Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/02/05/king-charles-iii-diagnosed-with-cancer.html
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Oh no, is there anyone else qualified for the job!?
Get your prostates checked, folks. You’re not royalty, your healthcare won’t be at the same level.
“…returning to full public duty”
I guess nepotism is a service now?
The running joke was that the Queen would outlast him and it seems she only missed by a little.
Should have kept with tradition?
It’s been a while since he’s been readily connected to homeopathy, has it not?
Not that an extremely public failure of such “treatments” is likely to impact their popularity at this point.
ETA: It has not been a while.
No doubt some are already contemplating that this is a hoax and he will use this as an opportunity to boost homeopathy when he is “cured”. But then, the royals tend to spark the imagination in curious ways.
Indeed, I might not like the guy and what he stands for, but… fuck cancer.
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I know there’s reason why I haven’t. I just can’t quite put my finger on it.
That’s probably a good sign
I’m not really sure that this news deserves a live thread, Guardian?
Okay… Prince Harry is going to see his dad who just got a cancer diagnosis… you need a live thread for that?
That’s quite an editorial choice for The Guardian…
I suppose we’re lucky it’s just the Guardian.
If it was the Daily Mail, then Harry is the cancer!
eta: and he invented all cancers ever, no backsies…
(yeah, badly off-topic, sorry.)
18:32 Update: Palace confirms HRH still has cancer
19:28 Breaking: cancer diagnosis for HRH King Charles remains confirmed.
Apparently this is quite common. They run you through an MRI for one condition, and the radiologist spots a different problem elsewhere in your body.
My doctor refers to these as incidentalomas.
Damn it, where is that facepalm emoji???