princess of wales on the mend

OldFrill

I don't think she's 'extremely thin' l think the majority of people are overweight and can't recognise a healthy body shape (or don't want to)

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She looks much thinner than my DD and DDIL and they're all slim (size 10).

She has always been very thin

Anyway, hope she's making a good recovery.

Some people are inherently thin. DGS, aged 13, is painfully thin - and always has been - and remains so, even though he is going through the teenage boy non-stop eating (and growing) spirt.

Everyone else in the family is of a differen, heavier build - except one grandfather.

Princess of Wales is probably similar.

“Painfully thin’, “thin” - terms bandied about without thought. Imagine the outcry if “thin” was replaced with”fat”.

OldFrill

I don't think she's 'extremely thin' l think the majority of people are overweight and can't recognise a healthy body shape (or don't want to)

I agree with you.

catherine is an athlete and eats to maintain that! we have even seen her absailing, mountain biking, rowing, playing netball and tennis.
she was captain of the field hockey team at marlborough college school.

She is no thinner this year than a year ago

I think 'painfully fat' might be a very good idea, many overweight people are in pain and they are not just gluttinous food stuffers, but people who struggle with their weight for various reasons. An acknowledgement of their pain might be a salutary reminder of the problems that many of them face.

the same with thin people. Many have hearty appetites, but cannot put on weight.

She’s no thinner than I was at her age, and I had a very healthy appetite. Some people are just naturally thin.

Jimjam1

I am sure she will recover well, She would have received 5 class treatment. No waiting for a GP appointment. No waiting around on the phone for 45 minutes to speak to a receptionist to get a appointment even when you get through 2 week wait to GP. I’m sure if everyone is being honest money talks!!

Hear, hear! The Royals get 5 star treatment whereas the rest of us queue, wait and often die. The waiting time target for cancer treatment after diagnosis is 62 days and had not been met for about 40% of patients since 2014, worsening year on year. A British Medical Journal paper said even a month's wait could raise the death risk by about 10% for several forms of cancer.

Only the Royals?

I don't think any head of state in any country in the world would not be given priority if he/she were ill.
I think it's normal.

BigBertha1

My money is on a bowel op- extreme thinness before may point to some kind of malabsorption disorder I thought but I could be wrong often am.

She looked at normal healthy weight to me, your name suggests that you are big so maybe to you she seems thin.

Theexwife

BigBertha1

My money is on a bowel op- extreme thinness before may point to some kind of malabsorption disorder I thought but I could be wrong often am.

She looked at normal healthy weight to me, your name suggests that you are big so maybe to you she seems thin.

Oh, that is very rude Theexwife!

I suggest you do some research and find out what a Big Bertha is. Hint - golf.

She looked healthier until she went on a diet prior to her wedding.

Certainly much energy after her wedding

This is "thin shaming".
We don't know she "went on a diet" before her wedding.
Her sister is the same build.

I remember reading about the diet Sparklefizz. She certainly lost weight but maybe she has continued to restrict the foods she eats, to the detriment of her health.

If she thought the eyes of the world would be on her on her wedding day, which of course they were, I can well imagine why Catherine would want to look her slimmest then.

Her every outfit is scrutinised now, she has to attend various balls, dinners, official functions where it must be so tempting to eat the delicious food on offer.

No wonder she watches what she eats, (I assume, don’t know), and probably works out religiously.

Her job is to support her husband, be a great mum and look the part of a Princess, which she does admirably.

If she looked fat and frumpy, the press would have a field day. Look at the criticism Fergie got- The Duchess Of Pork.

Great news. I hope she recovers quickly.

henetha

I don't think any head of state in any country in the world would not be given priority if he/she were ill.
I think it's normal.

She's not a head of state. Heads of state doing the real job like Macron get priority but I don't see much point in giving priority to mere figureheads.

Yes Grantanow, I realised I was in the wrong thread after I wrote it.
I suspect that Macron's daughter/son would get priority too.

I think the families of most, if not all Heads of State would have private /priority medical care. A good proportion of wealthy people do the same, footballers, celebrities, industrialists, and so on, so why the pop at Catherine?

Fundamentally I don't accept that any priority should be given on the basis of ability to pay and thereby jump the queue. It's not personal to individual Royals. I'd think better of elite people if they took their turn with the rest of us in queueing, waiting and sometimes dying on the NHS.

Doubt many would choose death