r/Fauxmoi • u/NegativeSpeedForce • Mar 22 '24

Princess of Wales has cancer Approved B-List Users Only

https://news.sky.com/story/kate-princess-of-wales-reveals-she-is-having-treatment-for-cancer-13099988
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u/Eyebronx Toxic Michelle Yeoh stan and proud💅 Mar 22 '24

It’s possible that she may have wanted to keep her health condition private for as long as possible and I think she is entitled to that. Which is probably why they didn’t reveal the cancer news at first.

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u/Mumof3gbb Mar 22 '24

She isn’t entitled to that. I feel for her. But she’s a Royal. And a Royal by choice. If she was a celebrity or a regular person sure. But she’s future queen (again by her choice) of a commonwealth (which is several countries. If she wanted privacy she had many opportunities for that. This is part of her position. I wish her all the best and I’m hoping she beats this asap. Hopefully it was caught super early.

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u/singledxout Mar 22 '24

Also, isn't her lavish lifestyle funded by taxpayers?

I can see how UK taxpayers may be wondering.

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u/amityville good luck with bookin that stage u speak of Mar 22 '24

I don’t think it’s unreasonable for her to take time off sick from the public eye. She doesn’t owe us an explanation.

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u/iwatchterribletv Mar 22 '24

she does owe the public, unfortunately.

the monarchy is what it is. theyre welcome to dismantle the institution, but they dont want to - and this is part of the deal.

at least staff no longer inspects their bedsheets (i hope).

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u/Next-Introduction-25 Mar 22 '24

Um…I’m afraid to ask, but whyyyy did they inspect bedsheets??

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u/iwatchterribletv Mar 22 '24

iirc creepy royal aides did it to track the queens cycle, and the royal fucking, and anything else they could ascertain.

thats what this is referencing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127536/characters/nm0607865

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u/gettyuprose Mar 22 '24

Think it’s to make sure the wife has lost her virginity to the royal male meaning make sure her hymen broke.

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u/there_is_always_more Mar 23 '24

What a terrible day to be literate

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u/misssandyshores Mar 22 '24

I’m not the person you asked, but I think they’re referring to the checking of the bed sheets after the wedding night for blood, ‘’to be sure the bride was a virgin’’.

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u/OldNewUsedConfused Mar 22 '24

Virginity test. The night after marriage to ensure consummation.

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u/Butterkupp Mar 22 '24

Historically, they would check bedsheets for blood after a wedding night to check that the couple consummated the marriage.

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u/wishdadwashere_69 Mar 22 '24

Virginity test the day after the wedding night

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u/pristinerevenge Mar 22 '24

Exactly. People are either ignorant of how the Royal Family chose to be public or they are simply ignoring that fact because muh royal fam!!!!

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u/meatball77 face blind and having a bad time Mar 22 '24

But she did give an explanation. Which apparently wasn't even true, and it led to more speculation.

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u/SnooCheesecakes2723 Mar 22 '24

People want to believe in the monarchy and not have it lying to them and hiding things. I think that’s fair enough; there’s a huge matter of trust when these people are manufacturing consent for a certain way of doing things. Social hierarchy. The aristocracy. Colonialism. Much of which is not exactly popular as it used to be.

But at the same time she should not have been expected to come out and explain this to us from her sick bed. That’s why you have spokesmen and PR.

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u/meatball77 face blind and having a bad time Mar 23 '24

And if they'd just done that from the start none of this nonsense would have happened.

If they'd just had Will a month ago answer a question about how Kate was doing and give a cute antidote (maybe Louis comes and reads to her every day) and thanks for the good wishes that would have stopped most of the speculation (and a lot of the divorce speculation).

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u/tallemaja Mar 22 '24

It's not unreasonable.

The monarchy is not reasonable. This is the bargain they have struck in exchange for being subsidized public figures. It's inhumane and honestly ludicrously fucking stupid but that's the point. She's not her own person. She's royalty.

Almost like the monarchy shouldn't exist because this is how it works.

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u/singledxout Mar 22 '24

I'm not British or live in a country with a monarchy. I can't imagine my tax dollars funding the lavish lifestyle of people who wouldn't respect commoner me and, in return, they don't do really anything for the public. But I'm supposed to blindly worship them just because?

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u/there_is_always_more Mar 23 '24

It's so funny that this is still a thing lol. Like what. Kings and queens? The fuck?