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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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[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

The exact post I was looking to up vote.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 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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[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"Random nobody has cancer, news at 11"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Thats a bit heartless. I wouldn’t mind the royalty nonsense being abolished but I still am saddened when someone struggles with cancer, it’s such a brutal disease, especially for someone so young.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

No good reason for it to make the news, though.

If objecting to this article is "heartless," then what's really heartless is not putting out headlines for every single other person who gets cancer. WTF did this person ever do to earn the recognition that everyone else hasn't?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (5 children)

They haven’t done anything. They are just celebrities, which is why they are in the news. You may find celebrity culture stupid (as I do) but that’s how our society is. Are you equally upset with the news reporting on a random musician with cancer?

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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] 11 points 7 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 =\

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 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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