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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@lemmy.world 122 points 6 months ago (13 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@lemmy.world 59 points 6 months ago (11 children)

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

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 55 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Hating the British royalty actually makes me suspect Britain

[–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 months ago (2 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).

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

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

[–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

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

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Lol. A free Australia would mean fixing your government not whining about the monarchy.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

the issue is that particular demographic is constantly being renewed

[–] JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

As an American, I can tell you that we don't know how to not freak out, and we're liable to shoot you for asking us not to.

[–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Sorry, I forgot. I must now get shot in the leg as recompense.

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