King Charles has CANCER

King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will suspend his public duties to undergo treatment.

The announcement, made by Buckingham Palace on Monday evening, came a week after the 75-year-old sovereign was discharged from a London hospital, after a procedure to treat an enlarged prostate. The palace did not disclose what form of cancer he has, but said the cancer was detected during that procedure.

“During The King’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted,” the palace said in a statement. “Subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer. His Majesty has today commenced a schedule of regular treatments, during which time he has been advised by doctors to postpone public-facing duties.”

“Throughout this period, His Majesty will continue to undertake state business and official paperwork as usual,” the palace continued. “The King is grateful to his medical team for their swift intervention, which was made possible thanks to his recent hospital procedure. He remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible.”

We already have an ongoing royal thread.

But this is BREAKING NEWS!

I know nothing about the royals but I like him because his voice is so cool.

If prostate cancer is caught early, recovery rates are very high.

Pssst ! [whispers] it’s his prostate.

Like I give a rat's ass about this KKKlan Granny POS.

Thank God that CNN isn't interviewing Sally Bedell Smith. Listening to the sound of her voice is painful.

I wonder how the Duchess of Sussex will make this about her.

R5 The Palace has confirmed that it's not prostate cancer.

The article specifically says it is unrelated to his enlarged prostate…but was discovered during his recent surgery and hospital stay.

Make way for King William the Terrible!

Gasp! Then what? [whispers] rectal?

What type of cancer would be found during surgery for his prostate I wonder.

You typically die WITH prostrate cancer, not from it. If they’re talking about prostate cancer, he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, so don’t get your hopes up. That is, unless it’s somehow spread, which is very rare.

r15, it's prostate, not PROSTRATE.

[quote] Make way for King William the Terrible!

Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.

It could be anything. Something that was seen on a scan. Or something that was found on bloodwork.

It was probably found inadvertently, in his associated blood work. They trace the protein or whatever markers there are. It's probably saved his life. God save the king!

Bollocks. One doesn't look nearly old enough to be a dowager.

He’s looked near-death for a few years now.

Such a liar.

Remember his sausage fingers and bloated hands?

Is this of a severity to cancel my candlelight supper?

Maybe it’s sausage finger cancer.

Kate dying, Charles dying, Camilla dying. They’re all going down.

Harry is on his way back to the UK

[quote] Kate dying, Charles dying, Camilla dying. They’re all going down.

Don't forget Edward.

Maybe Charlotte really IS behind all of this.

It's NOT prostate cancer, for you half wits on this thread that apparently can't READ.

With the Trump trials delayed, it'll be a slow news week on MSNBC. Expect wall to wall coverage of the King and his cancer. Drs. Vin Gupta and Kavita Patel will be interviewed often.

Is this what happens when you're Camilla's tampon?

r27, not that I disbelieve you but, you seem so sure. Any more you want to post?

Fuck off, hall monitor @ r2. This was deserving of its own thread, and you know it.

this is sad news. Hope he makes a full recovery. To have achieved the throne after waiting so long and then this...rather ironic.

The whiny, navel-gazing, self-important, younger son had better be on the next flight home.

I told you this was becoming an Anus Horribilus for the British Royal Family.

Goes without saying that he's got the best doctors so I hope he makes a quick recovery.

[quote]Maybe Charlotte really IS behind all of this.

Charlotte might be poisoning them.

R4 that's "stupid LIBERAL American."

Conservatives couldn't care less about the British royal family -- or Europe, in general.

Liberals, particularly white women and gay men, tend to be the royal watchers and Anglophiles/Europhiles.

Conservatives are patriotic, and the only crowns they care about are Miss America and Homecoming/Prom King and Queen.

R32, I’m not the OP but the news is posted on the BBC home page. Unfortunately the direct link to the story is too long for me to post. Anyone else figure out a shortcut?

It's bizarre that they're being fairly open and yet not telling us what type of cancer. It makes me think the prognosis is not good.

He wanted to be a tampon and now he's got prostate cancer.

I feel sorry for Charles, too.

Poor guy had to wait for 50 years to be crowned as King, and when it finally happens, he gets diagnosed with cancer.

No wonder has been trying to throw his weight around.

I'd rather see Charles as King for the next 20 years, than that asshole William.

[quote]Goes without saying that he's got the best doctors

That “the best doctors” in England, R36. If he’s wise, he’ll have them bring in specialists from the U.S.

A statement from the palace.

R43. Yeah. American healthcare is tte best!!! No country in the world has better outcomes!!!

Harry is flying to the King’s side

Can we have his stuff?

Just kidding. But dreadful news. Wishing His Majesty a good prognosis and recovery. Cancer is just the very worst.

R38, ah, yes, those "America First" conservatives who get their marching orders from Putin

Megan's revenge....

[quote]We already have an ongoing royal thread.

Just the one, dear?

I hope it's not liver or pancreas, since they're saying it's not his prostate (which would be highly treatable as we know).

Liars get cancer

R5 and R15 Lies. I should know.

We want Queen Charlotte!

They confirmed it’s not prostate cancer. What could it be?

Hish Majeshty King Shaushage Fingersh.

Could it b bladder or rectal cancer? The two closest structures to the prostate that they were shaving down.

*be

R54 there won't be another British Queen for at least two more generations.

Sorry!

Total guess, but it could be bladder. If he was having issues urinating, that could have been the real culprit.

Charles has promising parental genes for longevity, and has always looked after himself - organic foods to the point of fussy obsession. Also the best possible medical attention. Cancer doesn't care. I hope he beats it and lives as long as his parents.

R59 George is gay. He’ll abdicate for Charlotte.

I'll bet it's bladder cancer. He's at the right age for it. That's also highly treatable when caught early which I'm sure it was.

Xpost with r60

[quote] It's bizarre that they're being fairly open and yet not telling us what type of cancer. It makes me think the prognosis is not good.

R40 I agree. Also, the fact that Harry is en route to the UK today to be with the King also makes me think the prognosis may not be good. Of course, this is just my own speculation. But given the tense relations between the Palace and the Harkles over the past few years, I have to think that if this were a cancer caught early enough and with good treatment prospects, Harry may not be rushing back and flying through the awful California storm today. Santa Barbara, Ventura, and LA are all getting battered today.

R51 It's not highly treatable. You guys have no idea what you're talking about re prostate cancer. Someone I know has it. I know what I'm talking about.

R64- the headlines say Harry will by flying 'in the coming days' not TODAY.

Is the King still in London?

[quote] I have to think that if this were a cancer caught early enough and with good treatment prospects, Harry may not be rushing back and flying through the awful California storm today. Santa Barbara, Ventura, and LA are all getting battered today.

That's typical British weather.

What about ME? Does nobody care that I’m still bedridden after they remove my colon?

R66 My mistake. But you didn't have to shout TODAY. Please try to be civil. God save the King!

Personally, I would have kept this to myself.

In addition to the stress of whatever his diagnosis is, he now has to worry about what he does disclose to Harry being repeated to Meghan who will in turn make sure it gets put in the media via Omid or someone else.

And on top of that, if he wants to see his phantom American grandchildren that means Meghan coming along because she won't let those kids go to the UK without her for fear of them not being returned.

I am prostrate with grief.

It's already announced she's staying at home with the children.

Whatever happens, DO NOT bring back the fucking lying grifters of Montecito.

[quote] In addition to the stress of whatever his diagnosis is, he now has to worry about what he does disclose to Harry being repeated to Meghan who will in turn make sure it gets put in the media via Omid or someone else.

Yeah, because if he's dead within a year, no one will know because it's SUCH a BIG SECRET!

Idiot.

There is no harm in being honest and forthright with the public.

[quote] There is a constitutional mechanism for when the head of state is unable to carry out official duties - in that circumstance "counsellors of state" can be appointed to stand in for the monarch. At present that includes Queen Camilla, Prince William, Princess Anne and Prince Edward, with Prince Harry and Prince Andrew no longer to be called on as non-working royals.

Oh that's why they recently turfed Andrew and Harry out of the role. Wasn't that before he went in for the check though? Wonder if they'd had an inkling it was more serious than an enlarged prostate beforehand

All jokes aside, the fact that the palace is not telling us what type of cancer or the prognosis is very concerning. To me it's a read between the lines sort of thing of this not being very good news at all. If it was a good prognosis, I think the announcement would've been more upbeat. I am not much of a fan of Charles but this has actually kind of tugged at my heart strings a bit. I had hoped he'd get a least a good decade on the throne after waiting so long, but we'll just have to wait and see.

its obviously the prostate. it's very curable.

The happy thing about a King with no bladder is one can hide the bag under one’s robes.

oh please, these cunts get check ups every year, very regularly...so it can't be that advanced....

IT’S NOT HIS PROSTATE!!!!!!

But since he’s the King it’s kind of on him to share more information.

It’s not prostate. The announcement says it’s unrelated to his recent prostate surgery.

If need be, they give you a rebuilt one. From a pig, I think.

R79 Do you know how to read? They specifically said the prostate was benign. It’s another cancer that they won’t disclose.

What a bad time it's been for GB. It's all been downhill since the 2012 Olympics. 0 wins. 0.

[quote] All jokes aside, the fact that the palace is not telling us what type of cancer or the prognosis is very concerning.

Don't think its necessarily as worrying as all that. Its just a general press announcement to forestall any questions about why he's not going to be around much while they treat it. With Liz's leukemia they could just use age and semi retirement as an excuse and keep it hidden from the public. They're already being more open with his health reports than any other monarch in history. Hell when George III started going nuts they didn't even tell the PM.

At least William will find a way to keep himself busy when his father and wife die.

R65. We realize you are an extremely important person? but science and medicine are generally based evidence drawn from a larger sample than your social circle. So, although we are very sorry for titre friend we may pause before concluding R51 doesn’t know what he is talking about

it can't be asshole cancer coz they diagnose that with tube up your ass. so it's probably bladder cancer.

harry is rushing back coz he wants to make sure he's still included in the will.

I knew we wouldn't get to 10 comments without a klan granny bringing up Meghan Markle.

R80 = Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

[quote] At least William will find a way to keep himself busy when his father and wife die.

Oh, don't worry.

I'm keeping William VERY busy!

R23- That comes from being an ALCOHOLIC.

Hmm, maybe it's bladder cancer, apparently quite common in older men. That might explain the (somewhat) connection to his prostate issues.

Poor Chuck - after all these years, he finally gets the job, now his junk goes out on him. Oh, the humanity indeed!

Don’t be absurd—Of course Charlotte is not behind this. The old man was bound to die sooner or later. It’s the next two who are will have to be dealt with. In due time.

My dad went to the doctor because his hands and fingers were very swollen. It turned out he was riddled with cancer. He died two weeks later.

[quote] Don’t be absurd—Of course Charlotte is not behind this. The old man was bound to die sooner or later. It’s the next two who are will have to be dealt with. In due time.

Charlotte's mentor....

Sigh. I told him all that weird shit he eats was going to catch up with him.

R33 Fuck off yourself you hysterical drama queen. Who put you in charge of when it is or isn't appropriate to start a new thread.

Just in case anyone cares, I’m not OK.

Predictions:

KC3 cashes out Prince Harry, issues letters patent for the Sussexes and Queen Camilla and creates William Prince Regent.

That way, we are not waiting for another KG5 to be euthanized.

KC3 can die in peace and at leisure.

[quote] Liars get cancer

So do heinous cunts, r52. I’d get yourself checked out.

Sorry for your loss, R98.

Whatever happens, I hope Harry and Charles take this opportunity to repair their relationship. I know - MARY! But there's nothing worse than being on bad terms with a loved one when the worst happens.

Annus Horriblus ‘24!

Perhaps it’s a more stigmatized cancer, like lung or anal cancer.

Every day, it become apparent how foolish Charles idea to have a slimmed down monarchy (smart) rest on the backs of geriatrics (stupid). Now, the only young ones, William and Kate, are on a break. He didn't backfill the Harry and Meghan void, hello York sisters. And now it's one health issue after another.

Thank goodness kings no longer run the British army because Charles would probably mess that up as well.

I like the man, and hope for a speedy recovery, cause his son is lazy and useless, but he should have followed in his mother's footsteps to expand the field of substitutes in times like these, not ice out young healthy support systems.

[quote] Perhaps it’s a more stigmatized cancer, like lung …cancer.

D-d-d-don’t be ridiculous.

I think it’s liver

R65, I have prostate cancer. It is indeed highly treatable. I will be fine.

Oh, gracious!

[quote] Also, the fact that Harry is en route to the UK today to be with the King also makes me think the prognosis may not be good. Of course, this is just my own speculation.

There have been signs for months that Harry has wanted to mend fences with the RF, including that weird video H&M made of their children to show Charles on his birthday. If a reconciliation doesn’t happen after this news, it probably never will.

Of course, I am cynical enough to think that H&M may also be slightly concerned that William may sadly find himself promoted rather sooner that they anticipated. He is unlikely to put up with their bullshit, or write cheques as freely as Charles.

If it’s bladder cancer, it is treatable but also hard to diagnose correctly what type of bladder cancer it is. Sometimes it could be two or more types of bladder cancer going on at the same time. The chance of it coming back is also high and aggressive.

I wonder if the benign enlarged prostate story was just a ruse to figure out what was going on and then gently ease the public into the news in stages. First benign prostate announcement, now cancer announcement and some time to digest that news, with the actual more specific situation announced once the dust settles?

Prince Harry and Megan will be leaking EVERY DETAIL.

Bladder cancer.

“A schedule of regular treatments “ suggests no surgery.

What does that mean, DL healers?

[quote] “A schedule of regular treatments “ suggests no surgery.

[quote] What does that mean, DL healers?

It means his doctors have given up, and they're just going to try to "keep him comfortable" at this point.

R118 That means chemo. If they’re not doing surgery, that’s not a good sign. If Surgery isn’t an option, it’s most probably metastatic.

Can they just fucking tell us which cancer it is already so we can start praying to the correct saint.

R118 my guess is that when they shaved his prostate they took a routine biopsy and found it. At least I hope t hat's what happened and that it is just the prostate. If it is the bladder or other soft tissue, it could be a problem. I like Charles. And honestly he has already proven himself as a very good King, doing a lot more that shitface Prime Minister. Asshole is supposed to call for elections b ut he won't because he is so intensely disliked for his incompetence, and the Tories are trying to destroy the NHS so they can privatize everything. But the PM is hoping if he can't get the voters to like him a little more then maybe he can get t hem to hate him a little less.

Can you just imagine a 50 year reign of William the Terrible?

It sounds fucking awful.

That’s what I was going to say, r120. It just sounds not great. Normally (yes, I’m a DL fake-doctor!), I thought surgery was performed first, to try and remove as much tumor as possible. Then chemo follows, to catch any remaining cancer cells. Chemo first is more dire, they’re trying to shrink the tumor because it can’t be removed.

R122 For the last fucking time. IT IS NOT PROSTATE CANCER!

We need to hear from Voice of the Night (aka VOTN).

I’ll play devil’s advocate for a minute. The palace says a separate issue was found besides the treatment for an enlarged prostate. Could they mean a separate issue from the ENLARGED prostate? Meaning that he was having his prostate shaved, and they found cancer there, which is sort of a separate issue. It’s really parsing the sentence, but they didn’t give us a lot to go on.

Oh yes, VOTN, our resident oncologist. /s

[quote]If they’re not doing surgery, that’s not a good sign

[quote]It means his doctors have given up

Palace statement:

[quote]He remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible.

No r124, chemo is performed first to reduce the tumour as much as possible before surgery to remove it.

We have r122 who hasn't even bothered to read the previous posts or any news articles, now r124 making wildly inaccurate guesses as to cancer treatment and getting it completely wrong.

[quote]Before surgery or radiotherapy

[quote]The aim of chemotherapy before surgery is to shrink a tumour. This might mean:

[quote]you need less surgery

[quote]it is easier to get all the cancer out

[quote]you can have radiotherapy to a smaller area of your body

[quote]Having chemotherapy before other treatments in this way is called neoadjuvant treatment. Sometimes doctors may call it primary treatment.

R127 The article specifically stated “prostate cancer has been ruled out”. Jesus fucking Christ the reading comprehension of this board is really below the public education system in West Virginia.

It's a cyst, right where the oil glands are. It's all this organic mumbo jumbo. He wasn't exposed to enough pesticides and he never learned how to wash.

don't you fucking worry. he's a king. he's gonna have the best treatment available. even those that are so brand new and not available to the public....

Just to be clear: what is the actual pognosis of the Kings prostrate cancer?

Actually radiation reduces the tumor and then chemo kills the cells which helps to avoid the spread. My dad went through it. And they have new procedures now with prostates wherer they can put radiation seeds up there to burn it out. Lots of different treatments now. Things aren't done the way they were 10 years ago.

R130, if you've been to the Kate thread you'll know there is a contingent of DLers who have no pride and will cook up anything in pursuit of what I can only judge by their abandon to be a substitute for sex or meaning in life.

Might chemotherapy also be preferred for something like a rectum or bladder that you really don’t want to have to do without? I mean who can’t spare a bit of colon?

[quote] Christ the reading comprehension of this board is really below the public education system in West Virginia.

Where is our resident West Virginia poster?

R 135 What does your dad’s prostate cancer have anything to do with Charles cancer?

So Camilla reigns alone if Charles dies before her, is that right?

he doesn't have ass cancer!!! how much do you want to bet?

Veritas supervacua est, cum te non pudeat

I hope Sarah, Duchess of York is doing well.

If the doctors have advised no public face to face events during treatments, doesn’t that imply the treatments are of a type that weaken the immune system? Do all cancer treatments do this?

Harry rushing to the UK is strange. I can see a statement that he’s headed there next week, but what’s the rush? If there is no surgery, isn’t the risk that KC is going to die in the next month or so pretty minimal? I think it’s coming across well right now (for Harry), but may seem strange later.

r135 Chemo is for the plebs, he will likely receive the latest cancer treatment that medicine has to offer.

An experimental procedure? I think not. Unless they become desperate.

I had a feeling they’d regret spending all that money on a coronation.

R131, the palace statement does not say that:

“During The King’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted,” the palace said in a statement. “Subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer. “

Not sure what article you’re referring to that says it’s not prostate cancer, but the palace statement can be construed a couple of different ways. So please keep your comments on reading comprehension to yourself.

R144, you are right. Immunotherapy is the same I think. In any event, it is typically tiring to some degree beyond usual for a patient's age and appetite is seldom what it was. My brother in law did a round of chemo/immuno last fall and while it wasn't a horror show, it wasn't easy on him either. He's 75 as well.

R140, no. The throne goes to William.

Everybody just needs to calm down. No one's going to have to deal with William yet. It's a release, they're not going to spell out everything. It's probably some kind of treatable bladder cancer. He'll be fine.

WTF is William going to do if Charles dies in the next year and. Kate’s health doesn’t allow her to do much?

I’m now thinking that a lot of the stuff about how Kate and William prioritize a normal family life for the kids was, while probably true, also a way to set expectation low in terms of their schedules. So if Kate’s health has gotten worse, she’s not likely to start doing more, is she? What’s the long term prognosis for IBD severe enough to require surgery at 42 (assuming that’s what it is)?

And if Charles is gone, will Camilla feel motivated to spend the next decade or so smiling and shaking strangers’ hands?

Harry and Meghan are a disaster, Eugenia and Beatrice are sort of tainted by their dishes full dad and embarrassing mom. Who is on the bench?

Has Lady C. chimed in with her prognostications yet?

I can't stand the diabolical duo and find it amusing the Lady C. is just like both of them! She's a 74-year-old narcissist still whining about her mummy like Harry and she has made a career out of a title she got from her husband and his family that she can't stand just like Meghan.

Let's not forget Prince Edward has lost a lot of weight in the past year or so and may also be ill.

Kate is expected to be back in the saddle by Easter. PR is not about creating more questions, it's about creating fewer. If she expected back at work at Easter they wouldn't have said so.

[quote]WTF is William going to do if Charles dies in the next year...

I dunno - cut a few ribbons and wave from balconies occasionally?

[quote]Who is on the bench?

Anne, who works hard anyway and is getting on herself, and Edward, who doesn't like shaking hands and mingling. Lots to discuss within The Firm.

I realize the Windsors operate under the mantra “never complain, never explain,” but they need to be more forthright with the public given the rapid succession of major health issues.

I honestly think public duties that involve crowd-waving etc., can be mostly done away with. What none of us really know is what the monarch does with the running of the country. I confess I don’t know. If it involves a lot of approvals, rubber-stamping and paper pushing, those things still need to get done.

[quote]They confirmed it’s not prostate cancer. What could it be?

Anal cancer caused by Camilla's carcinogenic strap-on.

I think it’s something they found on blood work. Maybe one of the hematologic cancers like multiple myeloma. Those require “treatments” but not surgery.

[quote] Who is on the bench?

Time to trot out the near corpse that is the Duke of Kent. If Kate isn’t available to hand out Wimbledon trophies this year, at least he has experience.

[quote]So Camilla reigns alone if Charles dies before her, is that right?

No, William takes over as reigning monarch; Camilla should get the title Queen Dowager.

It probably won't happen, but it'd be some delicious poetic justice if William chose to strip Cam of any "queen" title and knock her back down to a mere "duchess".

he needs to focus on his health, not public openings and such, he's fucking old. He doesn't need the extra stress and germs from low class public cunts.

R148 This article on Apple News specifically stated that prostate cancer has been ruled out.

[quote]We already have an ongoing royal thread.

And your point is?

[quote]King Charles has CANCER

OP- I’m a bit dyslexic- I first read it as Charles Kuralt has cancer.

I doubt it’s bladder cancer. If they found a bladder tumor or mass during the cystosocpy procedure, they would not have continued with the prostate resection if bladder cancer was suspected.

"His Majesty has chosen to share his diagnosis to prevent speculation and in the hope it may assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer."

In other words:

If it was a curable cancer, they would have announced the type and cited statistics showing the high survival rates. That’s not what happened here.

Valerie Harper lived for another 10 years after being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

R5 and R6- it’s not prostate cancer. Read the article, idiots!

Bear King!

R173 there are lots of idiots in here than just a couple of posters you called out. Even after telling them it’s not prostate cancer, they continued to assume otherwise.

R165, I hate being a nudge about it, but the article says it’s been ruled out, not the palace. They may be assuming like we are that the wording of the palace statement ruled out prostate. Hah I’ll stop commenting, I’m sure people are already sick of my speculation.

I wonder if the cancer type will leak—the Queen had bone cancer for quite awhile and nothing leaked, so I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t hear anything either.

So Harry is indeed flying back today, sans wife and kids, if The Fail's reporting can be trusted. See next post

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

[quote] Harry and Meghan are a disaster, Eugenia and Beatrice are sort of tainted by their dishes full dad and embarrassing mom. Who is on the bench?

Edward and Sophie. Anne. Kate will be back before long. William is already attending an investiture in Wednesday.

I think the odds of Bea and Eugenie being drafted in are getting better. Both have niceish husbands, and already have charitable interests. I think some charities may be offered Bea or Eugenie as a royal patron on a take-it-it-leave-it basis. There are hundreds of charities which were supported by the late Queen and Prince Philip and which are still waiting to hear if they will get anotherroyal patron.

Less likely (but not impossible) is that Zara and Mike Tindall could begin to play a role. William likes them both and they both spend time in Australia, which is a Realm which Charles is supposed to visit soon. It’s not likely, but I wouldn’t rule it out.

[quote]hate being a nudge about it, but the article says it’s been ruled out, not the palace.

"The palace did not disclose what form of cancer Charles has, but a palace official said it was not prostate cancer."

That he's flying back so quickly is a little worrisome.

Is it prostate cancer?

Kate is pretty much fucking useless. Not sure what having her "back" would really do, since she does so little as it is.

[quote] That he's flying back so quickly is a little worrisome.

Not really. He’s had his Spare and Netflix paydays and needs more material. There were already suggestions that he wanted back to Sandringham last Christmas.

Charles walked to church yesterday, albeit keeping at a distance from the hoi polloi. He’s obviously ill, but doesn’t look it yet.

R148, all the news articles are saying that it is not prostate cancer.

[quote]The type of cancer has not been revealed - it is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate.

If Charles dies and then William were to die unexpectedly , we could have a teenage King.

Dockyard Doris should take over all the royal responsibilities

R183, Kate does a lot, although I wouldn't expect you to be aware of that. Her main role, however, is to support William, who will need a heck of a lot of support from now on.

If I were Camilla, I don't think I'd want to be Dowager Queen, reliant on the largesse of Prince William.

Organic foods and lots of exercise--and unfortunately cancer. Yet Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are still healthy as can be.

If William continues to insist on flying with all of his kids together, we might well have a very interesting outcome.

So it’s Kate who has prostate cancer. Got it.

"I wonder how the Duchess of Sussex will make this about her."

Now, I'm losing two fathers from my life!

I can’t believe the amount of proof and effort it takes to explain to half of DL that it’s not prostate cancer. The IQ level of this board has never been lower. It’s MAGA level of stupidity.

[quote] I can’t believe the amount of proof and effort it takes to explain to half of DL that it’s not prostate cancer.

I get your point, r194, but is it prostrate cancer?

It's scary that even those with the best health care imaginable can still have cancer and not know it. Charles was getting extensive checkups and tests with the best doctors and they didn't discover this until now.

R194, most of us don’t have all day to be hanging on to every single thing that’s published. I only saw the palace statement, which says nothing. Geez, give people a break. We’re pretty much caught up with the important stuff (Dump sucks), but some of us aren’t crawling up the king’s prostate for info.

I always knew those damn millennials would jump into power young!

On the other hand good day for cancer experts. Every news channel seems to have their own on trying to guess the type and what treatment he'll get. BBC Radio 2s money is on chemo since he'll be an out patient.

[quote] Harry rushing to the UK is strange. I can see a statement that he’s headed there next week, but what’s the rush? If there is no surgery, isn’t the risk that KC is going to die in the next month or so pretty minimal? I think it’s coming across well right now (for Harry), but may seem strange later.

It's his FATHER, you dumb cunt.

He just found out that his father has cancer.

Anyone with a heart would rush to see their parent in person, if they found out that they had cancer.

You wouldn't understand that though, because you're a moron.

Can we blame Harry and Meghan for Charles and Kate’s health problems? They’re the ones causing all this stress. It takes a toll on the body.

r108, Georgie will be reading the Red Boxes sooner than we think.

[quote]I can’t believe the amount of proof and effort it takes to explain to half of DL that it’s not prostate cancer.

[quote]I get your point, [R194], but is it prostrate cancer?

That's what *I* would like to know, r195 -- I also wanna know if it's prostate cancer?

Charles would not have cancer if I was still president.

[quote] , I hate being a nudge about it, but the article says it’s been ruled out, not the palace.

The palace said it was a “separate issue” from his prostate enlargement.

Can’t anybody read in this dump?

He’s a goner. Lizzie died of bone cancer which they hid right up to the end and afterward. If they’re announcing it, but not it’s type and prognosis, it’s incurable and they’re preparing for the inevitable.

r179 The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester whilst in their late seventies also do quite a few engagements and sem in more robust health than their elder cousins The Kents and their spouses.

Jesus, r102, the wife of an Earl is not an Earless. Countess, dear. Countess.

With Harry flying home today now I’m wondering if it’s pancreatic—the “get your affairs in order” cancer.

[quote] issues letters patent for the Sussexes and Queen Camilla

What?

R208 Unless she’s a victim of Mike Tyson.

[quote]Might chemotherapy also be preferred for something like a rectum or bladder that you really don’t want to have to do without? I mean who can’t spare a bit of colon?

Surgery is preferred for rectal cancer whenever possible. Whether you lose the entire rectum or just part of it depends on the extent of the cancer and its precise location.

Thank you, r208, please teach me more. What is the male version of a Cuntess called?

Cancer - that's hiLARious!

Isn’t Charles a known alcoholic? Pancreatic cancer is a possibility l. I’d hate to think it might be pancreatic cancer, but that would be a death sentence.

I lived for years with pancreatic cancer....until I didn't.

[quote]Surgery is preferred for rectal cancer whenever possible.

If it’s already metastatic, then surgery wouldn’t be the treatment.

[quote]If it’s already metastatic, then surgery wouldn’t be the treatment.

Hence the "whenever possible."

What about Margaret’s hunky grandson? Can’t we have him?

I don't know if I'd read too much into Harry's flight to the UK. He's clearly a very volatile, emotional guy even under the best of circumstances and his only living parent just gave him a cancer diagnosis. Even when it's treatable, it's still scary when your parent randomly calls you with that kind of news. Plus, there seems to be evidence that he's been looking for some way back (or at least isn't really happy with his current life). Whatever the case, it's Camilla holding down the fort in the short term & I'd love to see how she reacts to Harry's return

I hope the press will protect my privacy during this time of trial which will be so hard for me. For more on my difficult struggle watching Pa have cancer, read “Spare: Official Oncology Edition” which will be available from all good stores in time for Christmas.

My husband goes to the Dr every 3 months and still came up with bladder cancer last year. It showed in his urine. He's also had an enlarged prostate for several years with a potential fix (clip or steam to to reduce the size) on the back burner if he chooses to go ahead with it. Maybe Charles scheduled his prostate fix for after the Christmas holidays and then this came up. Because Charles is well looked cared for, I'm sure any cancer found will be early stage. Just hope it's something like that and not blood cancer. Feel awful for the family. What a shitload of bad luck for several of them.

Eug and Bea should be recruited. All the sympathy for the family can used to their advantage. And of course, they have a lot of extra sympathy because of who their father is. "Those poor girls, it's not their fault that Andrew is their father".

Harry pretty much had to fly over. Imagine the flak he’d be taking if he didn’t?

R220 Pretty sure Charles doesn’t speak to Harry. Harry probably found out like the rest of us and decided to fly over to find out more, if they let him thru the gate that is.

[quote]I get your point, [R194], but is it prostrate cancer?

I bow to no one.

Meghan is doing her part to revive flagging spirits.

[quote]Isn’t Charles a known alcoholic?

There's NEVER been rumours of him being an alcoholic. Quite the contrary he was into organic food well before it became trendy.

Will halfwit Harry fly in and out the same day like he did for the Coronation? Will Harry continue to refuse to sing God Save The King like he did at the Coronation?

Look for the leaks about how William wouldn't see him.

Charles told Harry he was "not a bank". Harry is going to the UK to find out if The Bank of Charles has re-opened during these troubled times.

Also, takes some nerve to show up there after the "oops the Dutch translator said Charles and Catherine were the racists" vengeful ploy by Harry and Meghan via their flying monkey Omid.

Reports are that the King called Harry.

R223, the news had barely broken when Harry announced he was flying back as soon as possible! Because that's the most important development!

In fact, his flying back so quickly is worse for the general public because it makes it seem as though Charles is on the brink of death and Harry has to get here as soon as he can otherwise he might not make it. Harry - if he had to say something, which is debatable - could simply, perhaps the next day or day after, have instructed his sources to tell his favourite outlets something like "The Duke has been informed of his father's diagnosis and wishes him all the best for his treatment. The Duke will be making arrangements to visit his father in the coming days."

[quote]"I wonder how the Duchess of Sussex will make this about her."

How original. The go-to response of DL's Klan Grannies.

I love how suddenly we’re all experts in Royal Anatomy. The man’s been anointed by God. I doubt he has the same plumbing as mere mortals.

The King is not on the brink of death. They didn’t even know he was sick. The cancer was discovered while he was being treated for something else, which suggests he has no symptoms.

Has Camilla picked out her funeral hat yet?

It's so tricky, having Harry over there, even briefly, because nothing's ever good enough for him and he can't be trusted. Then it goes down the phone to Montecito. So it'll be all 'they're so mean to me" and "they won't let bygones be bygones."

This really kicked me in the gut for some godforsaken reason.

It was sad when the Queen died, but she had a good, long life and reign. Here, this man's been waiting his whole life and now this. My Dad died from bile duct cancer at 71. That was too early. Maybe I thought of my own father when I read about Charles today. My heart truly goes out to him.

And I'm glad his estranged son is flying back. His wife should accompany him. And they should keep their whiny, entitled mouths shut. "staying behind with their children" is no excuse. My own mother accompanied my father on business trips when necessary when my siblings and I were younger. A week away won't matter in the long run.

Some people find out they have stage 4 cancer during a routine doctor's appointment. It sneaks up on you.

Harry is being opportunistic and trying to swoop in when his daddy is vulnerable. I don't know if his kids have titles but he's probably trying to get those brats in the royal family $$$. Harry's money must be running out

What R239 said. People can have no symptoms, suddenly be told they have Stage 4 cancer and be dead within weeks.

I've never understood the hate for this man. Environmental conservation and restoration are very important to me, and his work in that area has been terrific. Hope he beats it.

Exactly, r235, Charles isn't on the brin of death, which is why it's so questionable that Harry had to announce - barely half an hour after the news had been made public - that he was flying in as soon as possible. It makes it all sound so dramatic, as though Charles is about to drop dead.

r243 = brink of death

I bet he was assaulted by a blobfish. They can mark it look like cancer, you know. Clever bastards.

"Anyone with a heart would rush to see their parent in person, if they found out that they had cancer."

Yes, agreed. But we're talking about Harry here. He doesn't have a heart, spine or.......... a full head of hair.

MARY!

Yes, cancer can sneak up on you. But, one presumes that Charles was having regular check ups and unlikely to get to stage 4 without it being detected, so it could be at an early stage.

Even with stage 4 cancer you can still live for several years.

Is stage 4 cancer likely to have snuck up on the King of England*?

* please don’t yell at me. I know. Think of it as an expression.

I imagine he has pretty regular and excellent health care.

[quote]Charles isn't on the brink of death, which is why it's so questionable that Harry had to announce - barely half an hour after the news had been made public - that he was flying in as soon as possible.

And you know this how?? Did the Palace reveal the truth about the Queen's bone cancer?

But who needs logic when there's an opportunity to bash Harry and call him opportunistic for flying home upon hearing that his father has cancer.

I fvcking told you pissants that Charlotte won’t stop until she’s crowned Queen.

One down, two to go.

I don’t think Harry’s being opportunistic. Quite the opposite. I think he has no choice but to fly over immediately.

R113, was the video featuring the kids released?

His father called him and since Charles will undergo treatments maybe Charles wanted him to come right away since once he starts his treatments he may have to withdraw from being around people too much. And you never know what shape he is in. So yeah. Good on Harry!

Dance my little puppets, dance!

Harry is flying over at Charles' request -so he can give him the results of the secret DNA tests he ordered years ago and fully disinherit him. William will pull a Susan Dey and have no comment.

[quote]Some people find out they have stage 4 cancer during a routine doctor's appointment. It sneaks up on you.

And cancer doesn't care about anyone's privilege. The best doctors in the world still lose patients. If it was discovered during a transurethral resection of the prostate, it invites the question of whether he's been symptomatic for a while and it all got lumped in with the prostate (no pun intended).

No, r253, it wasn’t released but widely reported. They played him a video of the kids (who they have intentionally kept estranged from him) singing Happy Birthday.

For he’s a jolly good fellow,

For he’s a jolly good fellow.

For he’s a jolly good fellow.

And so say all of us.

A urologist on Reddit thinks it’s bladder cancer based on symptoms.

R250, you obviously haven't seen people die of cancer. For a very old person like the Queen cancer is just one of the many ailments they can get when they are old and their body is disintegrating. She didn't die because she had cancer, but she got cancer because she is old. The body just packs up.

There are almost no cancers where you get the diagnosis and a few days later you're dead. Charles was out and about yesterday and most certainly has regular check ups, so he's not at the point of death and it's likely that whatever he has is at an early stage. Even if he was at stage 4 and shitting blood he would still have time left.

Harry is not jumping on a plane as soon as he can, but he's coming in a few days. If Charles literally had days left, he would chartering a private plane immediately. So, no, Charles isn't on the brink of death, but Harry still feels the need to dramatically insert himself into the news cycle.

What symptoms?

That's great r254, but why does he have to release his statement within an hour of the news of Charles' cancer being made public? Why be so dramatic? He could simply have waited a day or two and say something more low key like "I spoke to my father earlier and he told me the news. I wish him well with his treatment and will make arrangements to visit as soon as possible".

Harry is not “dramatically inserting himself into the news cycle.” His not visiting his father would be bigger news than his popping over.

You're going to be seeing a lot more of me wearing black, George. And then.....well....you won't...

I don’t think George’s life is in any danger. Charlotte seems quite fond of him. However, I do see for him a quiet, private life out of the public eye. Perhaps a suite at the Tower of London. We might see him strolling the grounds every now and then. Perhaps a lonely wave.

The King has been an advocate of homeopathy all his life, and appointed an advocate of homeopathy to be head of the Royal Medical Household.

I hope someone close to Charles took advantage of his recent hospitalisation to rid the Palace of every trace of this dangerous nonsense.

Are you that dense, r264? Sure, Harry should visit his father (the one he was being derogatory about in public just a couple of weeks ago). The issue is the way he has announced it, which actually gives the impression that Charles' condition is much worse than it likely is.

On the issue of supposedly caring about his father, didn't it ever occur to him during all his public slandering and his great break with his family that this would happen one day? Charles is 75. Say Charles didn't have cancer and he lived until the age of 83, would Harry never have seen him in all that time? Would he have remained estranged, while continuing to make the occasional snide comment about his father and brother? Is he at least now going to allow his children to have a relationship with their grandfather?

If I were dense, I hardly know it now, would I?

r208, the proper courtesy title is

Viceroy/ Vicereine

Duke/ Duchess

Marquess/ Marchioness

Earl/ Earleine

Viscount/ Viscountess

Baron/ Baroness

Perfectly ordinary.

Hahahahah

[quote] Earl/ Earleine

It's "Earl/Countess," hon.

r270, sarcasm does not print well, ya oaf.

Hahahahah

Somebody didn’t watch Downton Abbey.

The problem with sarcasm in this thread is that it can sometimes be a challenge differentiating between sarcasm - “Earleine”, above, which made me laugh - and stupidity - the poster upthread who believed that should Charles predecease his wife that Camilla would continue to reign alone.

The story was that Harry was frequently calling the Queen during her last days. She always took his calls and he was asking for money. She supposedly told him to ask his father and Harry told her that his father would not take his calls.

When asked why, Charles told his mother "I am not a bank."

Perhaps Harry is worried that the bank of Charles which has been closed, might close permanently before he (Harry) manages to snare some cash.

It seems unlikely that the future Bank of William will look kindly on the California teller of tales (and his wife).

This thread is either Charles is terminal and about to head to hospice. The usual lunacy from the we hate Harry and Meghan bunch, and all the sane responses getting dismissed or shot down. Stay golden, Datalounge... stay golden.

Hope he's using an alternative like RadioSurgery. Chemo and Radiation which lead to early demise, bring big bucks to US hospitals.

Is Harry taking a film crew when he visits his father?

Has he tried pine needle tea?

R8 if Larry King were with us, he'd interview Debbie Reynolds for details of her memories of close personal friend, Charlie.

"Cancer's a sneaky-ass bitch!"

I spot Harold's PR guy in here.

HE GOT THE JAB!!!

Karma

Charles already has a Royal Homopath

r242 all performative. The first chance he got, he was using private jets, helicopters, and huge motorcades to criss cross the UK upon his mother's death. He and his family gave zero shits about the environment, despite trains working just fine. It was madness hearing news reporters praise him as an environmentalists, while watching him depart a private jet to get around the UK like he's on some world tour, not to mention how many helicopter rides and private jet rides he signed off on to get his siblings, child, and wife all over the place.

Currently playing on Prince William's iPod!

[quote] This thread is either Charles is terminal and about to head to hospice.

Hardly surprising, given that a week or two ago, there was speculation on the Royal Family Health Watch thread about funeral arrangements for Kate.

Stage 4 Digital Cancer.

[quote] Look for the leaks about how William wouldn't see him.

That much is a given.

William will hold a grudge against Harry, until the day he dies.

Because that's how William is.

Charles is much more forgiving, and wants to have a relationship with Harry.

Because he likes Harry better than he likes William. And William knows it.

No one likes Harry, r290.

He MARRIED cancer.

Camilla is a Cancer, that's true (astrologically, not literally).

[quote] The King is not on the brink of death. They didn’t even know he was sick. The cancer was discovered while he was being treated for something else, which suggests he has no symptoms.

I actually think the opposite is true.

If it was serious enough for him to be checked into the hospital, then he may have been experiencing symptoms as a result of his cancer.

Many people say they went to the doctor for flu-like symptoms, and said they had cancer.

When something is not right with a person's body, it could be anything. That's why we're supposed to go in for annual physical examinations. So if the doctor does find something unusual, they can catch it early.

You play you pay.

He checked into the hospital for schedules treatment on his enlarged prostate, r294. He was only on there for 3 days.

Right R290! Harry has done absolutely nothing to garner ill will from William. Clearly William is jealous!!

There were rumors Camilla had cancer for the longest time. I’m surprised Charles has had to deal with significant health issues while his chain smoking wife seems to be okay.

R190- He's basically an alcoholic- so NOT a healthy diet.

The Daily Star, respectful as ever:

[quote] Camilla is a Cancer, that's true (astrologically,

Moon child!

Poor man. As husband to Diana, father of Prince Henry , and father-in-law of Meghan, he’s dealt with enough malignancies for several lifetimes.

Oh the huge manatee

People with gold-star healthcare can get a Stage 4 cancer surprise just as easily as any trailer-camp hot-dog eating drug addict. The following cancers are infamous for having few symptoms until they're Stage 4:

Pancreatic Liver Spinal Ovarian Brain Bone

Life is a CRUEL MOTHERFUCKING BITCH!

Ginny, is that you?

[quote] Oh the huge manatee

Why? Why? Why?

R302 You’re not gonna mention the worst malignancy of them all, Camilla?

[quote] People with gold-star healthcare

And he’s a member of a gold-star family!

Which one has cancer? Gayle King or Charles Barkley?

R304 Yep and their outcome won’t be much better. If they have one of the cancers you list then perhaps they will be linger for a few extra weeks.

I get a whiff of “temporarily embarrassed millionaires” from a lot of posts. Kids, even if you win the lottery, marry into royalty and keep a top oncologist on staff it won’t help. Lung/liver/pancreatic cancer will sneak up on you, ravage you and leave you feebly dying in a diaper just like any bit of riff raff. Titles and pounds don’t mean shit to a cancer cell.

Tell me more. You're saying things we never knew, Captain O.

Harry will want to make sure his father has the right people around him like he claimed he did for his grandmother 🙄

It's bizarre how obsessed the Klan Grannies are with Harry and Meghan.

So much so, that a thread about King Charles III having cancer, becomes all about Harry and Meghan.

Tell me you're obsessed with them, without telling me you're obsessed with them.

You people are fucking creepy.

Hark at r313, claiming to be respectful and caring about Charles all of a sudden.

By the way, Harry's the one who tried to insert himself into the story.

r313 posts about Klan Grannies all the time. I put him on block quite a while ago.

Is this the first time a cancer has been diagnosed with cancer?

[quote]The problem with sarcasm in this thread is that it can sometimes be a challenge differentiating between sarcasm - “Earleine”, above, which made me laugh - and stupidity - the poster upthread who believed that should Charles predecease his wife that Camilla would continue to reign alone.

The ratio of stupid to sarcastic is a bigger problem.

Wokers Megan and Harry are in cahoots with Taylor Swift! This is all part of their Deep State plot to take over the world and help Sleepy Joe steal the election!

Well, this is not good news. A shame, really. He's just become King!

I hope he responds well to treatment & is back in top shape, asap.

King of the Klan Grannies will be dead by June.

King Charles The Brief

It's still weird to see him called King Charles.

Just....after so many years of calling him Prince Charles it's odd to hear it, and read it.

Harold better pray Pa survives. Because big bro Willy's second act as King William will be to strip his hated brother of his titles and cut off the money. Of course his first act will be to marry his mistress.

[quote] King Charles The Brief

Charles of the Four Hundred-Odd Days

There also bile duct cancer, the silent cancer.

R322 He’ll be gone before you get used to calling him King Charles.

They always said Charles's reign would be brief, but not THIS brief.

Queen Rottweiler The Brief.

I guessed 5 when I played the Meghan game with this one. Mentally unbalanced haters let me down! Correct answer was seven.

I'm thinking it's bladder cancer, which is common in men who drink a lot. It's probably not at the stage yet where he was urinating blood, which is how many people first discover it.

r252 I personally dont think Harry is being opportunistic in flying over straight away, nor do I think he is the wrong to do so.As another poster said he may have been asked too because once treatment starts visiting wont be an option because of infection risk.I do however think it was wrong of him, especially as he has security concerns, to announce to the media he was going to fly over and visit straight away.It should have been kept private or at least kept as vague as I will be visiting him when deemed the time is right for my father or revealed after the visit took place.

To R324, I love that title of the new Nexflix series about Charles To R327, That is brutal, I love it!! To R328, I wish I said that about her and the tampon.

Waiting for William and Catherine!

I wonder if it is prostate cancer. Does anyone know?

^ I think it's prostrate cancer.

I'm prostrate with grief that it's cancer.

IT

ISN'T

BLOODY

FUCKING

PROSTATE

CANCER

YOU

FAT

WHORES!

Re: the earlier post on I think it was the prior thread, about William needing to stop bringing all of his kids on the same flight, with the joke being Charlotte choosing not to board. Well, she likely wouldn't be allowed to make that call.

So...you know...if that plane goes down (god forbid)...

Good King Harry, it would be.

I think he was diagnosed with cancer, went in for exploratory surgery and they sewed him up- sent him home to die.

You know r138, that’s an interesting thought. Perhaps they thought the issue was his prostate, but went in and found it was cancer and not his prostate. A high PSA level would have given the doctors some inkling beforehand re prostate issues, you’d think he gets that regularly checked though as part of blood work.

Camilla isn't that good of an actress. If Charles were terminal she'd show the stress of it, R338. I think he has been expressing symptoms for a while. Maybe even months and she finally persuaded him to get it checked out. Lots of men have problems peeing at his age and it is usually the prostate. So they went in for the procedure and the Doctors were very thorough and they found something else. I'm guessing his blood work showed some abnormalities. Or they may have done some kind of scan or something. Since it seems obvious he is getting chemo, and they have to discuss what kind of drugs he will be getting and how much and how often, etc. this has happened rather fast. I think it is something that hasbeen brewing and discussed for possibly a few weeks. He went in for the prostate, but I bet he also had some kind of biopsy to confirm what doctors suspected.

For R336

Rectum?

Damn near KILLED 'im!

And so begins Phase One of the millennial era.

[quote]If Larry King were with us...

Larry King is all over this thread, confidently discussing 'prostrate cancer'...

But is it prostate cancer - prostate cancer?

R299 He is not an alcoholic

Pancreatic cancer?

Well hello. Welcome to my cancer!

Look at my prostate. It's a huge prostate! It's so big I had to underline it.

Harry and Markle's message to Charles:

Something from Archie and Lili...

Doria sends her best...

Is he dead yet???

Susan Dey doesn't discuss the prostate in polite company.

I feel sorry for William. He intended to scale back his public duties until Kate recovered from her surgery, and now he’ll have to step up…alone.

Not sure why they wouldn't announce the type of cancer. Then why mention it at all?

it's cancer of the penis!!!

I'm sure Harry has been sent with instructions to find out, under any circumstances necessary, what ails The Princess of Wales. Scobie and MM would love nothing more than being able to deliver that scoop. I doubt Harry will be allowed anywhere within a 5 mile radius of Adelaide Cottage.

When both he and Kate went into hospital at the same time, I thought maybe she was giving him an organ.

William will ignore Harry as much as possible.

It's time to use Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie as senior working royals. They would do great--and they are needed. Get over the fact that they are Andrew's daughters. They are lovely girls.

Actually, r355, it was announced yesterday morning that William would be back to his public duties on Wednesday, with investitures at Windsor Castle in the day and the London Air Ambulance's fundraiser gala in London in the evening.

R331, Harry isn't being opportunistic in coming straight over (he is being hypocritical, though), the problem is how he announced it, almost straight after it was announced that Charles had cancer and in a way that ups the drama and makes it appear Charles has very little time left. He could have just waited a day or two and put out a clearer statement (to everyone, not just his chosen favourites).

Although, I would add that I bet Harry can't wait to come back. He's probably desperate to get back and it will give him a bit of the royal glamour that has faded so much recently. Apparently we're all supposed to forget what a shit he's been to his father.

Meghan's father is also ill. Is she going to go and visit him?

Rishi Sunak says the cancer was caught early.

His sausage fingers have been mentioned already. I was shocked at the coronation footage I saw (about 1 min). Taking into account that he was made up and lighted to a T that day, he must really look like death on two legs. He's not that old. Plus, he doesn't look old, he looks sick. I comparison to him, Trump looks like a fitness coach. I fear he's not healthy at all and won't make it long.

Royalism is insufferable

William had better quit getting pegged.

His prostate is probably all banged up!

R365, I'm surprised the Palace didn't mention that in the statement yesterday.

[quote]the earlier post on I think it was the prior thread, about William needing to stop bringing all of his kids on the same flight

He needs to make sure he always takes Louis with him, though.

I guess they didn't want to make any "prognosis-like" statements until they are more certain, r369. Also, the more specific details you give the more material you provide for the wild speculation to "build" upon.

Sunak will be in weekly (at least) contact with The King. During an election year, when the PM will be out and about even more than usual. The KIng's health will hover around every single media encounter. The world will interpret Sunak's every word on the topic - or lack of words - with the acuity of Bletchley Park codebreakers. A fraught situation.

Given how cooperative the press was wrt Kate’s illness, I think Charles is definitely a goner and they just aren’t stating it outright. My parents both had various cancers requiring surgery and chemo - my dad once and my mom had three three different kinds. They survived and died of other things years later. Nobody jumped on a plane the same day, and we all liked each other! It obviously wasn’t “no big deal,” but everybody got on with it.

Friends, uncles, neighbors - same thing. Fergie’s announced cancer twice in the last year. Granted, it’s Fergie, but still. I have one friend who got a very bad diagnosis and that was a different story. An exec at my firm recently has to make an announcement and the sense was that his situation might be very serious. But that’s two out of a dozen. The reaction to this and the failure to state the type of cancer point towards something bad.

[quote] Apparently we're all supposed to forget what a shit he's been to his father.

Oh so now you all believe he is the father?

Well, the Windsors do seem to alternate between very long reigns and very short ones.

One is sad for Charles.

Princess Beatrice was seen leaving the King's home Clarence House this morning.

Harry has arrived in London.

I dreamt I was some kind of equerry to His Majesty and he surprised me by inducting into some secret order for royal functionaries, but rather than having the rank of member or companion, I was given the rank of “louse.” It was some kind of inside joke.

[quote]Nobody jumped on a plane the same day, and we all liked each other! It obviously wasn’t “no big deal,” but everybody got on with it.

The thing is, Harry doesn't respect anybody else. He does as he pleases. So I don't necessarily read much into this because he's impulsive and self-serving. He may be worried. It is as likely the two of them cooked up some scheme to create a new platform to whine about how badly they're being treated when they're only trying to care. It may be he's worried and grandstanding. Watch the leaks, post-visit. It's not unreasonable to imagine he will complain about how frosty the reception, but that's what happens when no one feels they can trust you because you sell people out for money.

My guess is it's like any cancer: they undertake the first round of treatment, whatever form it takes, and then assess the prognosis. If he's a goner after the first go, then they likely will confirm publicly what kind of cancer it is and the next steps, but might not say he's a goner. They've kind of smashed the cone of silence precedent. It looks like the new approach is phases of disclosure.

Harry jumped on a plane so he can go and collect a new set of grievances he can air for profit when his father passes away whether that happens in the near future or down the road.

I'm not sure there really was a cone of silence, r379. Queen Elizabeth Philip, the Queen Mother all lived long, healthy lives, anyone seeking "disclosure" as to what ailment a 96 year old or a 99 year old might have is being a bit silly. It's not as though they had cancer and it would also be very difficult for Charles to cover up the fact that he is undergoing something like cancer treatment. The only royal in recent times to have had particularly bad health is Margaret, and her various ailments and accidents were publicly disclosed, even though she lived a mostly private life.

The real concealment was with Charles's grandfather, King George VI, when his own doctors didn't tell him he had lung cancer even after they'd hacked half of his lung out. But that may have been standard for his era.

To add at r381: yes, the Queen died, among other things, of bone cancer. I mean, it's not as though when in her earlier years (her 70s and 80s...) and she was still very active and out and about that she came down with cancer and then disappeared for a few months and there was complete silence from the Palace as to where she was and what had happened to her.

It's karma. Charles used to disparage Diana for her bulimia and now he's the one who will wind up shriveled and emaciated.

BREAKING:

R381, I disagree, a little. They were always quite opaque about what was wrong with them when they went to hospital. The Queen Mother had bowel and breast cancer but it was never disclosed specifically.

R361 "It's time to use Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie as senior working royals. They would do great. They are lovely girls."

Google: LASIK

[quote] It's karma. Charles used to disparage Diana for her bulimia and now he's the one who will wind up shriveled and emaciated.

That's some impotent karma. You act like an ass in your 30s and bam - 40 years later you get ill like everybody else.

The voodoo of R320 is strong, but we are stronger

[quote] I thought maybe she was giving him an organ.

Kinky.

[quote] He needs to make sure he always takes Louis with him, though.

That’s Kate’s job…and burden.

The Royal Tumor has been removed!

[quote] It's time to use Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie as senior working royals.

I hope so. That would mean seeing Beatrice’s Edo more often. He’s cute.

In 1966, r385, almost 60 years ago.

The Royal Tumor has been removed!

Nope still there.

Is Paddy Power taking bets on what kind of cancer he has yet? I’d put my money on pancreatic with a King William Coronation in September.

It’s been reported that he’s starting chemo today. They’re moving swiftly. For us peasants, from diagnosis to starting treatment seems to take forever.

R394 is so obsessed with the royals. He must spend hours of his day coming up with these images and is so invested and judges the value of his life by them that he posts the same thing, with almost the same "witty" text, on every thread.

You're so sad, r394.

How can one family produce such an unattractive untalented unscrupulous lot? The UK is a one lucky country.

Blame the inefficiencies of the NHS - which no government is ever permitted to fundamentally reform for that - r396.

R397, I don't know if it's one of ours or some pathetic Hiroo Onoda from Celebitchy or some refuge for the margins, who hasn't seen Markle's polling.

Still as an intellect or a contributor or even a human, completely pointless.

[quote] The UK is a one lucky country.

Not just a one. Several.

OK, R393, it seems really important to you so you're just entirely right. Can you get on with your day now?

^Well that’s pathetic.

^ You'd know.

R396 Not true. My grand aunt was diagnosed with lung cancer and started treatment 3 days later. She was an NHS patient. They don’t wait around when it’s aggressive cancer. If it’s contained prostate or skin cancer then sure a peasant may wait a while.

[quote]How can one family produce such an unattractive untalented unscrupulous lot?

Such an assessment means that millions of their subjects can identify with The Royals.

Regarding Queen Elizabeth having bone cancer - My mom apparently had bone cancer in her late 90’s and when we found out we were like, wtf, isn’t that incredible painful? But it wasn’t. She was never treated for it. She basically just died of old age pushing 100. Like QE. So I don’t think they were really hiding QE’s bone cancer. It was irrelevant.

So my mom actually had cancer four times, if you count that.

R373

R405 So we can assume that this is pretty serious or he’s just getting preferential treatment?

It's serious.

He is having private care, r408, not NHS, so he's not getting preferential treatment.

Based on my confidential Palace sources: Just as with mother, it is merely a case of Piles.

R399 Spot on Luv.

R397 I blocked that idiot troll. He has posted over1000 replies on Royal threads, and nowhere else. His posts are just boring and not even funny. I have always thought he was on meths or something, but now I think he is probably some kind of nutter, a bit like an incel or someone like that who never leaves his bedroom and spends 18 hours a day on forums.

Did the queen have cancer at any point before her death? I mean, diagnosed, treated and recovered?

500 days. Really.

Cancer

R414, you mean other than the bone cancer she was diagnosed with when she was elderly?

R413

Drawing on her General Hospital training, Meghan will be jetting over to provide nursing support.

Yes r417

She's a natural.

[quote] have always thought he was on meths

Maths!

King Charles and Queen Camilla have left Clarence House after a brief reunion with the Duke of Sussex.

The monarch left the royal residence around 45 minutes after his younger son had arrived there, following an overnight flight from Los Angeles to Heathrow.

Father and son are thought to have enjoyed a short private meeting before the monarch made his way to Sandringham, Norfolk.

The King left Clarence House at around half past three, sweeping out of the gates in his burgundy Bentley State Limousine with the Queen, accompanied by a police escort.

“He’ll wave if you give him a wave,” one of the police officers lining the exit told well-wishers who had gathered to watch. Charles complied, smiling and waving in his first public sighting since his cancer diagnosis.

His son departed Clarence House for Buckingham Palace a few minutes earlier in a black 4x4.

earlier:

3:21PM Prince Harry arrives at Clarence House The Duke of Sussex has arrived at Clarence House ahead of an anticipated reunion with the King.

He was photographed being driven into the gates of the King’s London residence at around 2.45pm.

Father and son are expected to catch up behind closed doors this afternoon before the King returns to Sandringham by helicopter.

The Duke flew from Los Angeles to London’s Heathrow overnight, landing at around 12.30pm. He was whisked out of the airport in a Range Rover, accompanied by a marked police escort, and driven straight to Clarence House, where his father has been recovering from his first bout of cancer treatment on Monday.

The pair have not seen each other since the Coronation, when they are not thought to have spent any notable time together. The Duke is understood to have booked a flight as soon as his father called him to tell him of his cancer diagnosis.

It is not yet known whether the Duke will accompany his father to Norfolk or remain in London. He is not believed to have made any plans to see his brother, the Prince of Wales, with whom he has not spoken for months.

R413, I pointed out that I’d blocked that doofus troll, and got hammered by a poster (and not the good hammer) for that. But I’ll reiterate: troll who is up Charles prostate like nobody’s business.

If Harry were smart (or well-advised), he would initiate divorce proceedings in England and never go back to Montecito except to collect his kids.

Amazing how so many of you deranged royalass Fraus "block" but still respond to "trolls" 😂

Even granted that the Duke of Sussex is an impulsive drama queen, his coming out to the UK immediately to se his father, plus the immediate start of treatment makes it clear this must be quite serious cancer. Poor King Charles!

The meeting was less than an hour before Charles went off to Sandringham. Apparently without inviting Harry for the weekend, it seems.

Tell me "thanks for coming, but you shouldn't have" without telling me thanks for coming, you shouldn't have.

Of course, now he's got something new to whine about. Those books won't write themselves.

Charles is under the tender care of Dr Willy. Count his reign in days.

And we know that UK Monarchs got to Sandringham to die.

Seriously if KC dies soon, they should have the funeral and coronation in one ceremony or one immediately following the other with a tea break in between.

That makes sense from a logistical and practical standpoint but even as I type these words I realize why that won’t happen.

If a young King William is crowned in a separate ceremony, that will for sure draw tourist dollars.

[quote] We want Queen Charlotte!

We who?

Harry to his dad-"dad, can I have some money before you die? it's for your grandkids!"

[quote] We who?

Royal we of course, silly R432.

[quote] they should have the funeral and coronation in one ceremony or one immediately following the other with a tea break in between.

I hope it won't happen during the Wimbledon days. So hard to find hotels in London.

I really hope he makes it. Those two at that funeral... who could bear it? Then again, she'd be curtsying to a new queen and an old one... be a laugh.

I hope part of that 45 minutes was Charles keeping halfwit Harry waiting for at least 15 minutes.

Wasn't there some meeting between Charles and halfwit Harry and his harridan when the Queen was still alive where Harry and his harridan were 15 or more minutes late arriving from Frogmore for their scheduled meeting with Charles? The audacity and obviously purposely engineered by said harridan. It was the meeting where the Queen wouldn't see Harry until he spoke to his father first.

[quote]And we know that UK Monarchs got to Sandringham to die.

Or to be put out of their misery.

r438, it seems that euthanizing the monarch outside public view is a tradition.

Is it always for cancer?

I hope that Charles kept him waiting. Then after the small talk Charles gave that cunt one almighty tongue lashing.

R431 Typical royalass derangement. Charlie's Circus ( supposed scaled back coronation) cost British Taxpayers £98,947,250.00 ($125 million) So much for "tourist dollars" Now the royalass are cumming in their knickers over the possibility of another money pit side show. Beyond doltish . Cultist gotta cult.

The whole worthless lot of criminal scroungers should be "euthanized".

r439 Would Pay-Per-View be better?

MURIEL SHE'S BACK AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!!!! MAKE IT STOP NOW. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!

I'm thinking either bladder cancer or colon cancer. I think there's a reason for the treatments to begin as fast as they are. It has to be causing not just physical discomfort, but obviously it's affecting his "plumbing." Don't be surprised if, at some point down the road, Charles goes back into the hospital for surgery. Not immediately. First they have to go through the Chemo. I'm surprised he is at Sandringham. It would seem that Clarence House might be better. If he goes all the way to Sandringham, why not just g o to High Grove.

Common vulgar communist wogs have infiltrated our thread. We won't have it. MI6 has been advised. Your IP address has been noted.

[quote] And we know that UK Monarchs got to Sandringham to die.

Do we?

it can't be colon. they get scoped all the time, they would have caught it.

Melanoma? That can sometimes evade detection.

Maybe it's prostate cancer.

Leave my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!

There is a non-scheduled episode of "Palace Confidential" (usually recorded on Thursday) video up on Youtube today where the King's diagnosis is discussed.

One of the regulars from the show, Rebeca English, the DM's Royal Editor, is one of the reporters who attends appearances and events by members of the Royal Family.

She says she has been told that the cancer was "caught early", so hopefully the crepe hangers on DL can take a breath.

Link below.

Yep it is very unlikely to be a cancer that can be easily detected. If anyone is scoped, x-rayed, scanned and pricked regularly it’s the King. This will surely be a cancer that hides.

Well the pm has publicly said the cancer was caught early, so this podcast is unlikely to make anyone tear down the crepe.

Myrtle or pancake?

[quote]She says she has been told that the cancer was "caught early", so hopefully the crepe hangers on DL can take a breath.

And go back to a life without erections? Not likely.

R452 Of course they are going to say that. Everyone says that. Everyone I know who died from lung cancer initially said they caught it early, it was as small as a grain of rice, it’s treatable. Some cancers are so aggressive that it really doesn’t matter if it was caught early. Early detection may but a few months. Other cancers are curable if caught early. We don’t know but I would pay no heed to anyone saying it was caught early. They also said the Queen was fine when she looked like a walking corpse and they said she was ill when she was dead.

Neither, r455

I am so stealing crepe hangers, R452. The joke is most of the murder (as in group of crows) won't know what crepe is, rolling around it in though they may.

so does it still good to get a blow job even if you can't come or get hard?

Terminal. Fingers crossed.

i'm sorry but he looks really, really old for 75. He looks more like 85!

Still think it’s pancreatic

R359 🤣

She gave him her prostate. Everyone knows that. They figured it out on the Royal Family Health Watch, Pt. 3. Very astute majority over there. Not much gets past them. Or is it I wouldn't put much past them? In any event, they figured it out in no time.

Everyone only needs one prostate she was a good egg giving hers.

Actually, women can get by without either prostate.

I'm rooting for Pancreatic Cancer& make it painful!!!

YEAH, Cancer!!

I'm with R450. What else could it be?

It does sound serious if Harry flew over. (I wonder if he flies private ir commercial.)

I am guessing Charles is more forgiving than William. Queen Elizabeth was forgiving of Fergie when Prince Phillip could not forgive.

Blood Cancer.

Will Charles and Kate’s funeral be held on the same day?

R470, Charles gave Harry barely 30 minutes then he left to go to Buckingham Palace to take a helicopter to Sandringham with Camilla. Harry was spotted a little later being driven to Buckingham Palace himself. Charles did whatever he could to spend as little time with Harry as possible and made sure that there were no photos of him and Harry driving up to Buckingham Palace. For Charles to take such measures to protect himself from Harry suggests Harry's behaviour behind the scenes all these years must have been unbearable and what we've seen in public if just the tip of the iceberg.

Prince Harry is worse then Hitler!

The fact that Harry flew over means nothing about Charles’ condition. If Charles were about to die and wanted a last visit with his son it would have lasted more than 30 minutes.

Maybe Her late gracious Majesty was not as benign as people thought and she's now sending all of these poxes on from whatever dimension in which she is currently residing.

If true, the juiciest speculation would be about what she has in store for the so-called Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

This was the interesting bit: One well-placed insider said that the “smoke signals” from inside the palace were reassuring, adding that there would be caveats to last night’s statement if it was more serious than it seemed on the surface.

The second Harry opened his mouth to beg for money, Charles was like- meeting's over!!!

Prince Albert of Monaco releases a statement to King Charles following his cancer diagnosis yesterday. Albert is the first European Monarch I’ve seen to release a public statement.

[quote] Prince Harry is worse then Hitler!

No, but he's quite an admirer!

Judging from the photos I saw a few minutes ago in the DM, it looks like Charles was "receiving" this morning. Because Beatrice was at Clarence House too. She had no make up on and looked solemn. Anne Was doing her duties on steroids today, multiple engagements, and ending up at St. James Palace tonight. What I think happened is that HArry and his father spoke and he was rushing to get there before Charles left for Sandringham.

[quote] and ending up at St. James Palace tonight

Did she “receive” any ambassadors at court if you know what I mean? Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink.

R481 Bea was near Clarence House, she wasn’t at Clarence House. She, like Anne, the Edinburghs, and whoever else has an apartment at St James Palace, which adjoins Clarence House. They share a driveway, which is where she was papped at the wheel.

Hunny, I was just reading captions.

Twenty minutes was plenty of time for Dad to sign the check.

Apparently, it's important to restrict Charles's contact with outsiders on the lead up to and during his medical treatments.

Captions, eh, R484? From the Mail Online?

[quote] The fact that Harry flew over means nothing about Charles’ condition. If Charles were about to die and wanted a last visit with his son it would have lasted more than 30 minutes.

Depends. My mom was in hospice and didn't want her mother (my grandma) to be let into her room. When my mom was just about to die, my grandma made a scene and my mom's sisters allowed her into the room.

Was I happy about that? No.

I think if you're actually dying you should do WTF ever you want. What ever you say or your last wishes, etc.

R480 His brother's wife is quite an admirer too.

R488 Blimey! That makes you just like the Queen of England !

And the first Queen of England in over three hundred years Guv’nor!

[quote]Charles...made sure that there were no photos of him and Harry driving up to Buckingham Palace

No way at all that Charles would give the tabloids that banquet of an image. It would serve only Harry. The worst image possible with William stepping up his duties publicly, while also mindful of his recuperating wife.

Why would Harry be going to Buckingham Palace? The King and Queen drove there to board his helicopter for the flight to Sandringham. Harry was probably on Expedia, trawling for a cheap rate on a junior suite for the night.qaa

Harry spent the night in a hotel.

That’s going to be a short reign similar to Edward VII though j I’m think the latter ruled for ten years.

R496. Edward VII didn’t rule for even a single day.

R481, Beatrice lives around there, she was simply going home. This is yet one of the infinite number of examples of just how fucking stupid the media in particular is and then all the other countless nutcases who feed off the crap the media puts out are.

[quote]it seems that euthanizing the monarch outside public view is a tradition. Is it always for cancer?

Not always.

[quote]Edward VII didn’t rule for even a single day.

Google is your friend. Where do you think "Edwardian England" came from?

Whoosh, R500!

R500 A brain would be your friend. Read closely and you might understand. Or maybe not. Maybe a friend could explain?

R497, please explain?

Even Edward VIII ruled January - December of 1936, the Year of Three Kings.

R503. Focus on the world “ruled”. That’s the key.

William, looking rather contemplative, did some investitures at Windsor Castle today.

William looking a bit more cheerful at the investitures.

Must have dropped a pin on the floor and bends down to pick it up.

If Harry just popped over to spend 30 minutes with his father, it was all for show. HE might as well have posted “thoughts and prayers “ on Insta.

He bends over like a pro!

Willy's only talent is bending over.

William looks thinner than usual but given all the stress that wouldn’t be surprising.

[quote] [R497], please explain?

British monarchs don't actually "rule" because they have no ruling authority. Rather, they reign.

r497 obviously enjoys posters not knowing that distinction so he can prissily cluck at them (otherwise he would have just explained it).

We can fix that.

R512. I don’t enjoy clucking at them. The original post improperly correcting me included a ridiculous “Google is your friend” response so I’m in no mood to help.

The misuse of “rule” is not just a minor point of usage. It’s a gross mischaracterization. It would be insulting and wrong to say even that America, where the president has substantive power and where I assume these mistaken posters are from, is “ruled” by President Biden. Edward VII mo more ruled the United Kingdom than Theodore Roosevelt ruled the US. The term “ruled” is really only appropriate to dictatorships or absolute monarchies. The UK is neither and was neither even in 1901.

So Kings Regnant do not rule, they reign?

Now that is splitting hairs.

I still think r514 is a righteous asshole.

Looks like William has lost even more hair. He looks like he's in his 50s.

He's pretty bald and should get advice from his brother about transplants. The Friar Tuck style is so becoming.

My friends in the UK tell me William in his public duties has almost as much charisma as Prince Edward, the current Duke of Edinburgh.

My friends in the UK say the opposite.

Ah you DL meat puppets: blah blah blah, blah blah. Bless yer hearts while waiting for real news.

Which of William's public duties have your friends attended, r518? For those of us in the UK, it's widely known that he's engaging, always listens, makes people feel good.

Footballer Ellen White, who received an MBE from William today, said:

[quote]"He was really lovely. It was a really nice conversation. I've met him a couple of times, he definitely puts you at ease."

Vomit

I'm not of England, but it looks like Prince William and Princess Kate try their best to present the Monarchy in a positive way. It can't be easy.

[quote]Thank you, [R208], please teach me more. What is the male version of a Cuntess called?

Why, it's called R102/R213.

Got a mirror to check the labial folds on your face, my lord?

I’ve always sensed that William, out of the public eye, in private moments, can be a cold one.

Setting aside whether Markle is unlikable (which I find her to be) if there is one thing that I can be sympathetic to her about it’s that it’s been obvious for a long time William, plain and simple, just dislikes her, and would even if she had never met Harry.

Seriously, that had to have been a very uncomfortable situation for her and due me if you don’t like that acknowledged.

But I admire William from how I’ve seen him handle himself and others when he’s publicly on duty.

He’s engaged, polished, attentive, and you can ridicule his bald head all you want to, but being slim, 6 ‘2’ , the next King of the UK and Commonwealth realms and rich, to boot, seems to me one can do without a head of hair.

due me-sue me

R525 Disliking Markle after person acquaintance is a trait William shares with most of humanity

It looks like Prince William and Princess Kate try their best to present their Marriage in a positive way. It can't be easy.

Fixed for R523

Do you think they patted Harry down before they let him enter Clarence House?

Why was it so urgent for Harry to immediately fly off to London? Harry has a "spare" father in Montecito. Didn't he say David Foster was "just like a father" to him??

If you’re going to spend time discussing the British monarchy, it is not too much to expect you to comprehend the difference between rule and reign. People died over the distinction.

R528 who is Princess Kate?

[quote] People died over the distinction.

And they will again.

Charles looks vulnerable and a bit moved at r423.

R534, I think Charles is moved because there really has been an outpouring of affection for him. I wish ER 2 would have retired 10 or 15 years ago and allowed him to reign instead.

I think things happened as they should have. QE made that promise to be queen as short or long as opportunity would provide. It was only in the last year or so that she was having trouble. Not bad for a 90-something.

She was so good at her job, IMO. Seemed to always have the right words to say.

William seems like he does a good job, out in public.

IMO, Charles is the unlikeable one. Easily irritated, testy, flustered, spoiled-appearing.

How dare you?

I just called Buckingham Palace. The recorded message said, "We can't answer, Charles has cancer."

R36, yes and with all his fusty ways and tantrums, e tc. I find it endearing. I like Charles. He comes across as incredibly human, empathetic, and kind. He connects with people and he has worked to educate himself about a lot of issues. He works very hard. Historically the RF has not been known for an excess of intellectual curiosity. He sometimes says and does things that are not politically correct in terms of how he "should" act. I think Charles is quite wonderful.

[quote]He sometimes says and does things that are not politically correct

Sometimes?

R539. Charles has faults but is not being politically correct one of them? I don’t recall him saying anything inappropriate.

Prince William has referenced the King's cancer diagnosis for the first time since the announcement by Buckingham Palace on Monday.

He didn’t reference the King’s cancer diagnosis! I want my minute back!

[quote] QE made that promise to be queen as short or long as opportunity would provide.

Things can change. At least I am removed from the public eye a little bit and won't have to see my face in tabloids every day while I am withering away.

Do we know what kind of cancer yet? Is it cancer of the shitter?

Angry Potato

Margrete had a different mindset. She was kicking some ass and taking away titles from her grandchildren. Also, she had had surgery. Also, it seems like she wanted to wake up her son, the new king, as it seemed like he had lost sight of his priorities, being seen in public with his mistress.

[quote] If you’re going to spend time discussing the British monarchy, it is not too much to expect you to comprehend the difference between rule and reign. People died over the distinction.

[bold]MARY.[/bold]

Get [bold]OVER[/bold] yourself, you pedantic prisspot.

If you really cared about people dying over that distinction, you would certainly have actually explained it the first time.

But, as noted, you're a hypocrite, because you really just enjoy catching people out on making the error.

I’m not the same person who raised the issue in the first time. There are at least two of us.

How dare you question the sincerity of my concern? I still weep for Charles I.

Prince William's Speech during the London Air Ambulance Charity Gala Dinner tonight.

Tom Cruise was there too.

The DM has an article about how Charles' current doctor is into homeopathy and non-traditional medicines and that they plan to use some of that to cure Charles' cancer. So I guess that means he's going to die sooner than later.

RF should thank their lucky stars malicious Haz and Meg absconded to the U.S. Can you imagine what kind of havoc delusional Meg would be reeking if she was still a working Royal with Charles and Catherine both out on extended sick leave? She would be swanning about acting like she's the running the show now, probably declare herself "Acting Princess of Wales" and show up at William's events and then walk in front of him like she does Haz. Camilla would probably strangle her and end up in jail.

*wreak havoc

[quote]Looks like William has lost even more hair. He looks like he's in his 50s.

He has Herb Edelman's hairline (Stan from "The Golden Girls"). He should consider a toupe. Or a wig. Maybe one of those Beatles wigs from the 1960s

Charles' current brother is into homeopathy.

He's doing the full conventional therapy, r555. If rubbing some crushed flowers into his butt helps him to deal mentally with the cancer, then why shouldn't he?

R556 I've given Willy some numbers.

Poor William looks haggard in those recent photos. Both his wife and his father's health in peril, while carrying on.

The posed photo from the event of Tom and Willy standing side by side smiling bigly for the cameras is fuckin' hilarious!

The BRF certainly goes to seed quite quickly.

I wonder if Harry has had some follicular refreshing?

Ginger looks good.

I'm hoping that Charles gets through this and can reign for at least another ten or twelve years, until William and Katherine's children are more grown. I like the fact that the Prince and the Princess of Wales seem to give greater attention and priority to the raising of their children and would like to see it continue until the kids have reached a greater maturity.

I think William's hair is fine given his role. If he were to start wearing hairpieces or have a transplant at this stage, after being seen for years with his current hairline, it would be all anyone talked about. He's very fit and keeps his hair short and he looks absolutely fine. He's not a Hollywood star who needs to have regular upkeep with fillers and wigs (see: Cruise, Tom).

You obviously missed this photo, r562.

It's a shame because William was so good looking in his youth (weren't we all *sigh*) but I think it is more dignified to go with his baldness than the brillo pad scraps Harry is clinging on to. William is 41, he does seem very fit.

Dignified, yes. Attractive? No. Some men look good bald. William is not one of them.

Flat ass Harry looks terrible there, as always

Friar Hazbeen

Does William look better in real life? He seems like someone who might photograph very poorly. He’s tall and well-built, and that’s going to come across less in still photos. Skin tone is good for someone blonde-ish, too. More golden than pink. I think he’s probably a good-looking man. They should have fixed his teeth.

The problem with William's appearance is that he has a very long face and the shape of his skull amplifies it- like the shape of a pill. His hair used to cut it by a third. Even if he shaved the rest off, he wouldn't be all that more attractive because the shape of his skull.

[quote] He seems like someone who might photograph very poorly.

Personally I think he photographs very well. I even think his haircut is just fine for what's available. I do believe though that he could dress a bit better. His suits are usually very bland looking. I understand that he wants his apparel to look conservative (even though I don't think it needs to be). But there is good conservative and bland conservative. A little bit more fitting wouldn't be a bad idea. And show more bold colors every now and then. He plays it too safe, imho.

What do people think- Is this new cancer diagnosis VERY serious or very treatable?

r573, how can we know? They've released no details other than it's not prostate cancer.

All I know is what the doctors have said to me about my Dad. Elderly people, like people over 75, cancer develops slowly. My father was 82 when they found prostate cancer. He had so many other health issues, the doctors said he'd probably die of something else before the cancer got him. And he did. He had a massive stroke when he was 87.

r573 I'm leaning towards not so serious. I think if he was actually dying they'd have kept it secret for as long as possible so they they could rush forward with preparations for the funeral and William getting ready to be king. While if its not so serious they can just make general press announcements for openness with no worry.

R576- Then why don't they just tell us what type of cancer it is and the type of treatment he is getting?

Agree that William's teeth now just look huge and horse-like. He could whiten them a bit.

Billy the Basher is terrifying.

^ Bitch stole my act.

William looks okay now. The trouble is that he was "dreamy" for a hot minute in his early twenties, so he'll always suffer by comparison.

r577 Why would they? He made an announcement about his prostate to encourage other men to get checked (it apparently worked the NHS reported an increase in men coming forward) he made an announcement about his cancer to explain why he's probably going to lose his hair and not be seen in public for awhile. Beyond that he's head of an extremely private organisation that hid every one of Liz's health issues and won't reveal them for a century that's slowly trying to be more open to fit in the modern world. Not an Instaho who's going to be storying his treatment.

To force people who are born into a role without any choice on their part to give up all of their privacy when there is no compelling interest to do so serves no purpose. They told us what they had to—-that he has a condition that will interfere with his public role for some time. What purpose is served by going beyond that disclosure?

Liz's health issues couldn't have been that serious considering she lived to 96.

Lady Colin Campbell is saying that the meeting between Harry and his father lasted for only 12 minutes.

We come from France.

Lady Colin Campbell is saying that the meeting between Harry and his father lasted for only 12 minutes.

10 minutes more than our marriage.

On twitter people are pointing out that William did not look well in his last appearance, in video you can see him swaying while trying to stand and he has never shown issues before.

I don’t know if he’s drunk but the swaying is odd. I think he looks slimmer as well, the stress is getting to him.

Billy the Basher getting the bashing he deserves. Karma .

[quote]On twitter people are pointing out that William did not look well in his last appearance

I'm starting to believe the DLers who are saying that Charlotte is trying to kill them all for power.

[quote] I'm starting to believe the DLers who are saying that Charlotte is trying to kill them all for power.

I saw a timeline yesterday showing the exact time when Harry arrived at Clarence House and exact time when Charles and Camilla were seen leaving. (Sorry, I don't remember where I saw it.) But from that timeline, 12 minutes seemed about right.

Now I am hearing that Harry just told them he was coming (called them after he had arrived at the airport possibly?) and the King had to wait for Harry to arrive before he (Charles) left for Norfolk.

Anyone else see this reported?

I stand with Charlotte.

I love how Dataloungers always give advice for how members of the BRF (especially William) could change their appearance to make themselves more attractive.

Like they're listening or like they care.

r572 I thought his velvet suit was a very bold and stylish move.

I'm glad you like it, r594.

I didn't know about that, r594. Just looked for it. Did you mean this? Yes, I like this a lot.

R588, William often sways when he stands straight upright. I noticed it during the coronation, for example.

At the London Air Ambulance fund raiser he sounded a little hoarse when he first started speaking, but on the whole he was in good spirits, as he was earlier in the day at the investiture ceremony.

r597 Yrs that's the one and I thought it was a divine choice!

In five years William will likely be King William V.