Kate has made a public announcement about her treatment of cancer. Her speech is dignified, regal and touching. She has certainly become a present day role model in many aspects.
Wishing her a full recovery!
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Sheâs "regalâ because she has cancer?! Millions get cancer every year. Sheâs just one of many, nothing regal or special about her. The thing that is special is that shes getting the care and attention that Millions arenât getting simply because she got a lucky marriage.
Would never get the ridiculous fetish of the English with the useless and frankly ridiculous âroyal familyâ
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Sheâs a public figure who is trying to make a difference. I was moved by her statement but obviously not everyone will be.
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Wish her all the best, as a wife and mother if nothing else.
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To be fair, Olygirl said it was the speech that was regalâŚ
Anyway, cancer sucks. Itâs a shame she has it and has to go through it with all sorts of public speculation and rumors. Some people who are famous post every little detail of their cancer journey and want the clicks, likes and sympathy. I have the impression Kate would rather hole up somewhere remote and reappear many months down the road when sheâs better.
Youâre absolutely right that she and King Charles II are getting special care and attention that millions wouldnât get. But I canât begrudge her for that. The rules for royals were made up long before she hit the scene. And no matter how special she is treated, she still has to get through it.
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There are many negatives about the British National Health Service, but historically cancer care has not been one of them. Most private patients will see the same oncologists as those in the NHS but with some fringe benefits and perhaps access to more expensive biologics. I suspect the extra requirements for royals are related to security and privacy. Of course there may be differences with the more complex or fast spreading cancers, but for the bulk of cases I would still put my faith in the NHS.
Cancer absolutely sucks. As a human to human I wish she never had to confront that and i wish her a recovery, which is almost never âspeedyâ.
Its the additional touch of âroyalâ that triggered my response. She absolutely doesnât deserve anything more than any other cancer patient just because she married a âprinceâ
Iâm not sure the thread title is correct.
She is not in recovery from cancer - she is in the early stages of receiving chemotherapy treatment.
Thatâs far from recovery.
I wish her well.
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They have removed the cancer and itâs preventative chemo. So whilst I agree with you that recovery comes after, I would say she is well on the way .
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So it was something like a cyst or a trachoma that was removed, I assume and while doing that, they discovered it wasnât that benign?
I may be wrong (I really donât follow the royal circus beyond what makes headlines in 20m.ch), but so far, she seems to have handled the âprincessâ part rather well.
Not too shy, not too exuberant, always decently attired for the occasion, not too shabby, not too flashy but still elegant.
All the things Megan and Sophie never were and never will be, she basically is: the âextraâ that is two steps behind the king.
Cancer is always shit, cancer when youâve got three small kids - thatâs really shit.
If only Andrew and Harry werenât such colossal fails, the King and the Prince could share their duties with more âdeputiesâ. As such, it falls mostly on Anne.
Itâs very tough when every move is scrutinized by the media, so I hope she gets enough privacy to get through chemo in some semblance of peace.
I hope she will do well. Respect for not saying battling cancer or being a cancer sufferer.
Sheâs likely to feel like absolute sh*t for a while, although I imagine she has the best resources available.
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I heard the news on the radio first and watched them on tv later. I canât even imagine how lonely she must have felt having to give this âspeechâ. Even OH said something about William should have been holding her hand while she made that announcement. Of course, we donât know about the royal protocols. We see everyone as people first an then whatever other attributes they may have.
I feel really sorry for her, as a mother, woman, wife. I really wish her all the best. Letâs hope (and pray) that the treatments will work. She is still young and her body is strong.
Are you sure you mean Sophie? She and Prince Edward have been quietly getting on with their royal duties in the background, much like Princess Anne. I donât see what your problem is with Sophie.
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Well in the UK, everybody has access to free medical treatment for cancer. Though I donât doubt she probably has accesst to the best doctors and isnât low down on any waiting list.
But there is an additional factor and that is the rabid media attention on her which creates extra considerations and stress as they seek to protect their young kids from the news.
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Sorry I havenât worked out how to quote a part of a post yet, but I heartily agree with your comment about battling cancer and cancer survivor. I have had cancer, my husband has had it twice and my brother has non-Hodgkins lymphoma. We all agree that thereâs nothing worse than someone telling you to keep fighting when in reality you simply do what you need to and hope it works. We all joked that if we got a âcancer survivorâ tattoo, as I have seen people do, that we would be bound to get a lethal skin cancer from it! I really wish Kate the very best. The chemo is described as preventative, so one hopes that thereâs no metastasis and that her body copes with it well. Really awful though, in my opinion, to have to do it all in the public eye.
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Itâs unfortunate to make a personal attack on someone. I donât know where you come from, but your bitterness and aggression towards people with different opinions to yours is very weak, pathetic and sad.
Sorry to say it but you come across as a very inadequate person.
I sincerely hope that you irgendwann find some happiness and peace with yourself.
And as the majority of the British public are rightly proud of the royal family so âdo oneâ sonshine.
Absolutely. I donât get why they had her make this announcement, all alone, while they could have just used a palaceâs spokesperson. But then these royal women have to show up in the public the next day they just gave birth etc etc etc. Sounds very victorian to me. Time to bring the monarchy in a more modern line of thought me thinks. 
Precisely the fetish Iâm talking about. My fetish is smart women, yours is the royal family.
Where is the ignore button again? Seriously. I donât want to read garbage posts.
Edit: Found the ignore button.
Itâs hardly a fetish! Yes, there are Brits and many others round the world who regard the British royal family almost like gods to be worshipped.
Iâm a Brit and my feeling is the royals have long had their day and should be put out to pasture and the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, rebranded Windsor, abolished.
The days of serfs, slaves and servants are passed. Sure I feel sorry for anyone with cancer and have seen too many friends bravely fight and lose to it. But Kate is not alone, is not the first and wonât be the lastâŚ
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