.

Anniebach

The only Prince of Wales to learn Welsh, and he really does
speak Welsh

I tried to learn Welsh once (I had a Welsh boyfriend). I found it really difficult, and generally I’m good at languages.

Good luck to the King. I know several people with cancer diagnoses who are still alive and kicking many years on, so I wish the media would stop implying he’s about to drop dead any second (unless they know something we don’t).

Anniebach

The only Prince of Wales to learn Welsh, and he really does
speak Welsh

That really came across in The Crown, which I know you aren't a fan of Annie, but in this one particular episode, a well known Welsh actor, sorry can't remember his name, but he was in both Keeping Faith and Stella (very excellent Welsh based series) was his reluctant mentor who Charles won over by his determination to speak and imbue himself in Welsh culture as well as the language. It really appeared to matter to the young Charles that learning Welsh was an important facet of being Prince of Wales, I think he was sincere in how seriously he took that role.

Terri i was cross when I saw just one episode of The Crown
they protrayed the Queen not crying when she came to Aberfan, she did, I saw her leave a house where she had sat for
quite some time, and she viewed the graves, she cried.

Charles went to Aberystwyth university for a term, there he was taught by a Welsh Nationalist, which was rather amusing,