Prince Edward - the new Duke of Edinburgh - looks ill.

The effects of a life lived in the closet

Yes.

OMG yes, he looks like someone who just survived a bout of life threatening illness like cancer

Looks older than 59

Well obviously his mother never cooked him a good meal in his life!

He looks positively Karen Carpenter like.

He was a handsome young man in his youth, but he literally looks like the life has been drained out him.

Maybe it's The AIDS

March 7, 2023

March 10, 2023

Closeup: March 13, 2023

Maybe the poor guy is dying. That could be why Charles decided to make him Duke of Edinburgh.... "Ah well, he'll only be Duke of Edinburgh for a year at the most and I'm fine with that."

His father was tall and very thin.

A couple of us noticed it this weekend on DoE thread. Maybe he's on some ridiculous keto diet?

He might still be in mourning over the loss of his mother. Or maybe he's truly quite ill and keeping that to himself. It's either one of the two.

I tell you all what, though, his looks hit the wall quick! He was really handsome in his youth.

He's lost a lot of weight recently. That suit is pretty much hanging off of him.

He's loaded up with inbred genes and half a century of a British diet and climate.

Trust me, they all look like that.

The royals at the Commonwealth service today.

MY EDWARD IS NOT GAY!!

HRH Princess a was soooo pretty in the late 80's. She was the "best stagehand" on Broadway She and Michael Ball were sooo pretty together. England's favorite young Talented English Rose. Very talented throat!!

I'm sorry...HRH Princess a

One more time-HRH Princess a!!

In the pic @R18, Kate looks like she's gained just a squidge of weight.

Looks good on her.

[quote] In the pic @[R18], Kate looks like she's gained just a squidge of weight.

She had half a biscuit before leaving the house.

It must that green olive she had for lunch yesterday, r23.

I truly hope he’s okay in terms of his health.

We don’t know him but many of us from personal experience know what a sick person looks like: “wasting away” and “gaunt” come to mind when looking at recent photos…like a tortoise minus the shell.

Edward looks like he's lost a good 10 pounds if not more. Maybe 20 pounds. That kind of weight loss is either grief as others have suggested or illness. I am going with grief and stress. BRF doesn't seem to get sick until later on. He's too young for illness.

What gets me is Edward looks grey, r26. Like, as in no colour. Gaunt and no colour. Kind of frightening. Sophie is still - normal looking - and she was pretty grief stricken in September.

My, he's just (facial) wasting away. I wonder why . . .

Doris has been spending too many late nights down on the docks

He looks like someone who just went through chemo or radiation honestly.

He does look older than his age. But sometimes shit happens.

It looks to me like he’s battling some form of cancer. I’m sure he misses his mother, but she lived to extreme old age and her death probably didn’t destroy him to the extent he looks like he’s dying himself.

Hope you're wrong r33 but he does not look good. Photo of him swimming in his shirt and collar.

Don't tell me he's on Ozempic too

He’s a spitting image (!) of George VI in photos from early 1952. The resemblance is jarring, especially in the picture at R4.

Didn’t DL fave and inveterate fashion icon Lady Colin Campbell claim QEII died of a form of cancer?

If you compare Edward to how Charles and Andrew look, there must be something wrong with Edward.

He's pale and gaunt, while Charles and Andrew still have a pinkish complexion and plump, healthy bodies.

Under that suit, Edward must be skin and bones.

Something is definitely wrong with him, health wise.

Chadwick Boseman was the same way before he died of cancer.

He’s fine! He sends his love!!!

[quote] He’s fine! He sends his love!!!

Sure, Jan.

Don't believe a word they say.

Maybe he decided to follow Kate's diet.

He looks like a thinner version of Anna Paquin.