Princess of Wales has cancer

A younger friend (50) had major abdominal surgery in November and, just like Kate, had to wait until she was well enough to start chemo.

She had full hysterectomy, part of bowel removed, appendix removed etc and was in hospital for about the same time.

She has to have 8 x 4 hour chemo sessions and has to travel over 100 miles to get this done. She is very positive now and starting to go for short walks on some days.

I sincerely hope the Princess makes a full recovery soon.

Bridie22

Maybe now people will stop hounding her and let her heal in private,

Exactly my thoughts.

Summerlove rubbish, all that happened to a photo taken and issued in the same way as official photagraphs are, is that it was titivated and tidied before issue. This has been being done to official photos like this since photography was invented.

I have a portrait photo here at home of my sister(2) and I(4), taken when I had lost my 2 front teeth in an accident. In the portrait I have all my teeth.

Summerlove

How very sad. I wish her a speedy recovery.

Still doesn’t change the fact that KP really screwed the pooch with the pr disaster they managed. Sweeping that under the rug sets a dangerous precedent for the future.

I don't understand your phrase 'screwed the pooch'
Can you explain?

OldFrill

If you'd just paused for breath before posting you might have got the facts right. She started chemo last month.

Harsh.

ronib

A very dignified and upbeat statement from the Princess of Wales and very supportive of other cancer patients too. Let’s hope the cancer has been caught in the early stages and she will be restored to full health soon. A real example to us all. So sad too.

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Shocking and worrying news. I thought Kate’s statement was very brave. Hopefully her treatment will be successful and not too gruelling.

And poor William having to deal with both his wife and his father being so ill as well as caring for their children.

Monica if it were rubbish, the AP would not have pulled it.

calipso www.dictionary.com/e/slang/screw-the-pooch/#

The title needs changing. The other thread now deleted was correct.

Poor Kate and I'm thinking of William too. So hard for them all.

I send her every good wish

A very brave girl - she is roughly the age of our children. How sad for William and the little ones - and ofcourse for her parents and siblings.

Sago

OldFrill

If you'd just paused for breath before posting you might have got the facts right. She started chemo last month.

Harsh.

I thought it was harsh too but hey ho. I was on my Ipad as the news came through and I thought Kate said she was starting chemo soon which is what I posted.

I can’t see that it matters too much whether she has just started chemo or is soon to start it but as it seems to have upset OldFrill I have asked for the title to be amended.

I send good wishes to everyone suffering from this dreadful disease. Today I took my sister who has recently been told that cancer has spread, and her oncologist told her of the next steps.

I wish Catherine all the very best.

Even my DH who takes no interest in the RF was shocked by this news and we both know how difficult it was to break my cancer diagnosis to our AC and family.

And Catherine's children are so young. She must be so frightened. I so hope the damn gutter press will just leave them all alone....and if they don't then please, if you buy their rotten papers which will be full of insincere sympathy, just stop.

Millie22

The title needs changing. The other thread now deleted was correct.

Poor Kate and I'm thinking of William too. So hard for them all.

I have asked for my title to be amended although chemo is chemo whether it has already started or is about to start. Genuine mistake for which I apologise.

I am sure we all wish that the chemo goes well for Kate.

Summerlove

Monica if it were rubbish, the AP would not have pulled it.

calipso www.dictionary.com/e/slang/screw-the-pooch/#

Thank you for clarifying. Even more distasteful than I thought.

You must surely see that the palace were managing a hugely difficult situation in terms of sensitive and confidential information. The objective of protecting the children has clearly been central to their strategy. There have been so many keyboard warriors who feel they have superior knowledge of a situation of which they know nothing.

Of course they were. The family come first.

However, let’s not pretend this is not a business with every resource imaginable. It should’ve been handled in a much better way. The palace/ PR really let Catherine down. They are the reason there is so much scrutiny.

It’s not a criticism of Catherine to say so.

No, the public who indulged in all the ridiculous speculation let The Princess of Wales down. It has been shameful.

Summerlove

Of course they were. The family come first.

However, let’s not pretend this is not a business with every resource imaginable. It should’ve been handled in a much better way. The palace/ PR really let Catherine down. They are the reason there is so much scrutiny.

It’s not a criticism of Catherine to say so.

I’m sure there are none who will not wish them all well.
I think social media is a lot to blame, and the palace PR folk will have limited experience of dealing with it, so maybe they’re not totally culpable.
I’m wondering if they were hoping that there would not be any need to make her illness public, but their hand was forced by social media.
(And, yes, I know it’s speculation like this to blame)

I really don't see why it is necessary to carp on about anything other than PW illness or perhaps our own family and friends who have also suffered similarly, on this thread.

I’ve now watched Catherine’s statement. What dignity, warmth and emotional intelligence she continues to show, even at this most difficult time.
As with other posters, my children and grandchildren are similar ages to Catherine, her husband and children. So young to be dealing with such difficult issues, and with pressure from the media. In their friendship group, they also have friends in cancer treatment. Again, young, fit, healthy people with unexpected devastating diagnosis.
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Apart from the fact that IMHO GNHQ have deleted the wrong thread - my views remain as follows
i was incredibly moved by her calm and courageous statement and trust that the vile rumour mongers, the gossip spreaders , the nay sayers and point scorers - and you know who you are - now crawl back under their respective stones.

I was in tears watching Catherine, so brave and positive dealing with her cancer diagnosis, I think she has been treated really badly by some people all that stupid photo business etc. she is entitled to her privacy about her health, she doesn’t look well and she thinks of everyone else first, I really hope she makes a full recovery and she is left alone to have her treatment. That famiky has had so much to deal with.

I wonder if all the posters who contributed some pretty horrible suggestions as to why William pulled out of the memorial service for King Constantine, on the 27th February, are feeling even just a little bit ashamed of themselves now? Some suggested that he was "off meeting his mistress: "like father, like son". Another (long standing) poster concurred and said that that was possible but, as Catherine had fought so hard to get him, she'd probably just turn a blind eye and carry on. They went to great lengths to justify their malicious, nasty comments when challenged too. So now that we all know that, on the day that William missed that memorial service, he'd just been informed that his young wife, and mother of his 3 children, has been diagnosed with cancer, all within weeks of the same news about his father; how do all the malice mongerers feel about what they've said? Any regrets? Any lessons learnt? Anything they'd like to add?

I really hope she has a good outcome and complete recovery it’s shocking when anyone gets such a devastating diagnosis.
I wish her well.