The princess described the news as a “huge shock” and asked for “time, space and privacy” in a prerecorded video broadcast on the BBC on Friday evening.

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.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I see, so now you’ve moved beyond hoping descendants of Queen Victoria and the people they marry get cancer and now hope that anyone above a certain income level gets cancer.

    Which is weird, because just a few posts up you said you wouldn’t want her kids to get cancer if they renounced the monarchy… even though they would still be rich.

    And I’m the one arguing in bad faith?

    Also, you said you were going to stop talking to me and you’re still talking to me.