King Charles has cancer

Timberrrrrrrr

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68208157

So the BBC have just read statement from Buckingham Palace that Charlie has got cancer, hopefully not too serious and he makes a full recovery soon.

Mav11

King???

Gael23

Sounds like he had prostate cancer that’s gone elsewhere

Larbre34

Only 18 months into the job, and after waiting 60 odd years to inherit it, King Charles of England has received a diagnosis of prostate cancer, following recent surgical treatment.

And so, with the Elizabethan era still not cold behind us, what future for the monarchy in Britain and of the United Kingdom itself?

Any serious progression of this illness would surely add to the great instability in Britain.

Timberrrrrrrr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725282#Comment_121725282

Habit, Thread title edited :pac:

thegame983

I'm sure this thread will be nothing but respectful.

briany

I wonder if they're announcing this because it's actually reasonably serious and will take Charles out of public life for a while, whereby his absence would surely be noticed, or is it that it's minor enough, but they don't want to have that thing of a tabloid breaking the story first?

gmisk

Like anyone else with cancer I hope he pulls through, luckily he will have the advantage of the best possible cancer care plan available to him unlike most of his "subjects".

The daily mail is going to go into overdrive, hey I suppose at least it will take their focus away from attacking immigrants and trans people for a while.

septictank

Will he hand over the Crown?

Calahonda52

I wish the King a full and speedy recovery.

ancapailldorcha

Can't say I like either the King or the monarchy but joking about someone who's just announced that they have cancer is absolutely disgusting.

Boggles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725448#Comment_121725448

He waited 74 years for it.

So no.

rolling boh

Ah that's tough wish him well he waited so long to be king and then this hits him.

Manc-Red_

Hopefully caught in good time.

Wish him a speedy and good recovery

septictank

Harry's in the air on his way back, sounds advanced.

Spanish Eyes

On a personal level I'm sure many including myself have had family members ill and die from this awful disease, so I wish him well. Even though I don't know him from Adam I have to say I admire his openness about it. That's in contrast to the hush hush about the Princess of Wales illness, although it's her right to keep it private too I suppose.

My spidey feeling is that ok, KC is ill with cancer, but it will sure take the focus off the P.O.W. now. Her illness could be just as serious.

Arise King Harry maybe if there is a slew of abdications.....

Cancers a bitch. Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I think Charles is a solid sort and a force for good as King and he has many years ahead. He's always been good on NI and Ireland and I wouldn't be surprised if he steadily guided Sunak in their meetings.

Hoping he has a full recovery for himself and because our neighbours need stability.

StrawbsM

Cancer doesn’t pass any family by. Wishing him the best for his upcoming treatment.

Both my parents survived cancer and humour often was the tonic we all needed when the going was tough.

waterwelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725565#Comment_121725565

Unless somebody assassinates Williams 3 kids Harry is out of the picture.

.Donegal.

They stated he doesn’t have prostate cancer. A form of cancer but didn’t disclose it.

rovers_runner

If William passes the buck due to his children then Harry has to get it due to ages of the kids.

William surely hates Harry enough to take it on the chin though. Arise King Pegger the I.

I'll bet Nostradamus is laughing from beyond the grave all the same.

Timberrrrrrrr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725533#Comment_121725533

It's cancer

Yeah I thought people would have at least thought about their words before hitting reply but yeah I probably should have known better.

Overheal

I do understand the mixture of schadenfreude, because the monarchy is a corrupt and thieving institution, "ha karma" etc. but also cancer is a sonofabitch and effects everyone rich and poor. I've lost my own family members to cancer and it's awful, they were taken too soon, salt of the earth people, so in this summation I feel there is a sensitive line to broach when it comes to the topic at hand. Try and remember your peers may have lost a loved one to cancer and not see Charles' diagnosis as something to poke fun at.

https://www.letsfcancer.com/

https://shop.cancerresearchuk.org/product/f-you-cancer

waterwelly

British media in hyperdrive.

Ok it's cancel but these days it's not a death sentence.

Depending on what it is he could bounce back expeditiously.

Overheal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725664#Comment_121725664

It still accounts for 1 in 6 deaths worldwide. Nearly 10 million deaths in 2020 alone.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cancer

And there were 18.1 million total cases worldwide in 2020:

https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/worldwide-cancer-data/#:~:text=Find%20information%20about%20world%20cancer,and%208.8%20million%20in%20women.

Saying it's not a death sentence is respectfully, splitting a semantic hair between 'having a chance' and not having any at all. Having a less than 45% chance of survival is emotionally devastating.

Prostate cancer has a high rate of survival, 98 to 99%+, but it depends on being caught early.

Get Real

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725619#Comment_121725619

If William did for some (unlikely) reason pass the buck, it'd be his son, prince George would be king. Harry has nothing to do with it/isn't in the line of succession.

So the young fella George would be king and a regent appointed on his behalf until he turned 18.

suvigirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725565#Comment_121725565

I think it's fairly obvious to most what operation she had, why though is the mystery. No young woman wants that personal information out in the public domain. I reckon she will talk about it herself when the times right for her

I wish Charles the best, he loves Ireland and wants to visit every county

Timberrrrrrrr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725697#Comment_121725697

I doubt King Charles is reading this thread and having a right giggle at all of the cracking "jokes" :rolleyes:

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725606#Comment_121725606

We all have our sacred cows. Cancer is clearly one of yours. Religious belief for others. I know some people and they'd freak out if you made a joke about kids.

Once you start clutching pearls about one thing then you really have no legs to stand on to be making jokes about anything else. I mean, why is your sacred cow more important than anyone else's?

When my aunt was dying of cancer we'd laugh at absolutely everything. It was the one thing she had to look forward to in her final days. We just tried to take nothing seriously at that point and just laughed as much as we could as a family. Only way to get through it.

I would imagine it’s likely prostate cancer found on pathology, and maybe a PET scan revealed it had spread a bit outside the capsule, considering prostate cancer is very common. On the other hand it’s possible another pelvic cancer was detected during hospitalisation, eg bladder, lymphoma, bone, the type his mother had, bowel.

He could do well, at his age and with the type of cancer it is, he is unlikely to die from it.

His mother had Mutiple Myeloma, a bone marrow/blood cancer that can be initially hard to diagnose as it manifests gradually. Whilst not directly hereditary, family genetics play a small role. The Queen Mother died of bone marrow failure, albeit in advanced age.

rovers_runner

The one thing about cancer is every family has their experience with it. It's not taboo and can at least generate a lot empathy for the Windsors at this time.

A lot for them to go through in the space of two years. Two deaths, two serious illnesses and public scandals.

Overheal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725734#Comment_121725734

10 million deaths of 18.1 million cases = 55% deathrate (all forms of cancer, worldwide figures, 2020)

#maths

RabbleRouser2k

Sounds serious to say Harry has flown back to England.

I hope it's not Pancreatic Cancer, because that has a habit of being deceptive. IT shows up looking like one thing, and then you find out it's Pancreatic Cancer, and it's advanced. When that happens, it's all over. Only option is palliative. Even in the early stages, it's like a slow travelling bullet.

They have disclosed that it's not prostate cancer. It might be intestinal or some other soft tissue cancer.

Genuinely wish the best for anyone who's fighting the disease. It's taken far too many good people I've known.

hotmail.com

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725570#Comment_121725570

They have stability.

waterwelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725768#Comment_121725768

That's not how it works.

If a person has cancer type X you will be told what stage it's at and what your chances of survival are for that type of cancer and at that stage.

I've never heard of somebody being told "oh you have early prostate cancer and it's 45% survival rate"

hotmail.com

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058334809/charles-iii-diagnosed-with-cancer

What instability is this?

If he dies, William gets the job.

Guffy

Wouldnt wish that fella on any disease

Danny healy ray

I hope he makes full recovery always very pro farmer like myself

old Moore said the charles won't be king long and you would be very surprised to see who will replace him !

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725620#Comment_121725620

Every single family has it, every single family has lost family members. It’s not rare sadly. Everything can be laughed about. Cancer jokes are funny as they are usually rooted in reality. I laughed as I spent the last 20 days being my old fella for Radio. It was a pain in the hole in Amy ways.

Maybe things are a little raw for you over sometning at the moment. Or maybe you are easily offended and take thing too serious.

Either way you cant stop people joking about stuff. No more than they can make you laugh at a cancer joke.

Juran

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725555#Comment_121725555

Thats what I was thinking as well. I think we all know people who's had an early diagnoses, and while immediate family members are shocked and concerned and worried (speaking from first hand experience), in most cases, the sons/daughters & siblings dont normally fly home that same day or night.

I hope we're wrong and I wish him well of course.

It will soon come out what the type of cancer is. Tabloids will be offering big money to hospital staff.. although the team will sign NDA's, to a technician or junior nurse on a low salary, the offers I'm.sure will be very tempting. Same goes for the families and friends of his oncology team as well.

893bet

The fact that they didn’t disclose the type makes me thinks it’s a little more serious and complicated than the usual prostate which has a really good prognosis typically (from my understand you usually die with it rather than from it).

.Donegal.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725883#Comment_121725883

They stated it wasn’t prostate. Weird to rule out prostate cancer but not reveal which type then when they’re saying he’s being open about it. Not quite fully open.

batistuta9

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725704#Comment_121725704

Hysterectomy?

Overheal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725806#Comment_121725806

Reread my post, I gave the prostate cancer rate.

I know what you're trying to say, and I'm not disagreeing with that. The boilerplate 'cancer is not a death sentence these days' is what I was refuting. The data shows that in 55% of cases, yes, it's a death sentence.

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725922#Comment_121725922

We've all gotta die of something..

And yes, I smiled at the Harry joke, cos it's funny.

Wish Charles well though and that he has a good few years in him yet.

SuperBowserWorld

There are two threads for this. Should be merged. And moved to boards.co.uk.

Ten of Swords

Merged

Padraig Mor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725883#Comment_121725883

Prostate cancer is pretty much the 'best' cancer you can get (if there can be anything positive read into a cancer diagnosis). The fact they've ruled this out means it's almost certainly 'worse' than prostate cancer. The fact he's going straight into treatment and 'arry leapt on a plane home isn't exactly encouraging.

Overheal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121725995#Comment_121725995

Same, it was funny. The Monarchy are a shower but Harry in his own right is a narcissistic little plank.