I have noticed. Before EF I had no idea it was such a sensible subject when discussing it in a matter-of-fact style. As for Kate, I don’t think she’s alone either, as a matter of fact she has the best care available, but to have to make that announcement…anyway, I really wish her all the best. Some things are just private and nobody should be forced to document their story for the simple pleasure or even interest of other people.
Probably I just can’t get the idea of monarchy anymore.
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I think that the announcement was made alone to try and combat some of the social media nonsensical conspiracy theories that have apparently been all over the web. Luckily I am a zoomer boomer (I was informed of this by an old EF member and found it very amusing) so all that went over my head, but I think she looked human and vulnerable in her press release and maybe that was the idea. I know I am not in a position to comment as the only social media I use is this forum, but it does seem to generate some very pernicious comment.
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Proving my zoomer boomer status, I meant to quote Greenmount’s post but obviously failed. Apologies.
I don’t know about the conspiracy theories, they speculated quite openly that it was cancer and they weren’t wrong. She had her reasons to keep quiet about the whole story, but seemed like she had to make this announcement. My point was that it could have been dealt with by a spokesperson. Obviously Kate is human and vulnerable!!!That’s why.
I don’t get the lack of sympathy for her either, but then…each to their own.
I applaud a wide variety of opinions as long as the posts are respectful in both content and towards others. Anything else just shuts down a meaningful discussion.
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A different opinion coming from the wrong people is rarely applauded. If you find anything offensive in my posts maybe you didn’t read them carefully.
Yes that’s what I meant. I think she was somewhat forced to do it herself rather than use a spokesperson to prove thst she is alive. I have read that some of the conspiracy theories were pretty far fetched with people making all sorts of claims about her.
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Oh…had no idea about these conspiracy theories!!! Prove she is alive??? Some people really have a wild imagination or the press is even more miserable than I thought.
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She meant me, not you 
Brits get itchy, edgy and defensive on any discussion related to one of the the most dysfunctional families with the most bizarre dress code out there
They still are. Now they are saying she got cancer because she had the COVID vaccine and someone has invented a thing called “Turbo-cancer” which you get after the vaccine.
People are getting cancer all the time, for many different reasons - genetics, old age, lifestyle, working environment and a multitude of other reasons - not because of the COVID vaccines.
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Yes. I meant Fergie… sorry
Not really, that’s just the tub-thumping tabloids. Most of us just see a mum of three with cancer having to manage it under public scrutiny.
Wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
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I know now. I think you chose a bad moment to criticise the British royalties. I am sure even the most anti-monarchy people in the UK are keeping quiet these days.
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Rubbish. Show me a thread about another “mum of three with cancer” here or remind me of one on EF? This thread exists only because she’s “royal”, not because she’s a mum.
Why are non-British foreigners so against the British monarchy?
How does it affect them?
Why don’t they mind their own business?
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Not sure they’re against the monarchy, just observing the topic of British monarchy being so much debated in the international press. Seriously now, Kate and Charles and royals have been persistently on the news on probably every tv channel around the globe. All the time. Diana. Charles. Camilla. Andrew. Harry. Meghan. etc etc etc.
You can hardly blame foreigners for not minding their own business.
The international press prints stories which their readers want to read.
It’s mainly the tabloid end of the market though which has the most coverage.
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Take a chill pill, eh? 
Yeah, but by the same token there’s no thread that’s “…itchy, edgy and defensive…” either. I think you’re just picking up on the tabloid fever and projecting it on the average Brit.
Re EF, there were a handful of threads about cancer and illness in the Family subsection.
I’m not even a royal fan but this development and related coverage has actually been helpful in another (perhaps negative) way; it’s thrown the disparity of cancer care between the haves and the have nots into sharp relief. First the King was diagnosed and given immediate treatment and now the PoW has got what she terms as ‘a fantastic medical team’ pulling out all the stops to treat her when there’s a big chunk of society waiting 12 or more weeks for an initial scan.
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Once a subject is big in tabloids the rest of them will follow suit. In this case the subject is sensitive as most people can relate. If anything, recent unhappy events will make non-British foreigners even more sympathetic toward the royal family (with a few exceptions of course). But is it really important to you? I can assure you there’s no such an interest about the Spanish or Dutch or the Swedish crowns. Not that those are beyond criticism.
Well of course it’s because she is a Royal. Other mothers of three with cancer get some privacy. She has to make a public statement informing people of her diagnosis and ask for privacy. And I’m sure she will be expected to be a model patient, and exemplar for others. And every appearance will be scrutinized.
But in the end, she is a mother of three with cancer and she will have to go through the same sh*t as most of us diagnosed with cancer. She’ll have the best care available, but she may end up with hair loss, nausea, steroid bloat, and fear that it’s coming back as well as some loss of function. And media will be there to dissect. I really hope she does well, and maybe this will encourage better access and care for others where needed.
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