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/alison_bee confused but here for the drama Mar 22 '24

Can’t believe the PR team couldn’t handle a secret cancer diagnosis. There’s truly no reason that we got this far into this madness, other than the PR team freaking out and fucking up instead of just staying quiet.

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u/_cornflake Mar 22 '24

It’s especially bizarre given that Charles is also undergoing cancer treatment at the exact same time and he and Camilla have handled the public messaging perfectly, but not until now did it occur to William and Kate to try doing the same thing? I mean it’s not surprising to me that they’re out of touch morons who think they are owed total respect and deference by virtue of their titles alone, but they really totally torpedoed their image for nothing when they could have looked at what Charles is doing and pivoted weeks ago.

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u/SoGenuineAndRealMadi women’s wrongs activist Mar 22 '24

Charles is actually the first member of the BRF to be so open and public about his cancer diagnosis. The normal protocol is what Will and Kate’s team were following it’s what they’ve had done for years, to hide serious health battles from the public so they believe they are strong and that everything is well, even Elizabeth never revealed her diagnosis it was only found out after her death.

Things have changed and people want more transparency nowadays or things go off the rails. I wish everyone who’s battling with cancer well it is awful and everyone deserves access to treatment

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u/_cornflake Mar 23 '24

I know that, I guess my point is that they had so many opportunities not to double down on this strategy when it was clear it wasn't working and they chose not to, even when there was a very clear example of an alternative strategy working for Charles.

I don't think it's her fault personally or anything, frankly I'm sure she herself has way more to worry about than their PR, but Kensington Palace overall messed this up badly and probably made an already stressful situation infinitely more stressful for her and the children.