King Charles

I feel so sorry for him. For all his wealth and position he has not really had a charmed life.

He had to wait nearly his entire life to become King, his first marriage was a disaster, his second son has turned out badly and his childhood and education were horrible. That image of him waiting in line to shake his mother’s hand after she had been away for months is still haunting.

I wish him well.

Wish him and well.

I'm not a royalist but I wish him well as I would anyone who gets this horrible diagnosis. My own husband has been through it, as have many on GN and their loved ones.

I wonder if Harry will now feel it's time to heal the rifts he has with his family? It must be upsetting for him to get this news, especially as he is (allegedly) estranged.

I do hope our King has a full and speedy recovery

I admire his openness, and I hope he will be all right. I wonder if he tried to persuade Catherine to be more open? Not that I think she should be if she doesn’t want to be.

I am very sad to hear it. For the reasons Whethertomorrow gives and also because I'm sorry for anyone receiving such a diagnosis.

They have just said on the news that Harry will travel back to see his father 'in the coming days'.

That announcement came from sources close to Harry not
Buckingham Palace

stated it is not prostate cancer though,

I’m so sorry to hear this and sincerely hope that the treatment he has will be successful in eradicating the cancer.

I wish him well; he has always seemed to be a good man who tries to do good things. By publicising his health condition he will encourage others to make enquiries for themselves - this has already proved to be a positive with his prostate investigations.

I think we all join in wishing him well and back to good health in the near future. I think it was brave of him to make the decision to share his news with the whole world.

I’m new to gransnet. This will be my first and last post as I’ve been reading the forums for the last few days and don’t like the tone many of the comments take and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s definitely not the site for me.
Coolcoco, I’m sad to see that you are getting barbed and sarcastic comments for your post. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions which others may or may not agree with and healthy debate with one another is great, we can all learn from debate. I don’t feel that this is a discussion, it’s more like playground bullies ganging up against someone they don’t like or agree with. I’ve noticed this trend on several threads. My mum used to say ‘if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all’. Some people on here would be wise to heed that advice.

Oh Helen, coolcoco said something that wasn’t very nice.

I wish him well and respect his openness in letting everyone know about his diagnosis.

All sympathy to King Charles and best wishes for a good outcome.
All sympathy to cancer sufferers everywhere.
King or no King and notwithstanding his apparently stoic upbringing and nature, these diagnoses are always a bloody awful shock.
It's natural that the Media would be interested.He's not only our Head of State ( and of about 14 Commonwealth countries as well ) but he and all the British Royal family are celebrities in this era , whether they like it or not. I don't think anyone is toadying.

Opinions should be tempered according to the matter under discussion. This is a very serious issue and if Coolcoco doesn’t want to know about it the solution lies in the off button. I would agree that Gransnet is probably not for you if you think posters have acted like playground bullies. They are concerned for the King’s health and someone who says they don’t want to know about it is upsetting.

CoolCoco

They haven’t said it was prostate cancer though have they? They’ve said they found a separate condition whilst doing the treatment for a benign condition, it’s all speculation and gossip. Yes, talking about cancer and encouraging checking is good, but the BBC news have only had this issue on for 10 minutes, you’d think there was nothing else happening in the world.

You could always turn it off. But then you wouldn’t have anything to grumble about.

Helen2gs

I’m new to gransnet. This will be my first and last post as I’ve been reading the forums for the last few days and don’t like the tone many of the comments take and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s definitely not the site for me.
Coolcoco, I’m sad to see that you are getting barbed and sarcastic comments for your post. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions which others may or may not agree with and healthy debate with one another is great, we can all learn from debate. I don’t feel that this is a discussion, it’s more like playground bullies ganging up against someone they don’t like or agree with. I’ve noticed this trend on several threads. My mum used to say ‘if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all’. Some people on here would be wise to heed that advice.

Well thanks for the lecture. Don’t let us keep you.

Oh I saw this on the news.... i admire him for wanting it to be public.

We watch and see.

I do wish him a speedy recovery......

Wishing our king all the very best.
Hopefully they’ve caught the cancer early and he’ll make a good recovery.

Ohhhh you get used to it.....
We're not all like that.......
Yes everyone is entitled to their opinion...... 😃

I am a Republican by my head, but I actually think KC is OK.

Whenever I watch and listen, I find myself so often nodding in approval at what he has achieved over his lifetime - given his limitations.

Helen2gs

I’m new to gransnet. This will be my first and last post as I’ve been reading the forums for the last few days and don’t like the tone many of the comments take and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s definitely not the site for me.
Coolcoco, I’m sad to see that you are getting barbed and sarcastic comments for your post. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions which others may or may not agree with and healthy debate with one another is great, we can all learn from debate. I don’t feel that this is a discussion, it’s more like playground bullies ganging up against someone they don’t like or agree with. I’ve noticed this trend on several threads. My mum used to say ‘if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all’. Some people on here would be wise to heed that advice.

Not the place nor the time for a post like this imo