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Catherine, Princess of Wales, Has Cancer (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 3 months ago by KoalaUnknown to c/news

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Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun chemotherapy, she announced in a video message on Friday, in which she described the past two months as “incredibly tough for our entire family.”

It comes after a period of intense uncertainty about the health of Catherine, who underwent abdominal surgery in January and largely disappeared from public view as she tried to recuperate.

Like the king, Catherine, 42, did not specify what kind of cancer she has, but asked the public and news media to respect her desire for privacy.

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[–] xhieron 122 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think the British royal family is a scourge on the earth, responsible for untold amounts of suffering. The UK, British Isles, British people, and world would be a better place without it. I truly hate everything the Windsors stand for, along with their ancestors going back hundreds of years.

But I hate cancer more.

I think it's possible to have complex feelings about this. Nobody deserves cancer. A lot of the kings of England deserve to have had their heads cut off, but none of them deserved cancer, and certainly not this lady who just lucked and schemed and Machiavellied herself into a life of incomparable privilege inside one of the most powerful dynasties still in existence--the same thing anyone would have done given the chance.

Fuck the royal family. But fuck cancer more. I hope she comes out of it alright, because her husband needs to break the British monarchy, and it would be nicer for him if he had his wife with him when he did.

[American here, if it wasn't obvious.]

[–] Zehzin 59 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't obvious. Hating the british royalty doesn't narrow it down, it doesn't even exclude Britain.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Hating the British royalty actually makes me suspect Britain

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yup I'm British and I can't stand the whole concept. I'm a republican (don't freak out Americans, that just means I want Britain to be a republic without a monarchy).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Yeah i want a free Australia unfortunately until all the old people die it wont happen

[–] Confused_Emus 5 points 3 months ago

Seems to be a common theme for a lot of the big world issues, honestly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yup, I'm dealing with the same old people pretty much.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hating the British royalty specifically also makes me think British. I’m quite disappointed more people don’t hate monarchy in general though.

I guess in 2024 nobody believes in divine right, and I recognize that the monarchs in the vast majority of countries with active monarchies have only ceremonial power, but i still struggle to understand how people in the Commonwealth realms, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, etc., are cool thinking that some rich fuck is somehow better than them or important in any way just because their ancestor was the last person sitting on the throne when everybody decided they weren’t playing the game anymore.

Is it something where they appreciate the tie to history? Even so why would you want a tie to a history that said your ancestors were intrinsically lesser than just because they didn’t have as much land, as big a sword/army, or as much money to pay off the church?

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 3 months ago (1 children)

She luckily has access to the best medical care you can find in the world. Can't say the same for most of the rest of us peasants if we get struck by cancer.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Depending on the type of cancer that might still not help. Pancreatic cancer is pretty much a death sentence unless it's detected very early.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The great equalizer next to home built submersibles.

[–] lennybird 9 points 3 months ago

Huh... Maybe that's the point of mosquitos.

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[–] Veedem 53 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Man, cancer will go for anyone. I hope she makes it through, especially for the sake of her children.

[–] pete_the_cat 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, people can throw out hate for the royals, but I'm just thinking about her, as a person, mother and wife. She's only in her early 40s and her kids are young.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Damn. Fuck cancer. I have all kinds of issues with royalty and especially the British royal family, but I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I also wouldn't wish the British tabloids on anyone. Going through this with every scumbag paparazzi in the country chasing you around, bothering everyone you've ever known and camping outside the hospital trying to get the most ill-looking photo of you has to be its own unique kind of hell.

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[–] CptEnder 11 points 3 months ago

Yeah I was kinda hoping for some stupid shenanigan fun for why she was "missing" or "replaced" like the royals doing their fucking weird shit. Really fucking sucks she has cancer, no one deserves that. Makes all the funny memes and news coverage feel bad now =\

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Who cares.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

The exact post I was looking to up vote.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No one should. Cancer is a boring, private thing. It's a family matter.

[–] BluesF 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

She's even explicitly stated she wants to be left alone with her family to recover. I mean, fuck the lot of them, the leeches... But also, yknow, she's human and suffering and just leave her alone for god's sake.

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[–] Yawweee877h444 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Cancer sucks and I sympathize, but fuck royalty and this celebrity warship bullshit.

[–] ProfessorProteus 23 points 3 months ago

I'm right there with you. People need to focus on their own lives and not the private life (and health!) of those who live in the highest echelon.

But also

celebrity warship

🤭

[–] TokenBoomer 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Celebrity Warship is a great band name.

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[–] subspaceinterferents 32 points 3 months ago

Damn shame, for her or anyone with cancer. I had a friend, quite a while ago, in her 30s. She developed ovarian cancer, and it took her out in short order. You never know, best to enjoy every day.

[–] kylie_kraft 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I hope the conspiracy theorists who were spinning tales these past few weeks feel super awesome about this

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[–] KoalaUnknown 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

She is the wife of Prince William, who is currently next in line for the British Royal Throne for those who do not know.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Who... fucking... cares... about royalty?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

About 84% of UK Citizens hold an opinion on them, and 1 in 3 of them answered survey saying they are very important.

Personally, I'm halfway across the earth from them but I still get a little giddy when one of them dies or is close to dying. When I was young I was ambivalent but the more I hear their opinions about the lesser people the more I see them as enemies of mankind.

[–] Smoogs 9 points 3 months ago

As much as I am opposed to royals, cancer gets everyone. I hope for everyone’s sake cancer gets cured soon regardless of who gets it.it is an awful disease and it’s only getting worse and more prevalent. At least that is my take away.

[–] Furbag 5 points 3 months ago

Can we finally leave this woman alone?

Surprise! She had cancer all this time! Do the people who have been pestering her to make public appearances feel any shame yet?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

who?

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