Princess of Wales has cancer

Callistemon21

fancythat

JaneJudge

I felt sad she was forced to address the nation. It must be difficult enough, privilege or not, without the whole world knowing

She is a world-wide figure.
Sadly, it comes with the teritory.

No, it's intrusive.

We had no need to know exact medical details, only that Catherine would not be working or seen in public for a while.

I know it is intrusive.
I know we dont need to know exact medical details.

But Catherine herself felt forced to address the nation, as JaneJudge says.

As others have said, a few posts above, neither you nor I can stop people talking.
The longer the silences, the worse it all became.

What I mean, is why start threads if you don't want any discussion? Just curious.

* month or so you yourself

lemsip I'm just curious why you ask other GNetters to stop talking about the events of late, yet in the last month or yourself have started various threads .......
Princess of Wales leaves hospital
P of W seen in car with her mum
P of W is on the mend
Harry's Visa etc.

Kate1949

Of course she won't be left in peace if Gransnetters stop posting!

well obviously I meant on here!!

fancythat

JaneJudge

I felt sad she was forced to address the nation. It must be difficult enough, privilege or not, without the whole world knowing

She is a world-wide figure.
Sadly, it comes with the teritory.

No, it's intrusive.

We had no need to know exact medical details, only that Catherine would not be working or seen in public for a while.

JaneJudge

I felt sad she was forced to address the nation. It must be difficult enough, privilege or not, without the whole world knowing

Yes, so do I JaneJudge. Poor young woman, she needs to be left in peace now to continue her treatment and make a good recovery.

Someone posted about above about what they'd do in the circumstances:
Personally, I would have told everyone what operation I was having, also I would not have edited the photograph. Also by saying, what sort of cancer she has, may have helped other women & the cancer charities raise more money
I was shocked by that.

So easy to say, so hard to do when you've had that diagnosis for anyone, especially when you have such young children you need to break the news to and shield from all the publicity.
It's difficult enough without being in the media spotlight.

JaneJudge

I felt sad she was forced to address the nation. It must be difficult enough, privilege or not, without the whole world knowing

She is a world-wide figure.
Sadly, it comes with the teritory.

Thank you Esmay.

I felt sad she was forced to address the nation. It must be difficult enough, privilege or not, without the whole world knowing

Kate1949
I didn't see your post .
I'm wishing your husband well and hopefully the remission will continue .

I doubt us posting here on GN - largely, very supportive, will make a jot of difference, nor influence the media or wider public to leave her in peace.
I lean towards your way of thinking Dickens, and that of many others, ronib, Kate1949, etc on GN.
I'm trying not to sound patronising here, but we are a group of (mainly) older women who have seen 70 or 80 decades of the Royal Family's sagas, both uplifting, happy, sad, questionable, admirable, interesting etc etc. So naturally the dynamics of the family will get discussed across the generations, mainly because we have witnessed things getting repeated, and even happening in our own families. Yes, there is something of the soap opera about the Royal Family, but if nothing else, GNetters have seen it all before and their views are valid. Just occasionally there are some comments which are very disrespectful and spiteful to the people being spoken about, and I wish GNHQ would remove them.
However, it will make no difference whether another word about the royals is said on GN or not, and the calls to stop talking about the subject on here will just be ignored.

So therefore you cant control what people say. It's not going to work. Certainly not in this day and age. There was a time when through control of the press etc it was possible, not now.

lemsip

*if people stop posting she will be left in peace.*

... you mean no more editorials and articles in the meeja by the various royal correspondents, experts, watchers - not to mention the 'body-language' experts? Or the readership in the 'comments' sections?

I doubt us posting here on GN - largely, very supportive, will make a jot of difference, nor influence the media or wider public to leave her in peace.

So what has happened recently?
Not saying you are wrong, but are they wishing they had done things differently this time around?

The Royal Family is in charge of the narrative surely? They know how to handle soap operas? Centuries of experience!

No of you create a living soap opera with actual people within it then no they wont be left alone.

Of course she won't be left in peace if Gransnetters stop posting!

lemsip do you think that the Princess of Wales is reading comments on Gnet?
I don’t. Even if her mother or Queen Camilla read the comments, assuming they have time, are they likely to tell the princess?
Gnet is small fry…..

if people stop posting she will be left in peace.

Like several other posters I do suspect that someone, given that three members of hospital staff are under investigation for attempting to access records, has managed to uncover the subsequent diagnosis made after surgery. Possibly the Royal Family decided to pre empt an explosion of so called 'revelations'. Poor lady - she has had to endure weeks of speculative reports, while feeling unwell. Catherine's health is a private matter, and it's hard to understand why people have this prurient attitude towards the personal lives of others. I hope she and her family are now left in peace.

pinkprincesss. You used the right word 'shock'. It is a shock. I'm not sure why as it's one in two people. I am sending you all good wishes. My husband is 10 years in remission, 78 and like you say he has done well compared to some others.

To Esmay and Allsorts thank you very much or your kind wishes
Calipso and Katy 1949 all my best wishes to you both,

BlueBelle

Pinkprincess my brother in.aw has just finished a year long chemo for Blood cancer ( leukaemia) He is free (for now) good luck with your journey x

Thankyou very much Bluebell

It has come as a shock.My family is more disturbed than me, my DS2 has been spending more time with me than he normally does , one of my granddaughters is ringing or texting me daily and passing news to the others.
I have to see doctors next month for results of bone marrow test and will have treatment started then. It is the red blood cells that are misbehaving and causing my blood to clot more than it should, I am living as normal but get tired very easily.
As I have said already I am twice the princess's age and have lived my life, seen my children and grandchildren grow up I might not see my great grandchildren grow up but remain positive.

It wasn't a fake photo. It was not a news photograph. It was a portrait photo for a special occasion and a little bit of tidying up was done round the edges.

The number of special occasion photos worldwide since photography started that have _not- been tidied up to a greater or leser extent are few and far between.