Buckingham Palace announces King Charles diagnosed with cancer, will step away from pubic duties during treatment.

[CincyDem]

No real details since it's the Royals.

Went in last week re: enlarged prostate and previously diagnosed benign cancer. During the course of treatment, they found something else, undisclosed but requiring more substantive immediate treatment. Sounds like he's starting treatments (chemo?) today.

I'm not a big royals fan and really really not a fan of Charles at all...and still...wish him well in this fight.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. "Public duties," I'm sure you mean. NT

Buckingham Palace announces King Charles diagnosed with cancer, will step away from pubic duties during treatment.

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. That was funny. But my father died of

cancer of the prostate. It was pretty terrible.

[TheRickles]

9. Both, probably.

[CincyDem]

17. You're right !!! But it's such a fun typo I'm gonna leave it. Haha. Thanks.

[Raine]

2. Gosh having to wait so long to become king, then being diagnosed with cancer 😞

I'm not a fan of his either but still feel so sad for him. I wish him well too. 🙏

[tinrobot]

4. Yes, it is rather tragic.

He's certainly got the best doctors, if there's a chance for anyone to pull through, it would be him.

[JoseBalow]

23. Membership has it's privileges

[Maru Kitteh]

13. Gosh, an entire life of stolen luxury, artificial importance and freedom from want

Yeah, it must have been awful having to tolerate all the opulence, the army of domestic servants, taxpayer-funded parades, celebrations and ceremonies and millions of people feeling customarily obligated to listen as he droned on endlessly for decades . . .

I am sorry he has cancer but not one little iota more than I am for anyone else, and admittedly perhaps a bit less because of the obscene amount of resources available to him at the expense of others.

Okay. I'll jump back off my soap box now.

[Orrex]

14. Careful, or you'll be set upon by lovers of monarchy!

It's happened to me many times before!

As for his diagnosis, I am affected exactly as deeply as he would be affected if I received similar news.

[Raine]

24. I only wanted to say something nice about someone who got a diagnosis

that no wants to get.

[Maru Kitteh]

46. I'm sorry Raine. It was nothing against you and I understand what you are saying. I'm just

incredibly jaded from watching way too many older men and women give up and die in the face of such diagnosis because they are not valued and they do not have the means, the resources, their own staff etc. to deal with it. Here we have a case of a single man of no REAL consequence who has enjoyed massively disproportionate and inflated importance from BIRTH and all the way through his life.

Someone else on this thread said they feel exactly the same amount of sympathy Charles would feel upon hearing that they had received the same diagnosis. In other words, little and not for long. I agree with that and find it fair.

Again, It was nothing against you in any way, at all.

[Raine]

49. 🙂

[mgardener]

27. That would be appreciated

[CTyankee]

32. Why has nobody here mentioned Diana? I just hated what he and Camilla put her through...

Some of us remember what happened to her and how sad he made her.

[maxsolomon]

37. Why bring it up? This is his Cancer, not Diana's.

It doesn't need to be rehashed every time Charles Windsor is mentioned. No one's forgotten.

[CTyankee]

43. I don't know. I see your point, though. I suppose it's because I felt so sad for her and continue to view him as the big

adulterer and godawful husband he was. I suppose if you see him in contrast to other British kings and their adultery and worse in their marriages he doesn't look all that bad...

[Croney]

51. Psst... Don't tell anybody but when I first heard the news,

I said out loud, "Karma came for him."

Then I remembered it's probably scratching at my door too.

[tinrobot]

36. The other side to that is he was assigned his job at birth.

Despite the trappings, he had little to no choice in how his life would unfold. He was told where to go to school, what to do for work, and even who to marry (and not marry). His only real choice would have been to abdicate and then be ostracized by his family and a nation. Not fun, either.

I don't think all that luxury pays him back for what amounts to a stolen life. I don't envy the man.

Monarchy is a form of abuse. Needs to be abolished.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

[Maru Kitteh]

47. He's been perfectly free to walk away from it for the last 57 years as others have done. No

sympathy from me on that point, at all. His family business is parasitic and he knows it, but he chose and chooses still to remain.

[Dorian Gray]

56. I absolutely don't wish cancer on him or anyone else

and I hope he can recover and go into remission.

But I agree with the rest. That people think it's MORE sad bc he had to wait to become King... when he lived a life of luxury at the expense of British taxpayers all because of who he was born to... it starts to make me roll my eyes a bit.

I truly hope he recovers and makes amends with his prodigal son. Those are human sorrows that many of us can understand. Illness and family estrangement. He has the best doctors and the best treatment at his disposal, and he's lucky for that.

[MOMFUDSKI]

5. Wishing him well but

There Is No Such Thing As King.

[Sneederbunk]

10. There is in Great Britain.

[Polly Hennessey]

28. I thought tRump wanted to be King.

[Hekate]

55. Trump wants to be Generalissimo, with a fancy military uniform and lots of medals....

Columnist Charles Pierce has always called him El Caudillo del Mar A Lago.

[NorseSaxonCelt]

15. There is in the UK,

Denmark, Spain, Netherlands, Japan, Jordan, Belgium...

[Torchlight]

21. No such thing as national borders, either.

Though I'm wishing all nationals well.

[AverageOldGuy]

22. ". . . no such thing as king"?

Maybe not now but wait until Trump is elected.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

25. Just because a watery tart threw a sword at one of his forerunners doesn't make him King

Supreme Executive power derives from a mandate from the masses....

[angrychair]

34. Funny you should say that

Because this part of the "royal" lineage is technically only royal to maintain the facade of the monarchy. When Queen Anne died in 1714 she had no viable heirs so a German elector, named George Louis, from Hanover assumed the throne.
The name "Windsor" is made up because German sounding names fell out of fashion after WWI.

The more you know...

[muriel_volestrangler]

39. As a prince-elector, George was himself already royal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electorate_of_Hanover

Anne, of course, did have closer living relations - notably her half-brother James, aka "the Old Pretender", but he was Catholic, and the line of succession was changed to make her distant (but reliably Protestant) cousin George her heir.

[angrychair]

40. Exactly

Like I said "viable". While most European royal families are connected in one way or another, there were no visible (read acceptable) English heirs to Queen Anne.
I just find the history of some of this stuff both fascinating and crazy odd. They put so much into these folks but really their genetics are a trash can of hundreds of years of inbreeding and decadence.

[Xolodno]

53. Que the banjo's....nt

[leftieNanner]

6. I wish him well

But for some reason, I never thought he would be king for very long. William and Kate are in the wings.

[Native]

7. Just read that it's not prostate cancer.

But they aren't saying what kind of cancer it is.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. If the prostate cancer metastisised,

likely Stage IV.

[Sympthsical]

19. If I were to wildly speculate

If it's unrelated to the prostate, I'd reckon bladder. It's something that would be easily spotted during that kind of procedure since both organs chill together.

And if that's the case, they might have caught it relatively early.

Depends when they found it. If during procedure, I'd go bladder. But if it showed up in a scan, could be anything.

[NorseSaxonCelt]

11. Prince William may be King soon..

I think he hoped to have longer.

[PortTack]

12. Well...that's too bad. I wonder if he will just abdicate. There's been rumors that he said he wanted to, maybe

The reason is his health.

[PlutosHeart]

16. I wish him well.

Omitting disclaimers on this like "I don't like him but..." because I do not dislike him and have some respect for his focus upon the environment.

[CincyDem]

18. I will give him credit for that. You're right.

[Polly Hennessey]

29. Me, too. I do not dislike him or monarchies.

He belongs to Britain not the United States. Don’t understand the intense dislike from some.👑

[PlutosHeart]

41. For the most part

seems comments are tied to "Diana". But it takes two to tango.They were not right for each other. Unfortunate for both of them.

Wishing him good health and recovery.

[pandr32]

20. It looks like William and Kate could be King and Queen soon.

They are very popular already, so I do not think there would be much disappointment.
King Charles could remain King for a while, though. I would think the best medical treatment is available for him.
I wish him well.

[PortTack]

26. King Charles said on coronation day while sitting in the golden carriage waiting that he was old and tired.

Among other things. Not a lot of enthusiasm there. It is what it is

[pandr32]

33. He was prepped and waiting too long.

I wouldn't fault him if he stepped aside soon. Being unwell is a huge energy drain.
On the plus side, William has also prepared and he and his wife are very active in duties and service. They would easily step into their future roles sooner if needed. In fact, their appeal eclipses King Charles and Queen Camilla.
I am Canadian born and so Queen Elizabeth was queen my whole life. Even here as a U.S. citizen I paid attention--until she died. I felt a loss. She really was a remarkable monarch.
Best to you and happy Valentine's week!

[PortTack]

50. Queen Elizabeth was indeed a remarkable woman.

Happy Valentine’s Day to you too!❤️

[ShazzieB]

30. As some others have said, i wish him well.

This is a lousy thing to happen to anyone, no matter their station in life. I'm sure he'll have the best of care, and he won't have any worries about paying for it. Of course the same could be said for even the lowliest citizen of his country, since health care is free to all in the UK. (Envious? Who, me?) But he will certainly have the widest possible range of options for treatment.

As an American, I don't really have an opinion about whether the UK or any other country should have a monarchy. Not my country, not my business. It frankly seems a bit crass to me to use this news as a springboard to post an anti-monarchy rant. Whatever one may think of the system into which Charles and other royals were born, they are human beings (very privileged ones, but humans nonetheless), and this is news nobody wants to get. I think we would all do well to remember that.

I wish him all the best.

[orthoclad]

31. From the people who

fought a long bloody war to get free of the moarchy,

to the people who invented the concentration camp, Irish genocide, and "White Man's Burden",

get well.

[GenThePerservering]

35. He needs to abdicate

and let William and Kate take over.

[jmowreader]

38. Queen Camilla: Oh, no you don't!

BUCKINGHAM PALACE (Spurious News Network) -- The Royal Press Secretary today announced that while King Charles is recovering from cancer he will be relieved of his pubic duties.

In response, the Queen announced that the Royal Proofreader and the Keeper of the Royal Spelling Checker are to be immediately cast into the dungeon.

"And left there!" she is reported to have said.

[PCIntern]

42. I've only been studying human science for 50 years

I’ve never seen the phrase “benign cancer” before.

I think you meant some other term like Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy.

Or maybe not…

[CincyDem]

45. I too sir have been studying human science for over 50 years.

And what I’ve learned in all that time is you can’t put your elbow in your ear.

So…my bet is you’re 1000% right.



(But gimmie a little credit, bet you’ve never heard of a king stepping away from his pubic duties either…Lolol)

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

48. I can think of two recent examples

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark adbicated at the end of 2023 in favor of her son. She is 83 and had been on the throne since 1972.

Pope Bendict abdicated in 2013 at the age of 83.

It almost seems to be a trend.

I could see Charles deciding he could not fulfil his duties and abdicating to enjoy a retirement or at least a peaceful last days. He does not appear to enjoy being King that much, especially as the face/voice of a conservative government with which he has many political disagreements.

He might go for a regency instead with responsibility shared by his wife and eldest son.

Just my thoughts.

[Retrograde]

54. Also Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

and King Juan Carlo II of Spain

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

57. Thanks!

So, four European monarchs abdicating in their 70's and 80's in the last ten years.

It is a trend. One that QE2 was bucking.

I think that makes it more likely that Charles will abdicate if his health continues to be a problem. He has already lasted longer on the throne than his great-uncle and has secured his place in history as a king.

[peggysue2]

44. I'm not a fan of the Monarchy

But It’s not lost on me that Charles has been in the wings waiting to be King his entire adult life. Queen Elizabeth lived long and well and decided not to relinquish the Crown even in advanced age.

Now, less than a year after his coronation, Charles is diagnosed with cancer of . . . What? We might assume the prostate but we really don’t know nor do we know the stage of said cancer.

Even to me, that seems royally unfair.

Bad luck? Karma? I don’t know but an astounding, even shocking turn of events.

[madaboutharry]

52. The only member of the royal family I like is Harry.

I believed every word in his book Spare. I never cared much for William or Kate and after reading Spare, I like them even less.

I’m always sorry to hear that anyone is ill and wish King Charles the best.