Just so we’re 100% clear, Kensington Palace and the Princess of Wales organized Tuesday’s visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital specifically because they believed that they would be stealing the Duchess of Sussex’s thunder, correct? Meghan’s Netflix trailer dropped on New Year’s Day, with the release date for the show confirmed for January 15th. That gave Kate and her handlers two weeks to prepare. Think of how With Love, Meghan would have played out 24 hours after Kate’s big, keen cancer ward visit and her confirmation that this was the hospital which treated her last year. No BS – it would have been a good play from Kensington Palace and Kate. They didn’t count on the Southern California wildfires, and they didn’t count on Meghan delaying the release of the series.
If you ask me, they expected Kate’s big hospital event to land well, and for everyone to rally around brilliant, keen, cancer-free Kate. Instead, the top stories in all of the British papers’ royal sections are all about Meghan, the wildfires, the Netflix show, etc. Which is sort of a blessing, because they really don’t want people to ask too many questions about Kate’s wording around her medical situation.
To recap, Kate revealed her cancer diagnosis last March, after a months-long absence full of PR disasters. She claimed that cancer cells had been present when she had abdominal surgery in January 2024. Then, in September, Kate made a very weird video in which she told the world that she was done with chemotherapy, saying in part: “Doing what I can to stay cancer free is now my focus. Although I have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long and I must continue to take each day as it comes.” Her office then released guidance to the press to not quote Kate or refer to her as “cancer-free.” There was even an odd report that Kate had not been diagnosed with cancer, but rather “pre-cancerous cells” were present at some point. That report was later changed. Well, almost one year exactly after her mysterious disappearance and equally mysterious abdominal surgery, and now Kate is announcing that she is in remission.
I wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you to The Royal Marsden for looking after me so well during the past year.
My heartfelt thanks goes to all those who have quietly walked alongside William and me as we have navigated everything.
We couldn’t have asked for more. The care and advice we have received throughout my time as a patient has been exceptional.
In my new role as Joint Patron of The Royal Marsden, my hope is, that by supporting groundbreaking research and clinical excellence, as well as promoting patient and family wellbeing, we might save many more lives, and transform the experience of all those impacted by cancer.
It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focussed on recovery. As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal. I am however looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead. There is much to look forward to. Thank you to everyone for your continued support. C
I found the messaging around this confusing, especially with the September video. Apparently you can be cancer free when your tests come back negative for cancer and you’re later considered in remission when there is no recurrence for some time. (Although doctors differ about which terms they use.) It feels like everyone has been playing a bit fast and loose with how they describe Kate’s situation for a while as well.
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 14: Catherine, Princess of Wales talks with Rebecca Mendelhson during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital on January 14, 2025 in London, England. The Prince and Princess of Wales have today become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust following a visit by Her Royal Highness to the hospital’s Chelsea site. The Princess’ own personal cancer journey saw her receive treatment from The Royal Marsden. The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.,Image: 953488984, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon/Avalon
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 14: Catherine, Princess of Wales during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital on January 14, 2025 in London, England. The Prince and Princess of Wales have today become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust following a visit by Her Royal Highness to the hospital’s Chelsea site. The Princess’ own personal cancer journey saw her receive treatment from The Royal Marsden. The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.,Image: 953489870, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon/Avalon
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 14: Catherine, Princess of Wales during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital on January 14, 2025 in London, England. The Prince and Princess of Wales have today become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust following a visit by Her Royal Highness to the hospital’s Chelsea site. The Princess’ own personal cancer journey saw her receive treatment from The Royal Marsden. The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.,Image: 953489902, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon/Avalon
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 14: Catherine, Princess of Wales (R) talks with Peter Burton (L), during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital on January 14, 2025 in London, England. The Prince and Princess of Wales have today become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust following a visit by Her Royal Highness to the hospital’s Chelsea site. The Princess’ own personal cancer journey saw her receive treatment from The Royal Marsden. The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.,Image: 953490061, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon/Avalon
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 14: Catherine, Princess of Wales during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital on January 14, 2025 in London, England. The Prince and Princess of Wales have today become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust following a visit by Her Royal Highness to the hospital’s Chelsea site. The Princess’ own personal cancer journey saw her receive treatment from The Royal Marsden. The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.,Image: 953490110, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon/Avalon
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 14: Catherine, Princess of Wales departs from The Royal Marsden Hospital on January 14, 2025 in London, England. The Prince and Princess of Wales have today become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust following a visit by Her Royal Highness to the hospital’s Chelsea site. The Princess’ own personal cancer journey saw her receive treatment from The Royal Marsden. The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.,Image: 953490204, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon/Avalon
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, where she received her cancer treatment, to personally thank staff for her care. The Prince and Princess of Wales have become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the specialist cancer hospital which treats over 59,000 NHS and private patients every year. Featuring: Catherine, Princess Of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 14 Jan 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, where she received her cancer treatment, to personally thank staff for her care. The Prince and Princess of Wales have become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the specialist cancer hospital which treats over 59,000 NHS and private patients every year. Featuring: Catherine, Princess Of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 14 Jan 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales talks with Peter Burton during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, where she received her cancer treatment, to personally thank staff for her care. The Prince and Princess of Wales have become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the specialist cancer hospital which treats over 59,000 NHS and private patients every year. Featuring: Catherine, Princess Of Wales talks with Peter Burton Where: London, United Kingdom When: 14 Jan 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales talks with Peter Burton during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, where she received her cancer treatment, to personally thank staff for her care. The Prince and Princess of Wales have become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the specialist cancer hospital which treats over 59,000 NHS and private patients every year. Featuring: Catherine, Princess Of Wales talks with Peter Burton Where: London, United Kingdom When: 14 Jan 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, where she received her cancer treatment, to personally thank staff for her care. The Prince and Princess of Wales have become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the specialist cancer hospital which treats over 59,000 NHS and private patients every year. Featuring: Catherine, Princess Of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 14 Jan 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Princess of Wales talks with members of staff during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, where she received her cancer treatment, to personally thank staff for her care. The Prince and Princess of Wales have become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the specialist cancer hospital which treats over 59,000 NHS and private patients every year Featuring: Catherine, Princess of Wales Where: London, United Kingdom When: 14 Jan 2025 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
She is providing more reasons for people to believe that she never had cancer to begin with. One of the most inept public campaigns of modern times. Don’t use health issues as public campaigns, people. But lazy and dishonest people are going to be lazy and dishonest.
And to think that all this speculation could have been avoided if they were just straight and said what she had and what procedure she had.
I am exhausted. Announce the D word before I nauseate WanK.
I can relate to Kate, because I too am in remission from dozens of diseases I’ve never had.
In the bench video she said she was taking preventative chemotherapy which we were advised is to ensure cancer does not form. But that seems to be contradictory to the concept of remission, which implies there was cancer that was treated and has not returned. And of course in September that whole video where she states in her own words that she was cancer free.
Kate’s own words about this have been so confusing and inconsistent. Wouldn’t doctors tell her the proper terminology? She also has a PR team that could check for accuracy.
It is remains such a fail compared to how Charles has handled this.
Oh, yes, I forgot! Cancer HAD been present. PREVENTATIVE chemo. But now it’s remission?
“Kate’s own words about this have been so confusing and inconsistent.”
My totally unfounded guess is, Kate and her team wanted to create fresh headlines about her cancer journey. You can’t say the same thing over and over again and expect the same level of media attention. So, they decided on “remission”. Considering this visit was a reaction to Meghan’s Netflix show, they were expecting that this would steal all the headlines from Meghan. But, when the show didn’t happen, this turned into another weird story about her mysterious illness.
OK, don’t make me defend Kate, because I don’t want to. But this doesn’t signal a lie. A relative had surgery to move a mass. Testing indicated cancer in the tissue removed, so surgery continued to remove more tissue. Then, radiation followed. For my relative, the cancer was discovered as it was removed (“had been present”) but radiation was done to kill any cells potentially remaining. I jump on Kate about a lot but it does make sense and I do think she had cancer.
The janky wigs in late 2023 suggest to me she was having chemo to shrink a tumor that was then removed in January. For whatever reason, the doctors recommended a course of chemo. That may mean the surgery didn’t get everything, or the type of cancer is so deadly they needed to be certain there were no remaining cancer cells. This makes me think she had ovarian cancer.
@Megan: I was thinking along similar lines: Ovarian, cervical or uterine cancer. I could see KP saying “abdominal” as they would never come out and mention a woman’s unmentionables, if you know what I mean.
Being in remission from precancerous cell detection is truly a blessing that cannot be measured. Good for Kate. What event will Lazie Katie and her dimwitted courtiers have planned for her on March 3th or 4th?
Though Katie will be ready so that she will have a fresh wiglet to wear, I’m sure we won’t know until the day of 🙂↔️
I think it will be something early years or mental health
I’m thinking Kate will have to bring out the big guns: the kids and/or a tiara event.
–First ski trip all together after cancer, timed for Inviticus?
–First TV interview with George?
–A state banquet to be announced where Kate will sport a new tiara? (Bonus points for Camilla who doesn’t like Meghan either)
Charles will escort the daughter he never had to a royal event.
I think they’ll officially announce the school George will be attending in a year and a half because for some reason they think that’s the biggest worry people have.
Yesterday, I said she should cut her hair and debut a new look. Seriously though, I think even her fans would like to see her chop the long ringlets off. It could still be a little bit longer than shoulder-length if she really wanted to keep some length. Now, it wouldn’t fit the narrative they had ready this time around of money hungry Meghan v selfless Kate but hey it would still get come attention.
Fast and loose with facts is an understatement. Having gone through cancer, as I know a few have on this site, there are many types of cancer and many different outcomes. I had breast cancer and once my lump was removed and a large area around the lump was tested the area around the lump had no cancer but to make sure a had a round of chemo. It was once a week for twelve weeks. I also had her2 so I had another infusion once every three weeks for a year. For all intents and purposes I’m cancer free. I know there are cancers out there that cancer free and remission are treated differently depending on what it is you have and the stage you may be in.? I’m still of the opinion that she used cancer as a cover for something else .
Thanks for getting back to me on Bluesky! I’m glad you’re doing well now.
You’re very welcome! Thank you!
Thank you, and every other commenter who shared their experiences with cancer, so we all have a better understanding of these terms. Not a better understanding of what’s really going on with Kate, but that’s on her. After the pharma ad in September that gave the impression she was done with treatment and maybe probably cancer-free, no one asked for another statement about her health status. Did she just announce the same thing she did in the video in September, or is one of the statements a lie?
It is perplexing. That September video was a very emphatic ‘I’m done with cancer & am cancer-free’ statement. So what was the purpose of this latest one? Isn’t cancer free as good as you want it to be? Remission is more cancer free? And the gall of the woman, stating again & making it clear that hey, no, this doesn’t mean I’m getting back to work any time soon, are you crazy? I’m recovering! Still!
My guess is she was told not to say “cancer free” again because no doctor could condone that language a few weeks after ending treatment. It raised a lot of questions that KP had to walk back. So when asked the other day, she went with “in remission,” which would be more accurate until she passes the five-year mark.
And why would KP and Becky English feel the need to shout “but she’s not actually going back to work!!!” from the rooftops, instead of just waiting a few weeks until it became obvious? Do they think speculation about her maybe, possibly turning up somewhere, and the ensuing disappointment, is worse than just getting out in front of her laziness?
In my mind, this would be a good opportunity to clarify the terms. “My team defines remission as X. I am happy to say that I now meet those qualifications and can officially say I am in remission. Remission is not the same as being cancer-free and it does not mean there is no risk of recurrence. When someone is in remission, they get yearly checks for five years etc.” Or SOMETHING like that to actually educate people on the matter, rather than just making it about herself and the year she has had.
It’s amateur hour at KP again, and they have already wasted so many opportunities to support cancer-related charities, to thank the team that treated Kate (what happened to the Filipino nurses treating her at Adelaide), to have the Royal Foundation make a substantial donation to cancer research and/or Royal Marsden.
There are so many things that are wrong with their communication.
Same goes for Kate re her port *and* sunlight, when one is usually told to avoid the sun because of photosensitivity. And no masks yesterday, and…
What we are witnessing now is a modern medical miracle. The first woman to simultaneously have cancer and not have cancer. A true trailblazer — Schrödinger’s Kate aka FakeyKatie
As to the reporting from the BM:
– Not cancer, but cancerous cells
– Very much cancer, but don’t call it cancer
– Now remission — Schrödinger’s cancer
SUCH amateur hour!!
I’ve seen comments on articles that are like “good for her for raising awareness.”
Erm……awareness about what? Cancer? I’m pretty sure we all already knew about it. The effects of chemotherapy? She didn’t seem to suffer any. the symptoms that led to her diagnosis? Well we have zero clue about those.
I get that some people don’t want to talk about their bowels/digestive systems or their reproductive organs in public. but cancer is cancer and there is nothing embarrassing about it. Saying “I had intestinal cancer” or “abnormal cells were found during a pelvic exam” (if pap smear would be a bridge too far) would do a lot IMO to ACTUALLY raise awareness. Charles talked about his enlarged prostate and the NHS page for that issue got something like 1000% more hits the next day.
@Nanea – Well said!
Kate is raising awareness with incorrect information like being in the sun while doing chemo, the opposite of basically all the medical advice out there.
I find all this talk of Kate’s cancer treatment completely baffling. I have a friend who was diagnosed with pre-cancerous cells and had an hysterectomy as a result. She did not have chemo but had to have treatment for premature menopause. This was 30 years ago. She has been fine ever since and there is no mention of being in remission or anything else to do with cancer. I just cannot believe that “pre-cancerous” cells would necessitate 6 months of heavy chemotherapy treatment at the Royal Marsden hospital which specialises in treating cancer patients. Kate has never lost her hair as you would expect if she had full-blown cancer and was receiving IV chemo for 6 months, despite wearing those ridiculous barbie-doll hair pieces. Something is just not right. Furthermore, we were told earlier this year when she had her “planned” abdominal surgery that she would be in hospital for TWO WEEKS. Again, it is highly unusual nowadays to be kept in hospital for so long after an operation unless there would be some sort of complications. Yet we were told this in advance of her planned surgery. Forgive me if I’m sceptical that madam has ever been as sick as the Palace and the press have made out.
Becks. Sarah was brilliant as well, talking about breast and skin cancer. Helped a lot of people.
I had precancerous cells detected in my cervix. They did a procedure (not fun but no big deal in the grand scheme of things) and I’ve been “clean” ever since. Maybe I should still be recovering? That was 24 years ago.
It’s baffling to me that it took a MONTH to get Kate’s biopsy results back.
“Fast and loose with facts is an understatement.”
Her “sharing chemo experience” with the woman in cold-cap was strange too. (K didn’t wear cold-cap; her chemo port is located in her arm, according to RR?) It felt like K read the “Cliff Notes” of Chemotherapy, instead of expressing her true experience.
“Kensington Palace and the Princess of Wales organized Tuesday’s visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital specifically because they believed that they would be stealing the Duchess of Sussex’s thunder, correct?”
Without a doubt. KP’s IG followers number got Hugh bump on Jan 1st, 2nd, and 10th. What’s happened on those 3 days? Madame Duchess Meghan happened.
P.S. KP lies easily. It’s the Wails’ specialty.
@Square2. My port was in my chest close to my heart so as to get the chemo to that area quickly. I have never heard of a port in the arm. I have had a pic line in my upper arm that they thread through veins closer to the heart for a different surgery that I had a few years back. I don’t know about ports in the arm maybe somebody has had one here and could speak about it?
@Susan Collins, my friend had a chemo port in her arm. I believe they can go in either the arm or the chest, depending.
Thank you @Chloe. I never knew this . Mine they wanted it in my chest and when I was in the infusion center with others I always saw the chest ports.
According to the Daily Fail, Kate pointed to both her arm and her chest when describing her port. So she had two ports? Of course, the Fail could have gotten it wrong, that wouldn’t have been the first time. Another piece of weirdness was Kate telling the woman in the cold cap how she “got attached to” her port… said no other cancer patient ever, but maybe she was joking?
@Me at home. I read that too that she got attached to her port. A port is surgically put in and I know mine looked like a small lump when wearing certain fabrics. I find this to be an interesting take from her who is so very body conscious! You wouldn’t think she would be so attached to something she would probably hide. Personally I didn’t really care about the port because I had other things to worry about. I did have to wear on my seatbelt a little pad that you could adjust so it covered the port and didn’t bother it when I was driving or simply being a passenger and moving around in my seat.
@Susan Collins — I totally agree. Too much doesn’t add up and we CBers who have been through or are undergoing cancer treatment know nothing adds up. If you’re going through chemo you MUST avoid the sun — wear strong sunscreen, a hat, long sleeves, you absolutely can’t bask in the sun or your skin will fry. The “I’m cancer-free!” being walked back to “I’m in remission” was a huge faux-pas, and finding a “few pre-cancerous cells” does not equate to full-blown cancer. I am angry that the wool was pulled over so much of the public’s eyes over this — the fake photos, the Summer’s Eve video, the completely self-obsessed manner in which the Wails mishandled and lied about the state of her health. I’m currently finishing up 7 months of brutal chemo after equally brutal, life-altering surgery. I have no sympathy or f*cks to give to her, Slumlord Bill or any of that gang of royal prevaricators who took part in what amounts to a coverup of some very serious and suspect behaviour. But one must protect the heir at all costs and keep up the complicity.
Jaded,
I’m So sorry you are going through this. I wish you a full recovery and a healthy outcome.
On another note, your “Summer’s Eve” comment is hysterical and gave me the laugh I needed today. Thank you!
@Jaded I’m glad to hear you’re finishing up your chemo and I hope things will get better for you and that you will have a cancer free outcome. Nothing adds up with what she is putting out there and the misinformation she is saying is outrageous but unfortunately this is what they do. They lie to cover for something else that has happened.
I think that “pre-cancerous cells” was a mistake by a journalist, she said in the bench announcement, “However tests after the operation found cancer had been present. What I found interesting is a few days after the Frankenphoto showed her looking young and healthy the bench had her looking ill. I have always wondered if she used makeup to make herself look ill.
So glad you’ve recovered, Susan Collins.
And rooting for you, Jaded.
This is sloppy on KP’s part. The Hallmark video said Kate is cancer free and now this visit says she is? I believe KP was hoping to use this to dunk on Meghan’s show and it backfired when Meghan and Harry made a true surprise visit to a relief center for the CA fires. Getty Images photographers wouldn’t be able to get in the hospital if they didn’t know about the event.
I’m confident a number of stories were already written by the rota along the line of ‘look at Meghan with her fancy useless nonsense, here’s the REAL princess’
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Yes it was certainly planned, not an impulse visit.
Netflix cancelled the trailer not Meghan. Boy I can tell which ones love Meghan.
Girl was precancerous that while time. She can’t even pronounce “cancer” in any conversation, always saying things like “after the year that we’ve had” etc. all bs.
Good for her that she did this announcement for nothing, wasted effort, stealing nobody’s thunder and waiting all that time to thank the medical team, treating her for the cancer that was almost there. The hospital has meg to thank for this outing.
Looks like kate and willie are ready to announce something bigger and it’s coming in march
Official separation perhaps?
I don’t know. Egg has leaned in (for him) on the I support my sick wife narrative lately. The We love you! birthday message, for example. To me that points to an agreement between them. Or this could be Egg laying the groundwork for his divorce narrative. It could go both ways, with how effective their communication is.
He won’t officially dump her if she keeps reminding people every 5 minutes she’s now “cancer free”. Maybe that’s her strategy? Prolong the cancer-type engagements so William doesn’t drop the divorce announcement. Either way, Kate is digging herself one mighty hole.
We’ll know the day before meg’s show will come out. These 2 made a choice to stay together: with william’s failed sexydaddy campaign, and waity katie still waiting for her precancer to come, but finally she waited too long and decided she would rather be in remission from the cancer she almost had. In my opinion, it points to charles resigning and giving his crown to these 2 idiots. We are not hearing from charles and it looks like the Kensington Eggs need to have a new narrative that they love each other soooo much and that they are sooo healthy now. Just not working. But soooo loving and soooo healthy.
Apart from the obvious (and typically amateur) attempt to derail attention from Meghan’s show, this whole “cancer” thing is just so odd – the soft focus mauling video and now this which contradicts the video.
To not want any coverage of yourself while you go through your “treatment” but happily exploit other people being treated for cancer – hypocrite much?
For all that ’empathy’ was briefly one of their/his buzzwords last year they have none. Other people are props to be used as required in their media and PR games.
It all rings very false, particularly given she’s still skiving off work for health/recovery reasons. As someone who had “major abdominal surgery” a few months after her and who has been working full time for 10 months while still dealing with complex wound healing issues, I really can’t bring up a flicker of a care tbh.
I will say it’s nice that she’s less freakishly botoxed at the moment (will be interesting to compare these pics to BAFTA/ Trooping appearances in coming months).
Hair as awful as ever ofc and hooray for being able to say it again without being mean to a woman “with cancer”.
@SAS – A friend of mine had major abdominal surgery last summer. She was driving her car and back at work not long after too. I will add that she is in her seventies and what she went through was pretty serious.
I have really lost track of what’s going on here and decided I don’t care. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Same, Brassy Rebel, same.
I haven’t cared for the last year+ and it’s lovely 😊
Remission from what??
Good question.
Option 1: cancer.
Option 2: penalty.
Remission from truth-telling.
Of course nothing is more personal and private than one’s medical conditions. That said, if you’re going to stand up for cancer patients and caregivers, go in front of world journalists, put yourself on blast … why the utter secrecy about the actual type of cancer and manner of treatment? I’ve met many cancer patients. Have had skin cancer myself. Have breast, colon, prostate cancer in my immediate family. Not a one isn’t wholly open and … unashamed? About diagnosis, treatment, prognosis. Her endless word salad and vague references have just never rang true to me.
‘ . No BS – it would have been a good play from Kensington Palace and Kate.’
I actually think its bot desperate and pathetic to use the sister in law you bullied out to plan your accouncements.
Also I’m reading plenty of comments asking why Kate is giving advice which is the opposite of what health experts say, such as plenty of sunlight.
So yeah. I think it would have read as desperate too. But I guess she would’ve gotten attention just as Meghan’s series was starting so that’s something. But it reads as desperate either way. Bc let’s be real. It’s very clear that she has a very open schedule. It’s not like oh this was the only day they could do it. I’m sorry. I just really can’t get over this. I can believe Kate had a rough year and it was health related and related to other things. And what has been learned? It’s still the same old tricks. Desperately, scheduling one of the few events that she’s done at all the day before Meghan’s show? Come on. Same old jealous competitive pettiness. A health scare or whatever type of scare has not cause d a revaluation of what’s important bc even in all that it’s still more important to “win” one over on Meghan. This is freaking sad.
Completely agree @Jais. You’d hope that going through what she went through, her “brutal year” as they’ve described it, would put things in perspective. It really goes to show you how small of a person she is. And how vindictive and full of hate that whole family is. They are truly revolting people.
I’d wager there are a number of staff in the Oncology clinic at the Royal Marsden who are wondering how the Princess’s chemo could have been so secret that not even they knew about it.
It’s an interesting question, because does she say it outright that yes, I was treated in this facility? Or is it just the press that adds that part, so she can deny saying it later? If that’s the case, would the Royal Marsden executives or NHS have the balls to come out and say, no that’s a mistake, she wasn’t treated here? Especially because it’s obvious that Kate is leading us to believe that, even without saying the words. Is there a precedent for a British institution like this contradicting the royal family narrative?
@Smart&Messy, there was a quote from Kate, that said she was happy finally visiting through the public entrance since she always visited in private. So, Kate is claiming she got treatment there regularly, it isn’t just media’s interpretation.
I also don’t understand that part. I know the media there is controlled fully, but didn’t people notice heavy security if Kate visited there regularly in private, which she claimed to do? The future Queen doesn’t go somewhere with one or two bodyguards. It is weird we didn’t read from real people who noticed something weird going on with heavy security.
someone yesterday said they lived near the RM and that Charles is getting treatment there, and they can tell because they see his motorcade fairly regularly, with him and Camilla. But no one has seen Kate.
I was a medical PA at the Marsden for years. As the buildings take up a whole city block there’s at least 7 other ways in and out apart from the main entrance. My bosses treated UK and foreign royalty, politicians and celebrities and everything was so discreet you wouldn’t have noticed they were there. I also needed special clearance to access their electronic patient records.
@Dot Gingell, thank you for your input. I understand there would be multiple private entrances to the hospital. But, how come no one would notice royal security motorcades? I am sure the medical team treating Kate wouldn’t of course disclose that info to anyone. My inquiry is people living around there or visiting there didn’t see anything during these regular visits? It awfully sounds like how no one saw Kate entering or leaving the medical center for her abdominal surgery.
Seriously. And a fair number of them must be wondering about their colleagues after hearing the nonsense coming out of Kate’s mouth. Like, which one of us has been advising this woman? Or, how can we provide advice so our patients actually understand it because Kate clearly hasn’t.
Unable advising Cancer patients to get plenty of sunshine and drinks lots of water, which proves she never had Cancer, because these are two things that are not recommended.
With chemotherapy and radiation your skin is sensitive, and your kidneys can’t handle lots of water.
Every time, Cain and Unable open their mouth , they put their foot in it.
I can’t comment on the sunlight but I was advised to drink A LOT of water when I did chemo. My kidneys were fine.
We can’t let dislike of the messenger skew the message — my husband had inoperable throat cancer and so had to depend on radiation (47 sessions) and chemo — he was strongly encouraged to drink as much water as he could and also spend as much time outside as he could to avoid depression.
There are so many types of cancers and treatments available that we shouldn’t fall into the trap of “oh so and so didn’t do this so it isn’t true.”
I can see craving the sunlight if you’re stuck inside all day due to feeling crappy AND being advised to stay out of the sun because your skin is now photosensitive. Just getting outside without a roof over your head is nice.
This woman is so fake
Honestly this visit seems to have been more about HER than the people she was there to bring comfort to.
Exactly. It is always all about her. And all she did was perform for the camera, nothing more. In fact, why were the cameras even necessary?
No cameras should have been the rule, showing consideration for the poor souls undergoing their life-saving but tough treatment. Cameras were there to stick it to Meghan as her new show should have launched the next day. Couldn’t KM have called off the hounds as she knew by then of the postponement?
Everything is always just about her.Wherever or whatever the occasion she has to be top dog
Not any of the pictures (on other sites also) show Kate with any of the nurses or doctors who treated her. Literally everyone in the world can’t thank the doctors & nurses enough for helping them, save their life, etc … and love to take pictures with them. I didn’t see any with Kate and the healthcare workers who helped her get better. Not one picture proudly standing next to the people who saved her life from cancer! I actually KNEW it would only be other patients and maybe an executive thrown in there because I don’t really believe she had cancer. She did not look like a chemo treated cancer survivor … or at least her skin coloring and skin texture didn’t. It’s something you can’t hide even with clothing or makeup. And it’s in the eyes. Instead of looking like she went to battle (life and death) she looked refreshed the first time we saw her. Just my opinion.
My best friend has multiple myeloma, and she’s best friends with everyone at the clinic where she goes for treatment. I went with her on a visit last October, and she knew everyone.
My mother had that cancer as well & she was on a first-name basis with everyone, knew all their family’s names, what they were doing in school, etc. Kate’s team, if she had one, wasn’t part of this photo op visit.
I wish the best for your friend with MM. And I don’t want to upset you with the use of the past tense for my mom; MM was NOT the cause of her death.
I dont know the ins and outs of her treatment (if any), but my theory regarding her treatment team is that if we knew who any of them were, it would give away what kind of cancer she had, and for some reason that is something KP is guarding very very strongly.*
*this is taking everything from KP at face value, which is a big ask, I know, lol. But I think its clear that if KP was telling the truth at all about chemo and cancer, they still don’t want people to have any idea what type it was for some reason.
That’s their entire playbook, have Kate remind the public of her ‘difficult year’ nestled among actual cancer sufferers rather than be forthright about her own situation, reinforcing and imprinting upon the public mind the idea that she too was a patient, using their health challenges and stark realities as her camouflage.
@Anonymous – My former boss’s wife had breast cancer and went through a gruelling course of chemo. She lost her hair of course and I was shocked at the change in her facial appearance. As you say, it’s in the eyes. I see nothing of this look in Kate.
My skin-both texture and appearance looked the same while I did chemo (4 months of it). My eyes also looked the same. My face only changed in looks because I was on steroids (moon face). Not every course of chemo is going to require steroids. Just providing a different perspective here. Not all cancer, cancer treatment or side effects look the same.
@Anonymous — I’m on a friendly, first-name basis with my chemo nursing team — we chat about everything from books to travel to food as I get my treatment which lasts about 3 hours. If I were in Kate’s position I’d certainly want a group photo and a big shout out to every last one of them because they are absolute angels. But no…we get a few generic pics of Kate in a hugely expensive outfit, unmasked, hugging some patients. Screams fakety-fake to me.
Don’t forget the waist length hair extensions in a cancer ward where the patients were in cold caps or already bald from the treatment. Thoughtless.
It was obvious to me that yesterday’s engagement was scheduled because of Meghan’s show. As I understand it the video was to announce she had ended chemo. About 3 months after treatment she would have done at CT scan or maybe an MRI to see if the cancer is gone. So given her announcement yesterday Kate is cancer-free not in remission. Now she will have to be on medication for the next 5 years to make sure the cancer doesn’t return. To me it’s only then she can declare that she’s in remission. Plus she needs to stop telling people that they need sunlight. Most cancer patients get sensitive to the sun and heat during and after treatment.
I had a friend with lymphoma and I feel like for her it was the opposite – she was in remission for 5 years and then after her fifth annual check with no evidence of disease, she was officially cancer free. But like I said above, this would be a good opportunity for Kate to educate the public about what those terms actually mean. It feels like she is just willynilly saying things.
I have been close to three people during their cancer battles, daily visits and hospital runs that kind of close and it was always explained to me exactly how you just described. Remission at five years with no cancer detected is considered cancer free.
Yeah my friend had her cancer removed in September (and luckily no further treatment was recommended/required) and at the last appointment we went to in December after we finally had confirmation of the definite type of cancer it was, she was given an eight-year plan of checks until they sign her off. So she’s cancer free right now, but still a patient for the next eight years. The term remission wasn’t used.
And yet Kate managed to sit in the sun for however many hours at Wimbledon last summer, supposedly right at the end or nearing the end of her chemo. Huh, ‘magine that.
That does sound extremely odd, and not even a sunhat. Perhaps she finished the chemo much earlier than we have been left to believe.
It’s always all about her. Coverage was on good morning America this morning
And that’s how we know her visit/announcement was deliberately scheduled to pull focus from M’s Netflix show. She might be in remission from cancer but she’ll never be in remission from hating M. So even after a life changing health scare K cannot “..live our lives with an open heart, with love, kindness…”
Exactly.
Don’t know who wrote that load of absolute tosh for her but it is embarrassing.
I’ve said before so apologies for the repetition, but KM will never know peace of mind until she makes a full public apology to Meghan.
It was on abc nightly news with David mueller too. I’ve always suspected that David mueller is a secret fan of royal gossip😂. He was really excited when he moderated the sussex wedding with Robin Roberts years ago. But I mean who wasn’t? It was a beautiful day.
I’m really wondering if she had a smear which detected pre-cancerous cells, she had those treated then decided to take the year off while her mother re-negotiated her marriage contract. I doubt she has been seriously ill in any physical way. If she has, then I’ll stand corrected but this visit was her being sent out before the release of WL, M and after H & M have been seen out and about being compassionate humans and helping others. She should have made a statement being clear about her treatment, prognosis etc. in the beginning and used this experience (whatever it may have been) to actually help people. Too little, too late as usual and poorly done.
“She should have made a statement being clear about her treatment, prognosis etc. in the beginning and used this experience (whatever it may have been) to actually help people.”
Exactly! They should have had one formal press conference with a representative of her medical team to outline what was happening, right at the beginning. That’s all they needed and would have avoided the speculation, confusion and fraud all of KP’s foolishness unleashed.
Kate has not mentioned that huevo was ever there with her
Because he was out joyriding in his flash car with Christian Jones.
In my new role as Joint Patron of The Royal Marsden, my hope is, that by supporting groundbreaking research and clinical excellence, as well as promoting patient and family wellbeing, we might save many more lives, and transform the experience of all those impacted by cancer.
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Does “supporting” mean financing and funding the research? PS How disruptive is it for hospital patients to have their care and routine thrown off kilter by her pr visit? Talk about counterproductive.
As I read that entire statement I was thinking to myself, so that’s what a fancy, expensive English education gets you. Piss-poor quality work.
Well, I’m glad she’s done with chemo, cancer-free, in remission, whatever she’s been calling it. And we’ve been hearing about her “working on her recovery” for months now. None of that explains the timing of this photo op.
This 💯
If Kate had cancer I wish her all the very best with her recovery.
My challenge is that she, the other members of the BRF and the RR seem to be living their lives based on Harry and Meghan’s schedule.
This one-upmanship is worrying.
William and Kate don’t seem to have any plans unless it is to make Harry and Meghan look bad, take away focus from them or something something to do with them.
There needs to be a massive intervention here but who will arrange it?
That’s my vibe as well. Who could intervene? No idea. Maaaybe the press if they …I want to say had balls to do it but it’s so gendered😂. What’s a better equivalent? Like if the press made fun of them for the obvious. But it would have to be sustained and relentless and I just can’t see it.
The British Prime Minister, that’s who needs to intervene.
They, the BRF, pretty much have to tow the line there.
I saw that cancer patients are advised not to be exposed to sunlight. How long will it take for KP comms to see the pushbak on the visit from this point and realize they stepped on the PR rake again?
I hope a doctor corrects Kate publicly about sun and water.
Some people called this out when she was at Wimbledon for hours in the sun.
I mean, you’d think she would have worn a hat to cover her face at least. When my sister had cancer, she covered every part of her body with light cotton clothes to protect herself from the summer sun.
Seeing as they let scrabbling upon stacked logs as a jolly pastime for children go by unchallenged, (a hazard I was only made aware of from other CBers comments mentioning the danger here), or pasting a trampoline shot over a sand dune and still remain unchallenged over all the rest of their Frankenphotos both contemporary and historical I can’t imagine they will.
A letter to one of the newspapers after the ‘happy families’ video argued if Princess Catherine wasn’t willing to disclose basic facts about her illness and treatment she should not make such a spectacle of her ‘recovery’, a good point.
A trampoline, that explains a lot. Charlotte isn’t a gazelle so it had to be a fake.
I have no idea what cancer free or remission means in regards to her.
Focuses on recovery equals little work and focus on what brings her joy.
All those months of treatment but NO ONE ever saw her going to and from the hospital? That hospital is in the middle of Chelsea, but you want me to believe not one single person saw anything? The cloak and dagger routine, the lack of details, the refusal for months to make an appearance all leads me to believe that the proven liars are lying again.
And Rebecca English doing handsprings and blowing a vuvuzela insisting she was at the London clinic and laid up at Adelaide.
They are lying liars who lie!
She was more likely receiving treatment at home.
Yeah, and remember that photo allegedly showing William dropping off Kate for her treatments somewhere? With the heir in the vehicle you know darned well there’d be a parade of vehicles. (I never bought that story, btw.)
We’ve been told she’s been transparent. That’s why nobody saw her. Transparent!
I hope she keeps talking. The more she talks, the more people question her ‘cancer’ altogether.
You don’t “recover” from pre-cancerous cells!
Why is she still saying that she had cancer when she was treated for pre-cancerous cells? I had a pre-cancerous mole taken off my ankle. The only thing I did was warn my siblings to use sunscreen. If you need to take treatment after that you do it and don’t go around acting like you’re a cancer patient. It’s kind of tacky and smacks or main character syndrome. Sorry, not sorry.
“Oh what a tangled web…” So Kate had major abdominal surgery, had both cancerous and pre-cancerous cells removed, went through chemotherapy, is both cancer free and in remission at the same time all within the space of less than 12 months. Plus she’s been getting lots of sun (good for seasonal depression or depression in general) and drinking lots of water. Somewhere there is some truth. I’ve always felt Kate has had some kind of mental breakdown. It would be pretty egregious to lie about having chemo through a port, though. Either they can’t control Kate’s PR efforts, or PR people are incompetent and don’t know what they’re doing or they’re trying to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes about something, or all of the above. Surely they can’t be happy with the confusion that it is causing, unless confusion is preferable to truth.
With this lot, confusion is always preferable to the truth. Their truth is too ugly.
It certainly is.
IMO, PPPeg’s paramedic event today and KKKate’s hospital visit yesterday was designed as bookend events to steal Meghan’s thunder. The problem is, they couldn’t steal the Sussex thunder with a robbery consultant and a fireworks squad.
I wonder what is planned for Invictus week – choreographed PDA and an “accidental” ass showing via a skirt blowing up in the wind?
If you haven’t already, it’s time to check out of whatever narrative of the month KP is peddling because none of it makes sense. It makes one skeptical. Something was wrong with her, but what exactly and what she went through they won’t come clean with so whatever. They changed the hospital, the language around having cancer, pre-cancer, cancer free, remission keeps changing. Even some of what she said about chemo and sunshine is suspect. It’s boring and shows incompetence and deceit.
A surprising level of incompetence for someone who has been educated to degree level.
WanK/KP’s lies and cover ups being exposed are the only things that could actually steal Meghan’s headlines in March.
Makes me long for another Concha Calleja report…
Perhaps some time in the future, Kate’s medical team will be given honours for treating her. It’s obvious that something, or multiple things have happened to her. Or maybe Kate will give herself an honour for being so “brave.” Sorry, just couldn’t resist, even if it makes me a bit ashamed of myself. It’s hard to sympathize with this very self-absorbed woman. I do try to keep in mind, though, how vilely the Windsors treat their married-ins. They seem to be handling her with kid gloves at the moment, but who knows how she can be abused behind the scenes.
Interesting how more and more comments questioning her cancer are being posted in the Daily Mail. I thought it was bizarre she had so little contact with the doctors during her visit. I understand the focus was on the kids, but couldn’t she have stayed a little longer and chatted with the medical staff and praised their work? Still doubting she ever had cancer. Surgery due to an eating disorder, possible pre-cancerous cells found somewhere, and off we go. I had something pre cancererous removed from my back. I guess I’ve been in remission all the years.