King Charles’ Funeral Plans Unveiled After Monarch Is Given 2 Years to Live With Pancreatic Cancer

MARY!

Crying really? He's an OLD MAN. You are not related to him, he's not your friend, he's doesn't even know who you are.

[quote] high ranking royal insider told In Touch that Charles is not only battling pancreatic cancer – a timely update given that he did not share what kind of cancer he was diagnosed with – but has a mere two years to live.

High Ranking Royal Insider = Unpaid Intern at In Touch

So it’s been verified that it’s pancreatic cancer?

OMG no fucking way. I’ve never been a big fan of Charles but this is so fucking sad. I’m tearing up. Fuck cancer!

Has this been confirmed? I don’t know if that news source is reliable.

InTouch Weekly. Nuff said.

He's receiving cutting-edge treatment, no way does he only have two years left in him.

Rich or poor we all die.

No confirmation because it’s bullshit.

Oh, brother--what's worse, MARY OP? Or that MARY OP quotes from this rag? For prostate cancer (one of the slowest cancers) to be that far advanced, he would have had to skip all prostate exams for years and years and years. And if he's that stupid, then tough.

I, too, call bullshit.

He has Royal physicians, how could they miss the symptoms associated with PC, if this is true? Same with Kate.

Please. His funeral plans were done years ago in readiness and no doubt updated in the years before he became king. The Palace does not half-ass any major ceremony.

Methinks he was diagnosed before Lilibet died. Remember the red, swollen hands?

OP is sourcing 'InTouchWeekly' ? Seriously ?

R11 You don’t know how pancreatic cancer works do you? It’s one of the most deadly cancers because it’s usually caught very late mostly stage 4 because it rarely has recognizable symptoms.

That, too, R12. Those plans were in place since at least he became king.

UK here,

This is the usual hysterical tabloid crap moving on from Kate.

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Not 1 reputable outlet is claiming this. He might very well be a terminal....but highly doubt InTouch Weekly has the inside track on this news.

Well I believe they are making plans, Charles is a HUGE drama queen. Those Royal spectacles spending tens of millions of dollars of their subjects tax dollars celebrating themselves takes a lot of planning.

[bold]Happy funeral day pauper's! 💰💰💰

How ever will the realm cope should the worst come to pass?

[quote]Crying really? He's an OLD MAN. You are not related to him, he's not your friend, he's doesn't even know who you are.

But it's like he is a favorite character in a long-running soap. You hate when they die.

If he dies, will the put the horse wife out to pasture?

R20 Last week on one of the cable news shows (I think it was CNN), a royal biographer who once worked 'behind the scenes' with the Royal Family said that they are indeed in the process of planning 2 royal funerals - one for Charles and one for Kate. That's protocol when a royal is diagnosed with cancer, no matter how serious the cancer is or what the prognosis is. It's something required.

So yes, both their funerals are being planned at this time.

Charles and Kate should be more considerate before they go by having the funeral together. It’ll save the taxpayers a ton of money.

Tots & Pears

The friends reacting to Diana's death at R18...omg I have replayed that scream over and over. The card game chatter always reminds me of this video from the "Hollywood Superstar Gay Alliance...."

Dim and the grifter will never be on the throne.

In the US, the five year survival rate for pancreatic cancer from diagnosis to death is 12% IF surgical removal of the entire cancerous mass is accomplished.

As the disease is seldom diagnosed in its early stages, this is seldom the outcome.

I’ll believe it when SheKnows says it’s true!

That's why men have regular prostate exams after age 50, R29. One of the most unnecessary cancers to die from.

"there's a cancer on the Monarchy....."

R32 I thought we got rid of her and sent her ass back to Montecito?

I'll drink to that.

R13 he’s always had big, ugly red hands.

Some of you fuckers don’t understand the difference between prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer.

Lady C says "His Majesty is suffering from piles otherwise Charles is in the pink!"

R36 They confirmed that it wasn’t prostate cancer. Why are will still talking about it?

[quote]“Behind the scenes, Camilla is disgusted by the king’s apparent weakness and is providing him little comfort as he battles his fatal cancer,” a palace courtier told In Touch in early March

The scribbler held my sceptical attention until this last paragraph, which is overdone and unbelievable.

Camilla knows that she’s gonna get banished once Charles croaks.

R31 Your pancreas is about a foot from your prostate.

I don't care how long the doc's finger is, he can't check your pancreas by touching your prostate.

Yeah, agreed, R39, credibility was definitely shot with that glaring piece of piping hot bullshit.

HA, R41! All this time I read "pancreas" as "prostate"!

Yeah, then, he's gonna die.

No other credible sources are corroborating this story.

Our beloved Bonnie Franklin was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the end of September, 2012 and died on March 1, 2013 - five months. I've heard similar timelines with other people who were diagnosed.

Cancer can be brutal.

Dying months after a pancreatic cancer used to be common. Now, you can buy a little more time, even a couple years, maybe, but either way, it's terminal.

*Dying months after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis

Two years seems to be the norm for a lifespan after diagnosis. It's a terrible way to die.

If the article is accurate on his diagnosis, a two year life expectancy is an outlier and a best case scenario. Depending on the stage, I guessing he has anywhere from 3-12 months.

Calm down, bitch, R36!

My dad was diagnosed and died 18 months later. It’s such an insidious cancer.

I knew 2 people who had it and they were both gone before 5 months from diagnosis.

My ex's father died from it many years ago, as well. He lasted 4 months from diagnosis.

Alex Trebek lasted 20 months after stage 4 diagnosis. With access to the best doctors and treatments in the world, 2 years is possible.

This is so cruel. It is also another unsubstantiated rumor. There are so many filthy, unprincipled people in this world. I wish we could boycott these publications. Do I thik Charles has pancreatic cancer?No. But even if her did this "two years to live" is way too much bullshit. Way too much. No doctor in his right mind would ever make such a prediction. Now maybe some enterprising intern at one of these rags looked it up and said, well, IF he has this kind of cancer, statistically this is how long he would probably live..." and it takes nothing into account. They are just literally pulling bullshit out of their asses.

Alex Trebek survived 20 months from diagnosis to death. He said to family members of hoping to make it to age 80 and he did.

Monarchs customarily spend years planning their own funerals, building pyramids etc. Long live the King.

We are assuming the In Touch magazine article is correct about the diagnosis. Survival period depends greatly on the stage. If it's stage 1, it may be curable (long term survivor of 5-12 years) . If it's 2-3 it's anywhere between 6 months to 2 years. If it's stage 4 it can be anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months.

R56, doctors will, when they diagnose you, tell you how much time you have, statistically. That's not uncommon.

[quote] Happy funeral day pauper's!

Oh, dear.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Which part, R62?

Charles has the very best care available. Look at the Queen. According to recent reports she had bone cancer for years and we knew nothing about it, and she made it to 96 and kept doing her work with a few modifications nearly to the very last day. Whatever is going on with Charles, he will probably last a good 3-5 years . At least.

This has Diana’s stench all over it. It took almost 30 years, but look who’s having the last laugh.

Well, r65, seeing as Diana is dead, she’s not having the last laugh.

Oh, you’re sharp, R66.

[quote] Whatever is going on with Charles, he will probably last a good 3-5 years . At least.

Not if it is, in fact, pancreatic cancer, R64.

WHEN WILL THE TEARS END???!!????!!?1111111!!!!!!!

R64 Bone cancer is not pancreatic cancer. People with bone cancer can live for years because it’s a slow growing cancer.

Who said anything about bone cancer for Charles, R70? The speculation is pancreatic cancer. You were the one talking about bone cancer.

Who said he had pancreatic cancer? No one lives with that for two years. More like two weeks.

[quote] Charles has the very best care available.

In England?! That’s a death sentence.

JFC, R72, two weeks? Don't be ridiculous.

Any who has been saying pancreatic cancer? Everyone here.

People don’t find out that they have pancreatic cancer until the last minute. They usually die within weeks. It’s the silent killer.

Nothing about this from any legitimate news source.

BS.

He has PROSTATE cancer, NOT PANCREATIC cancer. I know they both begin with P but geez.

R75, I myself said my ex's father died 4 months after diagnosis. Others have experienced years with it. Do keep up.

Does he, Royal Physician at R77?

R71 Bitch, R64 was talking about the Queen having bone cancer and lived for years with it cuz she had the best available care. It’s not the same case with Charles if in fact he has pancreatic cancer. No matter how great the healthcare is, pancreatic cancer will kill you in a short amount of time compared to the slow growing bone cancer. Maybe a little reading comprehension will ya.

[quote] Maybe a little reading comprehension will ya.

Glass houses, stones, etc.

I thought it was finger cancer and that’s why the royal digits looked so fat and juicy.

Cunt, R80, that's what we have ALL been saying about his life expectancy if it's pancreatic cancer. Now get fucked.

R77 They already clarified that Charles does NOT have prostate cancer when they announced his cancer diagnosis. Learn to read dumb bitch.

Ladies ladies…you’re all cunts.

My mom was gone a month after her pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

Two years sounds really hard to predict. Predicting how a cancer is going to behave 2 years from now is pretty difficult. I’m not saying I want him gone or anything, just saying that this article is probably not credible if they’re using a far-reaching timeframe.

Geez!

If it were a treatable form of cancer with likely good outcomes, they would have said what he has. The fact that they are not saying, suggests that it is something bad; and pancreatic cancer is bad.

The same may be true for Kate, though the types of cancer she might have, given the information we already have, suggests her prospects for a good outcome are better.

Pancreatic cancer is a death sentence, there isn't much they can do. I'll be surprised if he survives this year.

There are symptoms with pancreatic cancer. Unfortunately they are mostly ignored or treated as something else and misdiagnosed. But anyone who sufferes from pancreatitis ought ot get checked. And honestly, my own dear mother, is being monitored because they found two lesions on her pancreas. They found them 6 years ago. There has been no change whatsoever. She's doing fine. But she gets her MRI every other year now instead of every year.

Glad to hear that, R90!

[quote]Camilla knows that she’s gonna get banished once Charles croaks.

The Royal Family has lots of beautiful pastures where she can live out her life in the element she is more familiar with, I don't see the problem.

There's probably an on site doctor there. He should supply The King with a morphine drip when the pain gets bad.

I’ve already forgotten where I was when I first read this thread title.

Well, if this rag has it right (always doubtful, but anyway), it would mean his mother reigned 70 years, and he will have for about 2 years.

[quote]Some of you fuckers don’t understand the difference between prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer.

Especially alarming on a gay website.

[quote] Long live the King.

So long Chuck!

Not to worry, R96., Miss R36 monitors every inch of herself, including her vagina.

This story isn't being carried by the Daily Mail or NY Post my preferred sources for scandal.

This is hardly a scandal, R99.

Imagine Charles didn’t reign for long and Kate still didn’t get to become Queen. She’d be rolling in her grave while Rose Hanbury sits in her throne.

But Camilla made it to be queen, R101.

When Charles dies, will Camilla go from Queen Consort to Queen Stepmother?

Given. the number of folks on this thread who mistook prostate for pancreatic and vice versa, I am hoping the same thing happened with the idiots at In Touch Magazine.

In any case I wish him a peaceful and loving time he has left with Camilla. We are all on the slippery slope after 70 years.

Michael Landon and Patrick Swayze died of pancreatic cancer when they were in their fifties. They lived less than a year after being diagnosed. I know everyone is different but that cancer is especially insidious.

She will be sent up north to romp and play

Once King William extinguishes his brother’s claim to the throne, he will have a long and happy reign that will be an era of peace and prosperity for his people.

I have never known anyone diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that lived more than 12 months.

Who should be King William’s next wife?

Where are the reports that the late Queen Elizabeth II had bone cancer? The rumors were multiple myeloma, totally different.

If William properly embraces his role as Defender of the Faith, I believe Kate will be healed and serenely remain by William’s side during all of his reign.

Jesus so they confused Queen E’s bone marrow cancer for bone cancer the way they confused Charles Prostate with Pancreatic? So many dumb cunts on here.

The Queen was like 130. Put every cancer on a dartboard and throw a dart at it. That’s what the fuck she had.

No, R112, I too recall hearing she had BONE CANCER. And I was not the on e who first mentioned it. Now piss off, cuntie!

[quote]King Charles’ Funeral Plans Unveiled

Will there be greasy, salty snacks?

The only publication reporting pancreatic cancer is In Touch.

Call me a skeptic.

R56, literally?

[quote]They are just literally pulling bullshit out of their asses.

Pics please.

Yikes - if it really is pancreatic cancer, there's no way anyone could be saying two years to live. Either he's in bad shape and will be gone soon or they have no idea how long he has.

This seems more like when the hostess tells you that a table will be ready in 18 minutes. It's to lend an air of credibility when someone is just pulling information out of their ass.

Two years is long enough that people will discount the prediction of he survives that long - it's a MIRACLE. If he dies sooner, it was much more aggressive than anyone knew. It's a calculated lob.

Diana said Charles may not be king. She could have said he may not be king for too long.

Stealth scat thread

The Mail doesn't say what kind of cancer it is but he looks like shit.

R122, he looks better than Tammy Faye upthread.

I touch has all the journalistic integrity of RadarOnline.

[quote] Happy funeral day pauper's!

What does the pauper possess?

Nothing on legitimate news outlets confirming pancreatic cancer- which most of the time is very advanced when diagnosed with a 6mo to 1 yr prognosis.

This kind of article is really below the bar of decency.

R126, he has PROSTATE cancer, not pancreatic cancer! Isn't that what we've been talking about?

Fuck you OP. I posted this on the existing royal cancer thread WITH the caveat that it came from ITW and got eviscerated for it.

How very dare you presume to start a whole thread given the source?

No- read R126

[quote] Queen Camilla is said to be frustrated by Charles’ declining health and weakened status.

I know this is b/s. But it's also funny to imagine. Does Tracy Ullman still do Camilla?

OMFG!! I am sooooo GLAD that KING Tampon is going to DIE SOON!!

That's FUCKING AWESOME!! Can he take the "adultering old smoking whore" passed around more than Princess Margaret and Prince a combined?

Makes my fucking week, best Easter Weekend surprise ever!! Love you Easter Bunny!!

Your enthusiasm is amusing, R131, I'll give you that.

I have a feeling this just might be the beginning of the end for the British Monarchy.

Thank You R132, I haven't been this HAPPY since I watched my "NON-DNA" dad died from his horrible cancer after I turned off his morphine to watch him DIE painfully. 6 hours of Bliss!!

What a great Day!! I am going to send prayers for the speedy DEATH of King Tampon!!

I am going to cruise Lakewood Christian trailer park down the beach from the condo in Myrtle Beach I'm staying at for work. Bottle of cold vodka& some confused boys, some Christian gonna be praying hard biting the towel!! Maybe twins!!

If they're saying 2 years, he'll likely be dead in 6 months.

They always say that, R133.

Isn't jaundice one of the major symptom of pancreatic cancer? If KC really has it, that should be noticeable. Don't see it now but time will tell. And I don't think Intouch is the most reliable source.

So, foreign, abnormal cells are essentially colonizing in his body and forcefully spreading to expand their deadly territory? You don't say! Where have I heard of such a thing before?

So Charles admitted that he was being hospitalized for a procedure on his prostate. Probably an enlarged prostate, maybe they removed it. It happens. But it was NOT prostate cancer. That was clearly stated by the Palace. According to them the doctors discovered cancer elsewhere. Now to me that may mean colon or rectal cancer, or bladder cancer. The prostate is not adjacent to the pancreas. The pancreas is part of the digestive system and is particularly responsible for insulin. So I'm thinking not pancreatic cancer.

With all the new ways to treat cancer today, it is possible both Charles and Catherine are on a course to first deal with the cancer, then do the adjuvant (preventive) Chemo to zap it where ever else it may be. Here's what puzzles me. Both of them had surgery. According to reports from experts, today most cancers are found unexpectedly while treating other illnesses. My own Oncologist said when we mwet, that most of the time, when they find cancer the main thing is to get it out. Surgery. Not always but most of the time. It seems like further surgery on Charles wasn't an option. That part is worrying.

You bitches are slipping. So what about what type of cancer KC has.

A funeral is where one settles or creates scores.

Let's get to the juicy stuff. Speculate on the front row, immediate family seating arrangements. How far apart will the brothers be seated?

My sister told me about a week ago he had pancreatic cancer and had 2 years. How she knew this I have no idea. It came up on my news feed today he had pancreatic cancer and he has two years.

My mother died of it in November. I was her caregiver at the end and it was unbelievably ugly. Things happen to the body I didn't think were possible. There was a night of horrible throwing up. She said I haven't been eating anything how am I throwing all this up? The hospice worker told me she was throwing up her stomach. I did not ask her to tell me this.

When a patient starts their decline it seems best to put them under as in a coma with morphine. I wish we had done it earlier with my mother. But it is so hard to do even if they are in extreme discomfort. But though she was alive she after the heavy doses of morphine she went into a deep sleep and she had found peace. She even started having a younger face. Still the hospice worker told me to go to her and tell her it was okay to go. I said she was unconscious. The hospice worker said it didn't matter she'll hear you. I did it. But I still don't believe it. She died the next day. I was told when she was about to die. I held her face in my hands to feel her warmth and listened to her breath. I kissed her and told her how much I loved her and then I left. Shortly after my sister came to tell me she had died. I was on the couch and a deep sleep came over me. When I came to I was told my sister had washed her body and my mother's body had been taken out by the funeral workers.

I never liked Charles but how I feel for him.

R139 Thanks Doc !

16 to 18 months tops. In agony.

“In Touch”, OP? Nothing on Stylecaster this week?

I feel bad for William. Who does he turn to right now when he needs some emotional support? The normal choice would be the wife or father. Obviously in this case they're not available for that. That's rough.

William is lucky because he is close to Catherine's Parents.

Anne is going to be the rock for all of them. Especially Charles. Catherine and Sophie are close too.

R147 meet R148

R123, Well, she IS dead.....

Do they have a plan in place to deal with horse face? All those years she put in as the side hussy....Now she is queen, and I doubt willing to step to the side

❤️R142. R.I.P your mom.

He looks like he is turning into Dame Edna.

R151 should Charles predecease her she will be known as Queen Camilla, with her step daughter in law (Kate) being known as The Queen. Camilla will be very well looked after in her widowhood, as was the Queen Mother in hers. And just by the way, the Queen Mother was styled as such because, like her daughter, she was called Elizabeth and it would have been too confusing to have two Queens Elizabeth rattling around.

Before my uncle was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the only symptoms he had were mild abdominal discomfort, some back pain, and intermittent diarrhea. He was gone in less that 6 weeks.

He will rise from the dead on Easter.

Actually… he looks fine at r156.

[quote] There are symptoms with pancreatic cancer.

Just the opposite. There are no symptoms until it’s in its final stage.

[quote] Anne is going to be the rock for all of them. Especially Charles. Catherine and Sophie are close too.

🚨Frau Alert!🚨

R146 Rose Hanbury duh.

R139, prostate cancer spreads. The Brits aren’t big on saying types of cancer. They only say cancer.

It’s hilarious watching this vile family finally dropping like flies. Good riddance. Hopefully, Andrew’s death is especially painful. Pedophile fuck.

R146, you’re assuming that William actually has emotions that need support.

If it’s true King Charles has Pancreatic cancer I think he’ll be gone before six months is up. It’s a terrible thing. Poor King Charles.

[quote] Rich or poor we all die.

Not me.

He was originally given only one year to live, but he couldn’t pay his doctor’s bill, so his doctor gave him another year.

One hopes it's a Royal form of cancer and not some common hoi polloi malignancy.

Two years? That seems like wishful thinking for pancreatic

So you stupid Brit's are going to spend another £ 200 Million to bury this worthless wanker who's only been king for 3 years. You are are bloody thick as it gets.

All Charles III will be remembered for is an expensive coronation and a more expensive funeral.😂

It’s cancer of the sovereign

The source is The National Enquirer.

[quote] it would have been too confusing to have two Queens Elizabeth rattling around.

We have multiple queens Mary on DL and manage just fine.

[quote] So you stupid Brit's

What does Brit possess?

[quote] the palace is ready to put Operation Menai Bridge in place.

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS!

I'm currently in the field of physician sobbing uncontrollably in between whales of agony. So sad that this man born into privilege he's never had to worry about anything his entire life and probably had just about every whim satisfied should perish after having lived such a life.

^ Spot on it's not like it was reliable source like our Lady C.

What will Camilla be? She can’t be the Queen Mother, because she isn’t.

Is she the Dowager Queen?

[quote] I'm currently in the field of physician

I’m currently at play in the fields of the lord.

[quote] Is she the Dowager Queen?

Give it a couple of years.

Two years is a long time for pancreatic cancer TBH.

[quote]whales of agony

Camila will be put out to pasture.

Vexed indeed! We thought we'd not see the whining sod for at least a decade.

R178 see R154.

My poor aunt tried to fight pancreatic cancer. It was such a losing battle and they had pretty much removed her entire stomach towards the end. It was horrible.

Will the personal toilet seat he travels with be displayed in a museum?

R186 But your poor aunt had Commoner pancreatic cancer so we don't give a toss.

From the publications that were sure Kate had been secluded in a nunnery while William fostered twins on multiple mistresses. We bring... THE KINGS FUNERAL PLANS!

^ Rubbish His Majesty merely has a penchant for sausages.

Camilla will be humanely euthanized.

Throwing up one's stomach! No way. How is that even possible? Just shoot me first.

I saw King Charles the other day on tv where he was making a statement about recent events and he looked [bold]very[/bold] unwell.

He's looked "unwell" since 1968

We have lost all perspective in terms of human life expectancy.

Charles was born in 1948. He is now 75.

In the US, the life expectancy of a male born in 1948 is 65. If a person born that year makes it to age 65, they generally have 12-13 years left. That's according to the Social Security Administration.

Don't know how that differs in Britain, but I can't imagine it's a vast gulf.

Charles was, in statistical terms, a dead man walking when he became king.

[QUOTE]I'm currently in the field of physician sobbing uncontrollably in between whales of agony

I'm so confused.

[quote] Camila will be put out to pasture.

R183, don’t they usually send them to the knacker’s?

[quote]Charles was, in statistical terms, a dead man walking when he became king.

But not we thought in genetic terms, given the long long lives of his mother, father, and grandmother. Then there's his deeply luxurious lifestyle, and commitment to organic food. All fair signs of a good run to his nineties - but as we know, the grim reaper just loves to wrongfoot all our assumptions.

Thank you R152. A woman with an unhappy childhood behind her. I I loved her very much and will always miss her. We did have some wonderful times together. It was at the point where I was the parent and I will miss tucking her in at night and finding a television show she would enjoy. The last thing I made for her was an ice cream soda with coke and vanilla ice cream. Oh boy did she enjoy that. I think it was the coldness and sweetness and it was so refreshing. Maybe if we hadn't kept her at home they wouldn't have allowed me to do it. After that I fed her teaspoons a vanilla ice cream which she loved. She had round the clock care from her children with hospice workers coming in for a few hours every day. One of the last things she said to my sister was she felt like a queen.

The hospice worker said she had a patient who had eaten healthy foods for most of her life and exercised regularly. She kept as fit as she could. It didn't matter. The cancer as they say does not discriminate against anyone even those who try to live healthy lives.

Donna Reed was having stomach problems. Her husband took her to the doctor. The doctor came to the husband and told him she had pancreatic cancer. The husband asked so what do we do. The doctor said we do nothing. She has a month. And she was dead within a month.

Can you imagine what it must be like to be R162, living everyday so full of rage and hatred. I wonder how people like this live, do they have friends or a job, are they on medication? Surely suicide would be a better option than existing only to be a complete cunt 24/7.

Yeah but I mean REALLY unwell R194. It looked like they had wheeled him out and he was ashen white.

That's a very slutty gif. I've got more respect for him now. Is it AI or real?

Evidently he'll be walking to church on Sunday, but not hosting lunch afterwards.

[quote] [R71] Bitch, [R64] was talking about the Queen having bone cancer and lived for years with it cuz she had the best available care.

I had noticed she was wearing an obvious wig in the decade before her passing.

Again with the wigs, R205? You’re rather obsessed, aren’t you?

Queen Elizabeth never “passed”, R205. She died. As will you, me and everybody else. It’s inevitable. Don’t euphemise it.

A link to a picture of one of Her Late Majesty’s obvious wig-wearings in the last decade of her life would be great, thanks, R205.

R142. I was with my 78-year-old mother when she died, after nine days in a coma (she had lived with emphysema and myeloid dysplastic syndrome for some time and had a stroke while in the hospital). I, too, told her it was all right to go and five minutes later she died. As you describe, in the moment after she died, it seemed that all the lines and wrinkles on her face disappeared and she looked like a young woman again. I’m sure there’s a physiological explanation, but it also felt psychologically and spiritually consoling (and I’m agnostic).

It's called chemotherapy, r203.

R203, that gif is from when he was being asked about how he imagined his future wife.

In Touch Weekly is a load of crap which is posting made-up shit about the royals to drive traffic. They have no idea what Charles' cancer is, it appears to have been caught early, his funeral has been planned since the day he was born and replanned the moment he became king.

It's really easy to tell that r163 is American because he knows absolutely nothing about William, how he behaves with others, the work he does to help vulnerable people, the kindness and sympathy he shows.

[quote] I told her it was all right to go

Can someone explain this type of support to me, please? How is this helpful for a dying person? Are they struggling and trying to fight their body that is shutting down? I heard of dying patients who were very close but still started getting out of bed and walking around. Is that them trying to resist? I read up about the process of dying, but took this getting-up-and-move more as a physical thing than a mental/emotional driven action.

Cancer, Cancer, Cancer!

R205 please post us one single pic of the late Queen wearing an obvious wig. One pic that is all we ask.

If you can’t do this then shut the fuck up with your weird wig fetish. You are creepy even for this place.

R200- There are people who can eat rat poison every day and still live to 110 years old.

There’s another group of people who don’t smoke, drink or take drugs. They eat lots of fruits and vegetables 🥗, nuts , seeds , legumes and whole grains and exercise every day and still get cancer and die at 21.

There is a third group of people which is the largest category of people who will die young if they eat poison every day but if they have a very healthful diet and don’t smoke or drink or take drugs they can live to a ripe old age. Death of the category most people fit into.

There was a recent article out saying that there’s a 40% chance of getting cancer in your lifetime. Take that number in, FORTY PERCENT. What the fuck has happened to us?

r218, I had a cancerous colon polyp removed.

Not very advanced, but I am categorized as a cancer survivor.

It is all about the regular testing. During my cancer screening for metastasis, I showed an enlargement of lymph nodes near my pancreas on an abdominal/pelvic MRI.

Endoscopy showed that I had esophageal ulcers. Went on a treatment regimen and two years later ulcers gone and lymph nodes returned to normal.

And while 40% of people may get cancer in our lifetime, most of the cancers people get are treatable.

We each have to become our own health care advocates.

[quote] There was a recent article out saying that there’s a 40% chance of getting cancer in your lifetime. Take that number in, FORTY PERCENT. What the fuck has happened to us?

We stopped dying of other things. Live long enough, dividing cells will mutate. Some of those mutations will be cancerous.

What r217 said

In Touch is my media outlet of choice for all health related news. Us Weekly for politics. Highlights Magazine for financial news. Datalounge for everything else.

[quote]What the fuck has happened to us?

We got better at diagnosing cancer. You think people in the Middle Ages didn't get cancer? They did, they just thought they had an "evil spirit" or "ill humours" in whatever body part.

This is absurd. Pancreatic cancer is usually found by imaging, and if they were working on his prostate there's no reason to think they were doing a full-sweep, which they would have been doing earlier because he's the fucking king.

I think it's more likely they found something with the prostate work. The "non-prostate" talk may indicate an atypical situation.

Yes, I think it's bladder cancer and In Touch is just making things up.

R216, I am not R205, but it isn't hard to find. In the picture in the link below, this is a lace front wig. On top of that, the hairline has been photoshopped poorly, unfortunately, making muddy mess of her skin color and wig. Look her left temple, our right side, and the hair just becomes some white photoshopped mass. I am not saying it's because she had cancer. But not only did she have the best doctors, I am sure she had the best wig makers when she need that white crown of royal hair in public or in pictures.

Siri SUCKS

The last sentence should have said- THIS IS the category most people fit into.

That's makeup in her hairline, which makes it look muddy. White hair takes makeup like a sponge.

Charles just has cancer because he’s jealous of all the attention Kate is getting.

Wow r207, telling the hard truths. Such a badass.

Me, too, r196!

So what if a person wears a wig? And especially an elderly human? Why any stigma on so common a problem--solution? 👨‍🦲🦱

People routinely get dental implants/veneers/dentures; silicone enlargements and injections of this, that, or other body part; altered noses/jawlines/; fake fingernails/eyelashes; and more.

R209, My husband at 73 with dementia finally landed in hospital hospice. I had been "encouraging" him to see our 41st wedding anniversary a few days hence, on a Monday.

But on that Friday before I had an epiphany, and told him that 40 years was a good, even Biblical, number, and that he could "go" if he needed.

On Saturday he died.

R226 that is not a wig for gods sake. The Queen's hairstyle changed slightly during lockdown when this pic was taken Her long time hairdresser couldn’t visit, so her personal assistant and dresser Angela Kelly saw to her hair as she was within the queens small look down bubble of people.

Wigs very very rarely look realistic, we know that from watching mega budget blockbuster films.

R233, condolences. 40 years is a true accomplishment. You’re looking at it wisely. Best wishes.

R199, * She felt like a queen.* who could ask for more. What you wrote was beautiful and sweet. We should all be so lucky to have that relationship with our moms.

R202 Idiot. Donna Reed was not The Anointed of God.

R24 Plans for royal funerals are done years and years in advance. Don’t be ridiculous.

Two years would be a long time to live with pancreatic cancer. This story is bullshit.

R239, sure is and as expected it brought out the DL trolls (angry, resentful blurring their bile).

I was going to correct blurting with blurping but I think blurring works better.

I sincerely hope it is not pancreatic Cancer and that Charles responds to treatment and his cancer goes into remission. I will be sad when he dies because all my life he has been a presence. First as Prince Charles, the awkward, jug-eared, unloved heir to the throne. He spoke to trees and plants loved classical music and cared about the environment. He made enormous, very public mistakes in judgement and cheated on a very popular wife. They divorced. She died tragically. He remarried his long time LOVE, and now he is struggling with illness after finally ascending to the throne. Charles has been a f ixture in my life so when he dies it will be as if a part of my own history has died.

Dying so soon after his mother will make his reign completely unnotable. He will be rememberer as the guy who divorced a young, popular celebrity princess who then died.

Karma’s here.

His reign doesn't have to be "notable", r243, and no one in the UK thinks of him "as the guy who divorced a young, popular celebrity princess who then died".

[quote] He will be remembered as the guy who divorced a young, popular celebrity princess who then died.

In the long run maybe he will be remembered as Charles the Last. Being a Charles on the throne hasn't really been a success yet.

I've always liked King Charles.

I knew even back in the 80s and 90s that what people were ridiculing him about didn't deserve ridicule. It struck me as obvious what he was pointing out about conservation, fauna, architecture made sense.

And now we see everybody on the bandwagon.

Still, I wish he would have never proposed to Diana. That I do fault him for.

But, admit it, Diana fans, you know damn good and well she'd have been miserable, and made miserable, any man she had married.

[QUOTE]Dying so soon after his mother will make his reign completely unnotable.

I think Charles will be more notable for many other achievements rather than his reign as monarch. Starting the Prince's Trust and other effective charitable works, being forward thinking and acting about the environment and sustainability, and making the Duchy of Cornwall very profitable are not a shabby legacies at all. I'd prefer them actually.

Unless someone is wholly unfit to be monarch due to disease (like George III after a certain point) or poor character, judgment or intellectual impairment (Edward VIII, Prince Andrew, Prince Harry), the role of Monarch is very cookie cutter and rote, following the rule of the Government. Pretty much anyone with a decent education and (this is the clincher) good social and diplomatic skills as well as discretion, can do it. Charles has those. His reign won't be remembered as being drastically different from predecessors before his mother. She's in a pantheon all by herself.

I’m crying as I type this

Charles will end up fulfilling his father's greatest fear, being an amoeba

Charles was the sperm that made William possible.

Same here, r242. Charles was born one November before mine. I'm glad I've lived long enough to see his coronation.

But that I might also see William's is mind-boggling.

Charles wanted to preserve "Classical" London. Seeing these photos, especially of the National Theatre, I am inclined to agree with his viewpoint.

Forgot the link:

To R243, Yes, he will, King Tampon will be remembered for his Royal wedding, his 2 boys and his long affair with the Gloustershire Slattern, which caused the divorce. The 2 biggest scandals in the BRF were the Abdication of 1936 & and the Tampon, the slattern and Princess of Wales British soap opera which lead to her Death in 1997.

“Tampon”…yawn.

R253 if you’re going to make tired jokes you could at least get the details right.

The “Gloucestershire Slattern” as you call her - note correct spelling - is from East Sussex and was living in Wiltshire during her first marriage. East Sussex and Wiltshire are not Gloucestershire.

Charles never said that he wanted to be her tampon - quite the opposite, in fact.

But do continue with the King Tampon joke - you’re obviously somewhat limited.

Charles' impact will not be measured by how long he reigns. He has had a significant, lasting impact on the world. I'm very fond of him so maybe my judgement is clouded. But his impact transcends the monarchy.

[quote]Wigs very very rarely look realistic, we know that from watching mega budget blockbuster films.

I would agree with most comments about it not being a wig UNTIL you zoom in. It is pixelated and aribrushed beyond belief right where the netting of a lacefront wig would be around the forehead and temples. Wigs like the queen might have can cost up to $50K. At 96, it would make absolute sense for someone her age and someone who was so visible to wear a wig in a way to maintain continuity through the ages, even the the hair changes. 90% of you don't know how realistic lace front wigs are - especially with makeup and airbrushing.

I was always somewhat apathetic about Charles, neither cared for him or disliked him. His marriage to Diana was somewhat coerced because he was in love with the already married Camilla. He was hoping she would divorce her husband and marry him, but that was forbidden for a royal prince. Yet after marrying Diana he was still carrying on his affair with Camilla.

After seeing The Crown, and Josh O'Connor's sympathetic portrayal of Charles, it humanized him in my eyes so I could understand the nuances and shades of grey in his life.

r214 one of people's biggest fears about dying is the people being left behind. Those words comfort them to let them know you are going to be OK, and that you are OK with them dying. It releases them from needing to console you with their own death. That is why a lot of people pass shortly after some peace has been reached with their loved ones.

My grandmother passed this way. My mother had moved back to Ohio to take care of her. My grandmother's death was unexpected, she wasn't sick, just old. And of course my mother was visiting me in another state when she got the call that my grandmother had had a stroke. My mother was so distraught that she wasn't there and the doctors said my grandmother probably had about eight more hours to live. We rushed and got my mom on a plane back home. Of course there were delays that took her way over the eight hours. But my grandmother held on. My mom rushed from the airport to the hospital. I remember calling her along every step of the way to see if grandma was still alive. She was. It was fifteen hours later when my mom finally arrived by her side. My mom read to her from the Bible, kissed her face and sang to her. She died within the hour. She held on just long enough for her baby girl to say goodbye to her. And when she had, she died.

My biggest fear is not my own death, but that I will not have time to say goodbye to my mother before she dies.

R202 Surely suicide would be a better option than worshiping a crime family .

The UK has the Royals.

The US has Donald Trump.

Which is worse?

My mother did that to my father. He had a stroke and a heart attack. He was not going to recover. It was the long good bye. He was in hospice for 5 days, and my mother would sit with him, and we would sit with them, and finally one night around 11 PM, she stood up walked over to his bed and told him,, "Look. I love you, but I have to go home now. I'm going to say Good bye, and I'm going home. And You have to go too. Everyone is waiting for you. All your brothers, your mother and father, everybody is waiting for you. " Then she leaned over kissed his forehead squeezed his hand and left. He died 4 hours later.

Did he die yet?!!! Is this like the Pope and white smoke billows out of a chimney?

R262 In other words, she told him: Die already!

R261, What a stupendously stupid post.

The members of the BRF are not traitorous Nazi-lovers.

They are not insurrectionists.

They do not agitate for human rights denials, obliteration, or exclusivity.

They take their religion seriously and do not hope to profit from selling its foundational Book, nor do they hold to the "Divine Right of Kings" who are above man's law.

They neither hoard, steal, nor sell Top Secret national documents.

They have not publicly mocked in words or gestures the infirm, women, POC, or immigrants; nor have they publicly praised despots, White Supremacists, insurrectionists, or felons.

The BRF has not in words or pictures threatened the lives of others, nor called perceived opponents "enemies of the people."

It’s been said elsewhere in this thread, but InTouch Weekly is creative non-fiction at best.

R255, But Charles DID say he wanted to live inside Camilla's trousers.

Well, here is exactly what he said:

At least Charles had sex. I doubt the tampon troll has.

Every single senior member of the BRF has a funeral plan already in place. Anne, Charles William and Catherine, Sophie and Edward, and ...Andrew. I'm sure there is a plan albeit a modest one for the Duke of Gloucester and the Kents. (I think the Kent plan will be implemented very soon. And when he drops dead, that will free up some housing. )

R261 Trump was VOTED out of office and is on TRIAL for his crimes and your precious criminal Royals are ? Royalass cultists are the thickest dolts on the planet.😂

CHARLES: Oh, God. I’ll just live inside your trousers or something. It would be much easier!

CAMILLA: (laughing) What are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers? (Both laugh). Oh, you’re going to come back as a pair of knickers.

CHARLES: Or, God forbid, a Tampax. Just my luck! (Laughs)

CAMILLA: You are a complete idiot! (Laughs) Oh, what a wonderful idea.

I love how she can call him an idiot. Makes me think better of him, with all this talk of having someone put toothpaste on his brush or carry his toilet seat around for him.

[quote]The members of the BRF are not traitorous Nazi-lovers. They take their religion seriously and do not hope to profit from selling its foundational Book, nor do they hold to the "Divine Right of Kings" who are above man's law.

[quote]They neither hoard, steal, nor sell Top Secret national documents.

You're not a student of history, are you?

Seriously r273 I almost laughed out loud at r265’s monumentally ignorant post. Wallace Simpson and Edward Viii plotted with the nazis to return him to the throne - there’s a documentary about it called the traitor king with film footage of him inspecting Nazi troops. Wallace Simpson was passing so much information to the Nazis the government had to tell her to stop. Prince Philip’s sisters were married to luftwaffe pilots.

Stop romanticizing this shitbag family. Camilla is uncut trash, Charles will never ever be forgiven for how he treated Diana, and the party emporium princess is a useless climber who added nothing to society once the heir was born. Good riddance and bye. And take the pedo with you to hell.

I will never understand how anyone would care about the goings on of the most ugliest, worthless people imaginable.

And yet you cared enough to find this thread, navigate to the end and post your comment, R275. How odd.

Camilla is uncut, R274?

[quote] And yet you cared enough to find this thread, navigate to the end and post your comment, [R275]. How odd.

Pedestrian response. And you still can’t justify your sick interest in this bizarro cult that worships ugly, entitled assholes.

You’re pitiable.

R273 and r274, You're not students of grammar, are you?

I know all about---and am a collector of memorabilia for the anticipated coronation of---pro-Nazi sympathizer Edward VIII.

Do you know all about the PRESENT TENSE VERB "ARE"?

Why, one might almost comprehend that I was posting of the extant royals!

(Not to mention you persist in unhelpfully floating quotations instead of properly anchoring them with R#.)

R274, Wallis Simpson was a narcissistic American actress who managed to bag herself a dim, arrogant royal, which led to him having to stand down and the two of them being frozen out of royal and British life and being effectively exiled. If anything, Wallis and Edward are more like the gruesome twosome of Montecito, who triggered all this insane online hatred of the British royal family by ignorant, idiot foreigners.

Just for you, r274. Your fellow American Biden seems to be a big fan of the royals, Charles especially.

You age yourself when you say "Charles will never ever be forgiven for how he treated Diana". Only Americans - admittedly, usually gay men - over 55 come out with crap like that. It's not the 1990s anymore, you should stop trying to relive the "glory days" of your 30s. Diana herself seemed to have "forgiven" Charles and after their divorce they had cordial relations. Not that there was anything to forgive him for, as Diana herself played a role in the breakdown of their marriage.

What a bizarre obsession anyway. Are you this rabid about other people's divorces too? And still decades later? Marriages don't always work out, big deal. If anyone should know that, it's you, who's never managed to sustain a relationship.

If you truly are a Diana fan, then it's odd that you're anti-monarchy because Diana was a fervent believer. No doubt you will support her son William when he becomes king, because that was one of the most important things in her life.

Right, R278, so, no response from you apart from the attempt at an insult? Got it!

He must be doing better than some people here would wish. He’s just arrived at church for the Easter service.

[quote]Camilla is uncut

Pics please.

MY father is battling cancer. He is doing Chemo and he has lost a lot of weight. He was never a big g uy but he looks rough right now. As I looked at photos of Charles greeting people at Buckingham Palace and this picture of him attending church, I have to say that he doesn't look like he has lost much if any, weight. He does look pale, but it seems more like he needs to get out and get some fresh air.

I'm not dead yet.

No, r278, you are the pitiable one, for being outraged SO MUCH at what others think of the BRF. Having an interest in the British monarchy is not a "cult"; there is no "worship"; at least Catherine and the children are far from "ugly," although many great world leaders and their spouses have been and are less than beauty contest contenders; and the Windsors and Waleses are as "entitled" as their constituent-subjects allow them to be, no more, no less.

R261, troll or dumb as a rock?

R279's house:

R287 Spot on dearie! They are the most beautiful intelligent moral accomplished accident of births on the planet aka our ROYALTY!

Our Windsors are the hardest working family we know. They have earned everything we've given them.

Instead of hanging around annoying people and making an ass out of yourself, why not just go follow another thread. THis thread is obviously not for you. I hate it when the trolls are so transparent in their attempt to derail a thread.

R292 Instead of being a doltish lickspittle to a bunch of corrupt nonentities why don't you get a life and actually do something to move your pathetic little country into the modern world.

I HAVE BLOCKED THIS AWFUL TROLL. Here at the home its always 1954 and we like it that way.

My mother was too old for chemo. They told her enjoy the time you have left. My sister took her to a Diana Krall concert and Oppenheimer which my mother enjoyed. My sister took pictures and my mother looked really good. I then took over and she shortly after went into decline. I assume I had nothing to do with the timing. But when she went into decline everything suddenly turned horrible.

Why do these BRF threads always turn into vicious cat fights? It's so weird. I rarely participate and mostly skim. But true to form, by the time 100 replies have been reached, it turns into this bullshit:

"I rarely participant"

Her 20th post on this thread.

[quote]"I rarely participant"

r297 You had one job: copy/paste.

R298 You had one job: Not shit your bed.

I do wonder if Harry knows something beyond the whole prostate thing. He did go to the UK rather quickly.

R296 It only becomes "bullshit" when these culty sycophants get called out for what they are? Hundreds of their tiresome groveling posts are what's chickenshit.

R279, anyone who cares about perfect grammar and punctuation on message boards is a stone cold jackass. You run along and polish your iron crosses you Nazi loving bag of shit.

R289, almost certainly. And that’s just the library. Imagine what its bedroom looks like. It probably sleeps in the Nazi king’s used underwear.

You queens can not write the Queen's English. Ironical.

[quote]You queens can not write the Queen's English. Ironical.

It hasn't been The Queen's English since September 8 '22. Unless Charles bestowed that possession upon Camilla, it's now The King's English.

R302 and r303, I mentioned grammar only because I was accused of not knowing my British history, when for 30 years I actually taught it. So when I referred to the living BRF, whose late Queen remained with her family in London during the Blitz, I didn't appreciate a lecture on the previous one that abdicated pre-coronation, no less. (Any time you want to discuss, say, the Inter-Regnum, do let me know.)

To call me a Nazi or neo-Nazi is so stupid, so in error, so, in fact, bizarre, you have no idea. No. Idea.

You will no doubt cast vulgar aspersions on this now, but nevertheless I tell you I am an unwavering Zionist (and a Catholic one, to boot!), and have been since I read "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" as a young teen. I have books on every major Mossad operation, with my favorite book's being Simon Reeve's superb "One Day In September" (Munich 1972 and the Israeli revenge. BTW: Spielberg's "Munich" is inferior to "Sword of Gideon.") I prefer "The House On Garibaldi Street" of both books and movies about the capture of Eichmann.

I can list for you Palestinian and pro-Palestinian terrorist organizations and many of their more destructive attacks. Do you know why they were harried out of Jordan on a "Black September" day?

And not to put too fine a point on it, but I am of the opinion that the ferocity and duration of the current Israeli response to Hamas in Gaza is directly due, not just to the number of murders of young Israelis, but to the sexual savagery and depravity of the slayings. I am pitiless regarding vengeance.

I have been to the Dachau concentration camp.

So basically, your "reading people" skills are a tad rusty.

The funny thing is, these dumb American Megstans and confused ageing Diana acolytes (they always forget that the greatest thing in her life was the prospect of William becoming king) are all going to die, taking their putrid hate with them, and the royal family will continue. And Democratic politicians are always going to love and support them.

One thing people fail to realize is that it is not about the people themselves, it is about the institution. So Brits, if they decided to give up on the Monarchy, would be letting go a huge part of themselves, a huge part of their national identity. And this is not something you do lightly, because when it's gone, it's gone forever.

R306, I wouldn't say you're wrong. But I will say that your rebuttals (a) feed a troll, (b) may come across as being petty, (c) are off-topic, and (d) are not entertaining either. When two posters go at each other in a constant back and forth, they lose the general audience. Just speaking for myself, in this case I don't care who is right, and I just want both posters go away because they are a serious distraction from the topic without adding anything.

R307 Royalass getting it wrong again.You Windsor stans are the ones dying off dearie. Despite your Daily Fail fantasy "polls" What you delusional fraus are too thick to comprehend is support for your obsolete scroungers is highest among the 55 to 85yo demo. Which like the senile pensioners babbling their cult mantras on DL are the ones dying off. The 18-30 yo have absolutely no use for the irrelevant Windsor circus. The 30-55 yo' barely tolerate your cosplay clowns. So the younger you are the LESS you want to pay for accident of birth ribbon cutters. Old gits like R307 and her ilk are the ones dying off .But you continue to keep faith in your Hello / OK world as your nappy fills up Klan Gran.

Woo, r310 really is riled up! And really fucking stupid! You know absolutely fucking nothing about which you spout. But, carry on with your rage! You only show up your deep, deep stupidity. If you're still around in 20 years (you're obviously a frustrated elder), you will see for yourself. Dip shit.

By the way, r310, since you consider yourself an expert, can you please tell us Brits who our head of state is going to be if we get rid of the monarchy?

William and the under-18s, for the nutcase at r310.

William and the youth, for r310.

Who gives a rat's arse about these obsolete fools in their amusement park kingdom? The whole country is a funeral.

The Royal Family Channel😂

R313 My sides...stop please..I beg of you! I can't breath.... look at him! No more!!! Comedy Gold😂😂😂😂

r310, init?

R311 Well I know who Georgie's really daddy is...

When Willy ask the "youth" how old do you think I am?

57.😂

My work here is done. Too much hilarity for one morning. Off to the beach.

You obviously care a lot, r315. On the other hand, no one gives a shit about your opinion, which has absolutely no significance whatsoever in the real world. You are nothing and your opinion is nothing.

"My work here is done." - Interesting, r321. I suspect by "work" you don't mean that you're a paid troll but that you have taken it upon yourself to make it some kind of task of yours, for whatever emotionally disturbed reason, to trash the British royal family online. The thing is, however, no one gives a shit what you think. Your opinion is utterly insignificant. First of all, it's based on complete ignorance. You know nothing about the royal family and their place in British life or international diplomacy, and that's clear in every post you make. Secondly, no one cares what you think and you are not affecting public opinion anywhere in the world against them. You're probably only increasing sympathy for them, as your posts make it clear that the online trolls who try to damage their reputation are nothing more than complete morons. Third, if you are somehow inspired in your bullshit by Meghan and Harry, as many online anti-royal bullies are, at the end of the day you're only damaging the reputation of the Duchess and Duke of Montecito, as your moronic bullshit is associated with them and their tactics against his family.

[quote] Why do these BRF threads always turn into vicious cat fights?

Because these people are insane. I ff all BRF threads because they litreally attract nutjobs to DL who actively go searching for forums discussing BRF. They have no jobs, so they spend all day searching the web to stan their favorite pale aristocratic wankers and defend them to the death while wishing destruction upon any who don’t like their favorite pasty faced void.

Not to mention most of you are rejects from the Heartstopper threads.

Some here really take every bait that's been laid out for them.

I have only one poster on ignore and this thread has slowed to a crawl already. Is it posting repetitive memes again?

I have only one poster on ignore and this thread has slowed to a crawl already. Is it posting repetitive memes again?

Stop feeding the trolls. My Granny always used to say, "Just cause they plain' the music don't mean you have to dance."

You sound so reasonable, R324, succinct and dispassionate. Thank you for your service. You might check the block function. That often helps people in your state.

I can’t muster up any sympathy for him. Awful I know but here we are…

I can, in the same way I have for anyone who has prepared their entire lives to do something and have it snatched out of their hands by cruel fate.

Pictures from Easter services at Windsor were a little dull with so many family members missing this year, but Anne saves the day with her fringed western style boots and matching handbag.

Anne's coat is gorgeous.

Omg those boots are ridiculous

I agree. The boots/handbag are incongruous with the dressy elderly Easter-do.

But I don't think being admired for her fashion is a priority for the Princess Royal.

We're not a Cult.

Anne's coat is gorgeous!

The Princes Royal looks better in clothes. Trust us.

I like her whole outfit. The color of the coat is beautiful.

Look at Anne’s fat ass. Must be useful for riding!

R338 that heaux is JACKED!

Anne deserves her own thread. She seems to work the most, even at an advanced age, but I'm not sure she gets the recognition she deserves. Or does she? Brits, what's your country's opinion on the Princess Royal?

Anne can take the most wonderful dress or coat and manage to make it look dowdy.IMO. The boots and the purse and those gloves do not work with that outfit. They don't. But I love her for it. She always makes a statement. It says, "Dear God!" Now Fergie looked like she grabbed that dress out of the Goodwill bag. She looks like an unmade bed.

Anne is everyone's favorite royal because she takes after her mother so much. She doesn't get sucked into dramas and seems to have a low tolerance for nonsense, vanity, and navel gazing. She's a workhorse who just buttons up and "gets on with it" in that uniquely British way. It's not about her, it's about the work, which is the precedent set by QE2 by which all royals are now measured against. She's the antithesis of Charles in nearly every way.

R344, I get that. But I cannot for the life of me understand why she seems determined to look old and decrepit. She could color her hair. She could use conditioner or get it styled. It's always frizzy and sloppy and dry. And speaking of dry, has she ever heard of moisturizer. That roadmap of lines on her face tells me she just doesn't even make an effort. I suspect she always wears gloves because she has no manicure. Do not even get me started about her teeth. Maybe she wants the image of a simple country woman, but she isn't. She is the Princess Royal and there is nothing grand about her. She should do better. Sophie and Catherine are the only ones who look like they care about their personal appearance.

Anne also has those boots in black, which she rather racily wore at King Constantine’s memorial service.

I’m just a little embarrassed at knowing this.

But Anne rocks - no nonsense, no complaints and can do no wrong as far as I’m concerned.

R345, here, yes I am hard on Anne but honestly to be more balanced I will say she has a good figure and nice legs and it just seems like she deliberately dresses to distract attention from herself.

For Anne's Easter look, if she had lost the boots and bag and added burgundy/oxblood tights, leather t-strap heels that matched her gloves, and a simple peach clutch, her outfit would have been perfection.

R345 proving that as an American he knows absolutely nothing about the English aristocracy, especially those of Anne’s generation. She has a great figure and is very fit with all the horse riding and striding purposefully around Gatcombe Park. Why should she colour her hair? Why should she “make an effort” about her wrinkles? She’s earned them. Just because she hasn’t had her teeth bleached and bonded to blinding white chiclets like any basic American “celebrity” doesn’t mean that they are not healthy.

She is not a Bel Air housewife and has no need to appear to be so. She has had the good fortune to be born into immense wealth and privilege while recognising that she earns her keep with the workload that she maintains.

Interestingly Sophie and Catherine, as you pointed out, probably make more of an effort on their appearance (Sophie less successfully so). They are both middle class women who married up and as such I assume that they feel the need to try harder. Anne was born at the top of the heap - she has no need to impress anyone with anything other than her achievements such as competing at the Olympics, winning a medal at the European riding championships, sponsoring an annual eventing day at her estate, working tirelessly for Save the Children for decades and representing the monarch faultlessly - with the occasional hiccup - all her adult life.

R345 you think that she should do better? I’d love to see you suggest that to her face. She’s the Princess Royal not Candy Spelling.

I love the coat it’s a lovely spring color and it looks good on her but the hat, boots and handbag are terrible.

She needs us.

R349, she is a public figure. Period. And she presents as someone who doesn't give a fuck how she looks. Can't be bothered. It's not about "marrying up" it's about having duties that require one to be in the public eye. Meeting people, spending time, etc. and those people make the effort to look their best for the Royals they're meeting, so I would think out of respect the Royals would do likewise. Camilla, Sophie and Catherine do. Anne does not.

Don’t forget facing down an armed would-be kidnapper, R349.

R352 you’re still not getting it, but that’s ok. Just remember that Anne was born royal, Camilla, Catherine and Sophie all married in and up. But I’m not going to repeat what I’ve already said - reading for comprehension is obviously not one of your core competencies.

All that I can add is that I can’t recall any of the hundreds of people who she encounters on the royal circuit each year complaining that she didn’t condition her hair, pump her face full of fillers or get a Hollywood Smile. It’s about authenticity, not plasticity, but as an American that’s probably rather a foreign concept to you.

Anne will no doubt soldier on in her bad fashion (which still fits her after 40 years of rewearings), being interested and interesting, jumping in and out of helicopters on her way to a regiment or hospital or touring Save the Children sites in Africa and the Middle East and enjoying her time at home overseeing her magnificent Gloucestershire estate surrounded by her large and extended family, all of whom like her and each other enough to live on the estate as well - husbands, wives, exes, children. She must be doing something right.

Now tell us about your life, R352.

I get your opinion, r354, r349. I'm not getting the reason for your catty attitude. I don't think it's needed. Your opinion could stand on its own. No nastiness needed.

R354 there is no need to be so ill bred and so rude that you find it necessary to call my reading comprehension, my nationality, and in fact my entire life in to question compared to the beloved Princess Royal. As a matter of fact I have had a very eventful life. I am a bit younger than Anne but my main point still holds. It has nothing to do with the fact she was "born Royal." In point of fact I have seen a lot of photos of a younger Anne who did make the effort. I don't recall saying anything about fillers or cosmetic surgery. My focus was on basic grooming. You know. The way Horses get groomed. LOL! It is very possible to groom your hair into a nice "no fuss" style that is still becoming. As I said, the people who get to meet Anne all make the effort to look their best and dress as correctly as possible because they're meeting the Princess Royal. It is a matter of respect.

Oh do get a grip, R356 - you surely can’t be that precious! You stated something and I disagreed stating why, that’s all.

Why does Charles still have hair and Williams has completely gone bald? Is it Diana’s genes to blame?

r348 Burgundy???! Do you want her to look like some kind of demented Christmas present? I would have gone with a deep royal blue.

But it’s ok for you to pass judgement on the appearance of a member of the British royal family because she doesn’t conform to your particular standards of fashion and grooming, R356?

Don’t be obtuse. I hope that that’s not too catty for you.

A princesse du sang can dress as she pleases even if it means wearing fringed clodhoppers and a hideous fascinator to Easter mattins.

R359 Oxblood and mint green go gorgeously together, especially when paired with peach. It also pairs beautifully with cognac brown leather. It's the perfect, not-too-pastel-precious Easter color scheme. Royal blue tights do not give Easter at all. Royal blue against that coat would make it look seafoam green and she would look like a Caribbean hotel lobby.

How is Fergie doing? Doesn't she have cancer, too?

Hey, don't resort to personal attacks. I expressed my opinion. So now, I'm precious? And then you throw some bullshit French term to show off about a Princess of the Royal Blood? Jesus Christ on a f ucking crutch. Is this 1700 B.C.??? I have an opinion based on my observations. Clearly you do not agree. But your personal attacks weaken your "reasoning." I will have no more to say on this subject. Sorry if it put anyone on the defensive.

Princess Anne is wearing makeup in that Easter picture up thread. I see powder and lipstick and probably blush. She might be wearing a little mascara too. She is making an effort. I'll bet that she wears makeup because Queen Elizabeth once told her that she ought to.

I didn't like Anne's look there at first, but now I understand it a bit more. It's as if she is saying, be yourself, get up and get to work. I kindof admire her more now that she is older.

Exactly right, R366. “Be yourself” - who could argue with that?

R363 I am trying to help you here - you are trying to apply American standards of appearance, grooming and fashion for a “celebrity” to someone who is neither American nor a celebrity. And that won’t work, nor should it.

If you could, just for a moment, take a peek outside your American bubble you might possibly understand that America is not the rest of the world and that the rest of the world, for better or for worse, often operates on a different paradigm. In this case you want the 74 year old Princess Anne, daughter of a reigning queen and a prince of Greece and Denmark, granddaughter of a reigning king, a Queen consort formerly daughter of an Earl, a Princess of Greece and Denmark (formerly a princess of the UK and grand-daughter of Queen Victoria) and a prince of Greece and Denmark to conform to your idea of what a celebrity should look like. She should dye and condition her hair, moisturise her skin, pump her face full of fillers and get her teeth capped to Trumpian chiclet brilliance. A makeover, perhaps?

The people who Anne meets every day, and I would suggest the people of the UK on the whole, couldn’t give a fuck about that stuff for her. The only member of the British royal family who played to the masses with a focus on her appearance was Anne’s late sister in law Diana, and we all know how that worked out.

Maybe you should focus on that pretend Countess on the Real Housewives franchise, or on that ridiculous faux Duchess in Montecito, and project your idea of how they should look on them, because all that you are doing now is looking a bit silly and out of your depth when you try to do otherwise.

^^ apologies R363, that was meant for R364.

I guess I'm going to comment once more even after saying I wouldn't. I really think you are going down the wrong road by making assumptions about me being in an American bubble, and regarding my preference for capped teeth, "Trumpian chiclet brilliance" . I don't know why you insist on saying I want her to get fillers. That's a ridiculous notion. I never said it. I have no idea who you refer to when you speak of pretend Countess on the Real Housewives franchise, nor have any interest in them. But I guess this is your way of casting me in an image of disdain. You draw a silly, false profile of me, based on assumptions and demonstrable of your own ignorance of who I am in order to attack comments I never made. It's a weak, transparent strategy. And I am very familiar with the bloodlines of The Princess Royal. I admire her very much. She has always been a favorite of mine.

But I would point out to you once again, that the people who come to see her, who are excited to shake hands or get their knighthood or whatever, have done their very best to present themselves in the best possible light out of respect for her and the family she represents. And I wish she would take a little more care to do the same for them. Her mother certainly did, as did her Aunt Margaret, and her Grandmother. And honestly you do not speak for all the people you claim ""couldn't give a f uck" about that. And this really is my last post, because I find these arguments you're presenting tiresome.

R368- You talk too much.

Regardless the cancer, I’m guessing the Royals all have funeral plans in place, or at least Charles, Cammy, Will and Charles’ siblings.

I have never said this before on DL ever because I haven't seen it as a problem until now. But holy fuck has this thread taken a golly gosh, scrapbooking, crockpot simmer scent frau turn for the fucking worst. Thanks, R364, you broke me.

Exactly, R372. Funeral plans have been etched in stone with little tweaks here and there for decades. One thing to remember and I am sure it must have been stated already regarding Charles, is that the older you get the slower the cancer develops. That is a fact. So with good treatment, I think he can manage to live well into his 80's. I am much more concerned about Catherine.

It's not like the funeral plans are built from the ground up each time. There's template, that is tweaked over time.

R366 Hag stole my act.

This has been a really silly thread even by DL Royal standards, but I just wanted to pick up on this:

[quote]But anyone who sufferes from pancreatitis ought ot get checked.

First of all, I didn't realize Geoffrey Chaucer posts here, but I guess some of the eldergays are older than I thought.

Anyway the point is YES, you ought to get it checked, because pancreatitis is a potentially fatal illness by itself.

^ You cannot just say 'yes, it ought to get checked out'. You also had to dismiss the entire really silly thread. Why? Why alienate every poster in this threat before making a point?

Excellent, R370!

About this being your last post, I mean.

R377 Didn't realize Kate Smith posted here. Guess you are fatter than I thought. Anyhoo the point is YES R377 must exercise between courses .

Love R356 trying to reason/scold her way out of the DL's prevailing norms. Good luck, toots... I'd find a more haus frau board where your kind of civility prevails.

[quote] Why does Charles still have hair and Williams has completely gone bald? Is it Diana’s genes to blame?

Boys usually inherit their hair genes from their mother's side. This is why William was a blond (like Diana and her mother) and Harry was a redhead (like Diana's father and her siblings). Diana's father went bald early and so did both of her boys.

Anne was an Olympic medal winner in equestrian events. She still spends a fair bit of her time on a horse, and is generally outdoorsy. She had her moments when she was young, but she is too sensible and business-like to be a fashion victim.

Why do some Americans need to impose their standards? She’s doing her own thing, end of story.

R383, Anne never won an Olympic medal.

Per usual R382 is talking out of her phat arse.

R383 competed, never medaled at the Olympics but has at other three-day events.

Stop with THE FAT PEOPLE!!

Back to The DEATH of KING TAMPON& Cotswold Slag banishment by "Good King William and Queen Catherine" forever may they REIGN.

74-year-olds have unmanageable, dry-looking hair and wrinkles not because they aren't conditioning and moisturizing but because they are 74! Do you really think old people are wrinkled because they don't ever use moisturizer?

R382 Sure Tiny.😂

R377 and it just gets weirder thanks to whoever you’re referring to. Trust me, if you have pancreatitis, you will have been diagnosed with it. Otherwise you might say that you’ve got ungodly abdominal pain, but no one would smack themselves on the forehead after feeling that pain and say, “I have pancreatitis.”

The symptoms are diffuse and non- specific and physical exams more often than not do not result in an accurate diagnosis. It can be fatal. But pancreatitis (painful but usually manageable ) and pancreatic cancer (painful and most often fatal) are different diseases.

Yes Anne’s just like Elizabeth, no scandal.

🤦🏻‍♂️

Leave HRH Princess Anne alone, I like her, she's a great character!!

This whole thread is hypochondriac fraus claiming they are " royalty" based on diagnostic association. My sides.

R368, so glad you have your well thumbed Debrett's at the ready, so that we, poor Americans know the difference between the Princess Royal and your garden variety Marchioness of Malarkey!

R394 Says a garden variety Queen

Maybe Princess Anne was molested and that’s why she chooses to maintain such an unattractive appearance.

R394 - yet another American who has no fucking idea but insists on commenting anyway.

These loons are all going to die but the royal family will continue, r397, and politicians from the Democratic party are always going to praise them. That's what's so funny about the ravings of these loons.

Wow finally Anne has something interesting for people to talk about.

R395, I'm no garden variety queen! Ha!

R388 's assertions are ridiculous. And frankly have nothing to do with "Americans." When you have a moment, do please check out the Duchess of Gloucester.

I'm a gay male American in my early 60s, and I've mainly had a fatherly reaction to Charles, as in, I looked up to his attempts to maintain his responsibilities. I never had those kinds of reactions to Diana. I was disappointed by the whole Diana and Charles melodrama, but was happy for him and Camilla when they finally made their relationship official. I don't want to snatch happiness away from anyone, except for some of the really hateful trolls. We on DL don't need to descend into internecine warfare because we don't agree with each other.

I respect some of the BRF members for their commitment to their work. We really don't have anyone to compare in the US; if we do, they're not treated as such (IMO).

R402 all the former Presidents do good works through their foundations and independently, but it isn't highlighted because our profit driven media choses to hype horserace politics, and tabloid style crime reports. And of course War. The networks love a good war or a scandal.

Zara Tindall has won Olympic Silver (equestrian team).

Oh boo hoo! Poor widdle R370 got upset at being corrected. Perhaps this isn’t the place for you.

Perhaps?

R405, I decide v the place for me, not you. Do you enjoy being a bully?

Not at all R407 - whether you stay or go is immaterial to me.

R398 Faster..faster

R400 Wishing you a happy ending.

R398 finally got something correct.

R409 / R410’s posting history is “interesting”. Not so much for the content - utter drivel - but for the volume. It is unhinged.

Put the pipe down, R409, or at least save up some spare change to download some new memes. You’re boring enough as it is without endlessly repeating yourself.

R390, I thought the unattributed quote was enough to make it clear I was quoting from someone higher up this thread. I don't know why you thought I would confuse pancreatitis with pancreatic cancer, nor why you think "potentially fatal" = "untreatable". In your own post you say it is hard to get an accurate diagnosis for. The key message remains, "If you think you might have it, get it properly diagnosed and treated, because it may not be cancer but left to its own devices it can kill you."

R378, I do apologise for my tone. Because of a big time difference with the USA I often come to threads very late. I realise I'm coming in late and try not to repeat what has already been said, so I had just read through 376 posts, at least half of which had not read any of the thread, about a quarter of which had misinterpreted something they had read quickly, and nearly all of which were talking very earnestly about an incredibly hypothetical rumour (that Charles has pancreatic cancer) as though it was proved. The conversation went round and round without progress. It was late at night here and it all got a bit much. I persisted because I thought it was important, if nobody else had, to point out how serious pancreatitis is, since the original poster was a bit offhand about it. I should have just skipped it.

Apology accepted. Love ya!

Awww, I love DL kiss and make-up, hug it out moments.

R413 Wake us when you're done dearie.

Distractify, R391? No groundbreaking stories from those journals of record Stylecaster, In Touch and Newsweek available today?

lol...Good comeback, R410! Let me return the favor...

Oh! Rubbish...you have no power here...be gone..before somebody drops a house on you too!

P.S. I love snarky comments back and forth at The Data Lounge. It's in good fun. Can you imagine if we were all sitting around in a bar.

Oh, the sharp barbs that would fly!

No need to imagine dearie

Why is Ann wearing strange unmatching boots to Easter services and to Constantine’s funeral?

Either she’s got dementia or she’s hiding something like a dressing on a wound that won’t heal. Or a healed but ugly leg bypass scar.

R420, I actually think she has a sense of humo(u)r and is just trolling people like you. She couldn't care less about matching shoes, so she expresses her distain to fashion in the most obvious way.

Wait. The boots don't match each other? This thread has really taken a hysterical turn with Anne's choice of footwear and styling. And dear God, the people going on about Anne's grooming makes it sound like she rolls out of bed and makes her visits unshowered, with unwashed hair, food particles between her teeth, stains down her front, and dirty nails. Posters are actually suggesting she's disrespectful of the people she visits because she doesn't color or condition her hair, moisturize, or dress like Diana. Jesus people, listen to yourselves!!!

I think the boots fit her personality; dry and horsey—and I mean that in a good way.

People, people! Look, Anne is a hard-working member (given the royal meaning of "work") of the BRF, the very essence of "indefatigable." And as noted, she in her 70s has maintained the enviable figure of the BRF women.

But as with her brothers, she has succumbed to the Windsor Metamorphosis, going from lovely, almost ethereally so, in youth to not so much in adulthood. Prince George will follow the same pattern.

And that naturalness is one reason the BRF is beloved by the majority.

R424 Spot on! They are as fugly and unattractive as the majority of Brits.

It might be time to retire “Spot on!”, R425.

Well no one expects Anne to swan around looking like Helen Mirren. And you're right, of course she does wear make up. It's just that she seems to have saved all her mother's compacts of pressed powder and crimson lipsticks of the kind that tend to cake up on the lip, along with the rouge boxes she may have inherited from her maternal Grandmother. Those retro boots that contribute to her edgy sense of style are a welcome distraction. I don't mind her hair. She reminds me of Gary Oldman in Coppola's Dracula. Or maybe Oldman reminded me of Anne. Hard to say. But I do adore Anne. And she does work hard. She is always out and about, God love her!

If ever there was a symbol of out of fucks to give it's Princess Anne. Mind you, she took up the banner at about age 7, but still.

Anne would have made a great monarch.

There's a fine BBC documentary about The Coronation, backstage glimpses aplenty. After all is gloriously done, we see the central players loosely assemble. Anne enters, and is heard to say to her brother The King, "Hello, old bean." Adorable.

I think she did it as a distraction. That's all you are talking about now, right?

R430, I saw that! I loved her for saying it and Charles just lit up when she said it. They're very close and it is good to see that.

[quote] Anne enters, and is heard to say to her brother The King, "Hello, old bean."

In Thailand she would be incarcerated for that, wouldn't she?

R433, Your point?

R430 You heard wrong :

Anne enters, and is heard to say to her brother The King, "Hello, old queen" Adorable.