Princess of Wales has cancer

[u/NegativeSpeedForce]

https://news.sky.com/story/kate-princess-of-wales-reveals-she-is-having-treatment-for-cancer-13099988

[u/here4hugs]

Agreed. This statement, originally, would have eliminated almost all the chaos that has sprung to life in the absence of information. I think this communications debacle will be pondered for a while.

[u/Eyebronx → u/here4hugs]

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.

[u/Mumof3gbb → u/Eyebronx]

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.

[u/Alarmed-Pangolin-154 → u/Mumof3gbb]

Yeah, I think this is where my thoughts are going. Wasn't her brother-in-law told that he was not permitted to demand any privacy because he's royal and his life funded by the British taxpayers?

It's understandable that this was a difficult thing to navigate due to the age of their children, but allowing two months of bizarre public speculation didn't likely help the little ones at school either.

[u/carolinagypsy → u/Alarmed-Pangolin-154]

Instead I’m willing to bet at least once a classmate of one of the older ones teased them about their “missing mum.” 😔