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
      74·
      3 months ago

      I see. So it’s okay to be happy about her cancer because her kids inherit a figurehead position with no actual power due to who she married.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              62·
              3 months ago

              Sorry… you know somehow that they won’t do this and so because of that, you wish cancer on them?

              And even if they don’t do that… what exactly would they have done in their lives that would justify a horrible, slow, agonizing death?

              We don’t do that to multiple-murderers in most countries.

              • warm@kbin.earth
                63·
                3 months ago

                Not worth arguing with them honestly. Either a troll or some serious mental issues.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
                  51·
                  3 months ago

                  Again- what would they do to deserve a guillotine? They would not be absolute monarchs. The power invested in the British crown is negligible.

                  So what in specific would they do to be worthy of execution or cancer besides be part of an archaic system with no power attached to it?

                  It’s like you don’t even understand what the point of the French Revolution was.