Kate, Princess of Wales and her cancer diagnosis thread…

[Ammi]

…and all things relating to her illness and recovery etc…

[Ammi]

Kate Middleton has revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing “preventive chemotherapy”


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[Ammi]

“William and I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family,” Kate said

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[Ammi]

Kate was informed of her diagnosis following her abdominal surgery in January

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[Mystic Mock]

Kate Middleton has revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing “preventive chemotherapy”


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I hope that she will pull through, not just for her sake, but for her really young children's sake too.

Because speaking for myself, I dread to think what losing a parent at that age would've been like, because children aren't really ready for situations like what Kate's going through, especially if it goes south.

[Ammi]

She will now postpone her official duties to focus on her recovery

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[Niamh.]

Thanks Ammi :love:

[bots]

I wonder if she and Charles will be getting the new genetically coded cancer treatment

[Liam-]

The one thing that baffled me though is that if she has already been diagnosed with cancer, why would she be having ‘preventative’ treatment?

[user104658]

The one thing that baffled me though is that if she has already been diagnosed with cancer, why would she be having ‘preventative’ treatment?

I would imagine the cancer was removed during surgery but they're doing chemo to ensure that none has been missed that could potentially spread. Not really one it's possible to speculate much about though as nothing has been said about the type or stage of the cancer and both really make a huge difference.

Must be triggering for William either way, having lost his own mum at a young age. That'll massively ramp up the anxiety even if her prognosis is very good.

[thesheriff443]

The one thing that baffled me though is that if she has already been diagnosed with cancer, why would she be having ‘preventative’ treatment?

Because what they removed was cancerous they are targeting areas that will have more cancerous cells in them

[bots]

Some cancers can see you off less than a month from initial diagnosis. However, we shouldn't underestimate the absolutely massive steps forward there have been in cancer treatment over the last couple of years. There have been mind blowing advancements

[Niamh.]

Some cancers can see you off less than a month from initial diagnosis. However, we shouldn't underestimate the absolutely massive steps forward there have been in cancer treatment over the last couple of years. There have been mind blowing advancements

No doubt she'll be getting the absolute best treatment anyway.

[thesheriff443]

Some cancers can see you off less than a month from initial diagnosis. However, we shouldn't underestimate the absolutely massive steps forward there have been in cancer treatment over the last couple of years. There have been mind blowing advancements

There are lots of factors when it comes to cancer
But one thing we can all relate to is the fact it’s a young mother with three young kids regardless of Kate having married into the royal family

[Cherie]

The one thing that baffled me though is that if she has already been diagnosed with cancer, why would she be having ‘preventative’ treatment?

A doctor uses chemoprevention to lower a person’s risk of developing cancer, especially for:

People who are at a high risk of developing cancer. This includes those with an inherited cancer syndrome or a family history of cancer.
People who have already had cancer. Chemoprevention can lower the risk of a cancer recurrence or a new cancer. A recurrence is when the cancer comes back after treatment.

from Google

[Beso]

There been a huge huge rise in abdominal cancer in the under 40s females...could it be all this exercising?

[Zizu]

There been a huge huge rise in abdominal cancer in the under 40s females...could it be all this exercising?


Or the obsession with protein shakes and the like ?


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[user104658]

I'm pretty sure neither exercise nor protein shakes are causes of cancer...

[user104658]

Recent research has shown though that the #1 predictor of cancer survivability (the people who fare best with beating cancer basically) is the person's muscle mass at the time of getting cancer. So for example if a powerlifter and a supermodel (both otherwise healthy/healthy diets etc) were to get exactly the same cancer at exactly the same time, the powerlifter would have a significantly better chance of beating it. So yeah. Get your protein in and lift your heavy things folks.

[Niamh.]

Recent research has shown though that the #1 predictor of cancer survivability (the people who fare best with beating cancer basically) is the person's muscle mass at the time of getting cancer. So for example if a powerlifter and a supermodel (both otherwise healthy/healthy diets etc) were to get exactly the same cancer at exactly the same time, the powerlifter would have a significantly better chance of beating it. So yeah. Get your protein in and lift your heavy things folks.

Oh interesting, I hadn't heard that. I'm ****ed then unless I start doing some weights :skull:

[Beso]

I'm pretty sure neither exercise nor protein shakes are causes of cancer...

If all the scientists don't know the reason yet then neither do you. So dont be so certain and dismissive, just yet.:nono:

[Beso]

And..


Body builders might be more prone to getting cancer for all you know.

[Maru]

Love you Kate, please get well soon :love:

[Vanessa]

She's so young. Hopefully that will go in her favour. Get well soon!

[user104658]

If all the scientists don't know the reason yet then neither do you. So dont be so certain and dismissive, just yet.:nono:

And..


Body builders might be more prone to getting cancer for all you know.

I mean there is quite a significant amount of research and data on the causes of cancer. Obviously we don't know all of them but we do (even as common sense) know that fit and healthy people are less likely to get cancer than unhealthy people, and also that there's a generic element (more likely to get certain cancers if other people in your immediate family have had it). And that carcinogens exist. It's not still a complete mystery.

[Vanessa]

I mean there is quite a significant amount of research and data on the causes of cancer. Obviously we don't know all of them but we do (even as common sense) know that fit and healthy people are less likely to get cancer than unhealthy people, and also that there's a generic element (more likely to get certain cancers if other people in your immediate family have had it). And that carcinogens exist. It's not still a complete mystery.

But it does hit healthy people as well.
For example, my late grandfather was a heavy smoker, but was healthy pretty much his while life.

[Beso]

I mean there is quite a significant amount of research and data on the causes of cancer. Obviously we don't know all of them but we do (even as common sense) know that fit and healthy people are less likely to get cancer than unhealthy people, and also that there's a generic element (more likely to get certain cancers if other people in your immediate family have had it). And that carcinogens exist. It's not still a complete mystery.


So the worlds doomed then.

If you are more likely to get cancer if your parents had it.


Cancer is rising rapidly, and with that information will only increase more, and more quickly as time passes.

[Cherie]

Pretty good article about it here,

Being overweight is a major factor, people are stuffing their faces full of stuff that is bad for them, and our western diet is doing us no favours

https://www.cancercenter.com/community/blog/2023/01/why-are-cancer-rates-rising-in-adults-under-50#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20causes%20behind%20the %20increased%20cancer,menstrual%20period%20at%20a% 20young%20age%20More%20items

[Ammi]

…I don’t know if anyone here uses or is familiar with the app, Yuka…?..strangely I was telling IthinkIloveyoutoo about it the other day…with my phone, it scans your food item and ‘analyses’ it in terms of good and bad health choices and it obviously picks out toxins in foods that are best to avoid altogether…not just food items but cosmetic products as well, it also analyses those things such as soaps and shampoos and deodorants and moisturisers and make up items etc..and even when things are said to have no additives and be more natural in their ingredients…?….its surprising how very many are a definite NO in their toxic value…I felt as though I always looked for natural ingredients etc …but realised that I didn’t nearly so much as I could and do now ….anyways, I’m quite obsessive with mine and with using it…and it’s something I would absolutely recommend to anyone else…

[Cherie]

…I don’t know if anyone here uses or is familiar with the app, Yuka…?..strangely I was telling IthinkIloveyoutoo about it the other day…with my phone, it scans your food item and ‘analyses’ it in terms of good and bad health choices and it obviously picks out toxins in foods that are best to avoid altogether…not just food items but cosmetic products as well, it also analyses those things such as soaps and shampoos and deodorants and moisturisers and make up items etc..and even when things are said to have no additives and be more natural in their ingredients…?….its surprising how very many are a definite NO in their toxic value…I felt as though I always looked for natural ingredients etc …but realised that I didn’t nearly so much as I could and do now ….anyways, I’m quite obsessive with mine and with using it…and it’s something I would absolutely recommend to anyone else…

Not heard of that but it sounds useful, when my aunt got breast cancer her Macmillan nurse told her never to use underwired bras as they are associated with a rise in breast cancer cases, dont know if there is any science to it or something she observed herself but I have avoided them every since

[Zizu]

The only quirky thing I’ve heard about cancer is that supposedly taking massive doses of Vitamin C ( power form) has had massive beneficial effects on the disease ranging from slowing it down to pausing it to even driving it away !!

God forbid I never get the disease but I’d definitely be trying it .. what have you to lose ??

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[Zizu]

I'm pretty sure neither exercise nor protein shakes are causes of cancer...


When I say “ protein shakes and the like “ …

I’m also referring to all the other additives and things like steroids and gawd knows what else they the young people are taking nowadays

There’s a new shop near us just opened up just selling exercise additives and protein powders


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[Ammi]

…if anyone would like to look into the Yuka app and downloading it onto their phone to scan their products…?…this link tells you more about it…

https://yuka.io/en/

…it’s so easy to use and is basically colour coded from red through to amber and green, a traffic light style…it also gives you a score on the product that you’re scanning…

Excellent (75 to 100)
Good (50 to 75)
Poor (20 to 50)
Bad (0 to 25)

…it’s not an app that has any product sponsorship …so no conflict of interest or biases etc…

[Vanessa]

…if anyone would like to look into the Yuka app and downloading it onto their phone to scan their products…?…this link tells you more about it…

https://yuka.io/en/

…it’s so easy to use and is basically colour coded from red through to amber and green, a traffic light style…it also gives you a score on the product that you’re scanning…

Excellent (75 to 100)
Good (50 to 75)
Poor (20 to 50)
Bad (0 to 25)

…it’s not an app that has any product sponsorship …so no conflict of interest or biases etc…
I might try this. I'm never sure if I'm making the right choices when I'm food shopping.

[arista]

“William and I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family,” Kate said

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Yes nice of her to do that broadcast
last Friday at 6PM

[Beso]

Headline today said she may save millions with her announcement....3 months later!

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/20/14/82687695-0-image-a-50_1710945805708.jpg

[Princess Anne and Sophie speak to Major General Eldon Millar and Yoon Yeocheol, South Korean Ambassador to the UK]


Thats Good,
Fill in the jobs

[arista]

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[arista]

BBC News Text:
[The Daily Mirror leads on an interview from
its Invite Only podcast,
with reality TV star Giovanna Fletcher,
who explains how she was "blow away"
by Catherine,
Princess of Wales's "ability to connect" with
people having met the royal when they
filmed an episode of her podcast in 2020.
The paper says the interview took place
before Catherine announced, on 22 March,
that she was undergoing cancer treatment.]


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[Mystic Mock]

Pretty good article about it here,

Being overweight is a major factor, people are stuffing their faces full of stuff that is bad for them, and our western diet is doing us no favours

https://www.cancercenter.com/community/blog/2023/01/why-are-cancer-rates-rising-in-adults-under-50#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20causes%20behind%20the %20increased%20cancer,menstrual%20period%20at%20a% 20young%20age%20More%20items

People's diet (I can tbf eat a lot of unhealthy junk too, so I'm not meaning to attack anyone else that's guilty of doing it,) and I do suspect that some of the chemicals that we sometimes use on our bodies, such as Perfume or Deodorant, are increasing our chances of developing Cancer.

[arista]

BBC News Text:
[The Princess of Wales appears on the front
of the Mirror as it sends a message from
a former prisoner who says Catherine inspired
her to stay away from crime.
Francesca Fattore - who met the princess in
jail in 2020 - speaking of the princess's
cancer battle, said:
"I'm sending you so much love, keep fighting."]


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[Vanessa]

Smoking, log fires, sunbathing, too much processed food.
These days there are so many contributing factors.
Doctors said my parents got cancer from the log fire they used to have in their house. Plus both heavy smokers and drinkers.
Which is normal in Italy, people love their wine.

[Mystic Mock]

BBC News Text:
[The Princess of Wales appears on the front
of the Mirror as it sends a message from
a former prisoner who says Catherine inspired
her to stay away from crime.
Francesca Fattore - who met the princess in
jail in 2020 - speaking of the princess's
cancer battle, said:
"I'm sending you so much love, keep fighting."]


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Well Kate definitely did a lot of good for this woman's life.

Hopefully Kate will get more opportunities to do good like this.

[Ammi]

…a photo of Louis taken by Kate for his 6th birthday…

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/clMCwkWJcy61w5rurt.CPQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNTAw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_telegraph_818/d36f8541b4346bd962c3d7ac207449df

[Ammi]

…wouldn’t it be lovely if all copied pics/images just automatically self adjusted to one perfect forum post size…

[Ammi]

…that pic is bigger than Louis himself…

[arista]

…a photo of Louis taken by Kate for his 6th birthday…

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/clMCwkWJcy61w5rurt.CPQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNTAw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_telegraph_818/d36f8541b4346bd962c3d7ac207449df



Use the DM in the future Ammi,
they have a Royal section
Easy jpgs

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13340279/Prince-Louis-birthday-portrait-taken-Kate-Middleton-released-day-turns-6-royals-thank-fans-kind-wishes.html

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/12/83981535-13340279-image-a-22_1713871125838.jpg

[Ammi]

Use the DM in the future Ammi,
they have a Royal section
Easy jpgs

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13340279/Prince-Louis-birthday-portrait-taken-Kate-Middleton-released-day-turns-6-royals-thank-fans-kind-wishes.html

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/23/12/83981535-13340279-image-a-22_1713871125838.jpg

…oh thank you, I’ll do that…:love:…/..top tip…

[Ammi]

…oh duh, I just realised what the DM was….hmmmm, we’ll see…

[user104658]

…wouldn’t it be lovely if all copied pics/images just automatically self adjusted to one perfect forum post size…

It's perfectly possible to implement exactly this with some extremely simple code but James likes to claim it's some sort of magical rocket science that we can never possibly have on the older forums skins :joker:.

[MTVN]

It does do that on the mobile friendly 'ST responsive' themes

[arista]

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[Ammi]

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/clMCwkWJcy61w5rurt.CPQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNTAw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_telegraph_818/d36f8541b4346bd962c3d7ac207449df

[Ammi]

…oh, it really does automatically adjust to fit on an ST responsive theme, I didn’t know that…thanks for that, MTVN….I dont like the top of the page so much in this one, it’s not as clear …but I’ll get used to it, it’s just that it’s different is all…but yeah, that’s very good because pics stretching the page/thread just makes it quite unpleasant and jarring to look through….

[bots]

i've just switched to that theme too, it will be much better when i get used to it

[Ammi]

i've just switched to that theme too, it will be much better when i get used to it

…yeah, it’s a bit weird to get used to something different and things like notifications and the whole top of the page can’t be seen as easily…I’m thinking that maybe I’ll change back but switch to this just to post an image when I need to…it’s not that often that I post images from news stories, anyway…but it’s very clever, I’m glad that I’ve found it now ….

[Ammi]

…I feel as though I want to go around posting pics everywhere…:laugh:…

[Mystic Mock]

…I feel as though I want to go around posting pics everywhere…:laugh:…

Go for it if you want to.:dance:

[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

…:fan:…

[Ammi]

…should we tell Zizu…?…

[Mystic Mock]

…should we tell Zizu…?…

Tell what?:laugh:

[Ammi]

…the funny thing is that when you go back to a non ST Responsive skin…?…the image becomes huge and stretching again….so it doesn’t actually adjust the pic, it’ll (…I presume…)…only appear correctly sized to those using an ST responsive, it’s adjusting how we see it, not the image itself…?…so anyone using a non ST will be thinking….what on earth are they talking about because the image remained huge for their viewing…

[Ammi]

….yeah, abort excitement mode…

[Mystic Mock]

….yeah, abort excitement mode…

:laugh:

[bots]

…the funny thing is that when you go back to a non ST Responsive skin…?…the image becomes huge and stretching again….so it doesn’t actually adjust the pic, it’ll (…I presume…)…only appear correctly sized to those using an ST responsive, it’s adjusting how we see it, not the image itself…?…so anyone using a non ST will be thinking….what on earth are they talking about because the image remained huge for their viewing…

the point really is that everyone should be using the responsive type of template these days, more fool us for only getting the benefit today :laugh:

[Ammi]

the point really is that everyone should be using the responsive type of template these days, more fool us for only getting the benefit today :laugh:

…no, I think the point for me is that people will use the skin they’re most comfortable with overall because…human nature and that’s the most likely choice people will make…I’m cool with that and spoilering pics that I know are oversized to keep the uniform and flow of the thread etc…especially as I understand now, so that’s been helpful…and I won’t get irritated or despair at big pics because I realise that it’s me and the skin I’m using…I’m cool with that and being my own fool, it serves me ok, actually…

[user104658]

…the funny thing is that when you go back to a non ST Responsive skin…?…the image becomes huge and stretching again….so it doesn’t actually adjust the pic, it’ll (…I presume…)…only appear correctly sized to those using an ST responsive, it’s adjusting how we see it, not the image itself…?…so anyone using a non ST will be thinking….what on earth are they talking about because the image remained huge for their viewing…

Correct but to make it work in all themes would only require tweaking a couple of lines of CSS and literally one line of vB code.

(For reference, think of CSS like "a style template" and vB code as "the code that makes the forum work")

The vBulletin forum software is admittedly outdated and clunky as crap, BUT dynamic image resizing these days (the days of HTML5) is pretty simple code. It can be added to any forum skin... it doesn't have to be a super-special responsive skin, that's just the one TiBB's cloned from the vB site 'cos they're too scared to mess with the default skin code :hehe:.

[user104658]

…no, I think the point for me is that people will use the skin they’re most comfortable with overall because…human nature and that’s the most likely choice people will make…I’m cool with that and spoilering pics that I know are oversized to keep the uniform and flow of the thread etc…especially as I understand now, so that’s been helpful…and I won’t get irritated or despair at big pics because I realise that it’s me and the skin I’m using…I’m cool with that and being my own fool, it serves me ok, actually…

Personally I will never use anything but "Light Blue - white". It's been set to that for me since 2013... I tried other ones but they just don't feel like TiBB. Arista's ridiculously massive tabloid front pages stretching the screen and all :flutter:. In fact scratch all of what I said in my last post. Never change, TiBB... you are a beacon of the early 2000's, tenaciously clinging to life in a modern corporate internet that lacks ... character.

[Mystic Mock]

Personally I will never use anything but "Light Blue - white". It's been set to that for me since 2013... I tried other ones but they just don't feel like TiBB. Arista's ridiculously massive tabloid front pages stretching the screen and all :flutter:. In fact scratch all of what I said in my last post. Never change, TiBB... you are a beacon of the early 2000's, tenaciously clinging to life in a modern corporate internet that lacks ... character.

:clap1:

[Ammi]

Personally I will never use anything but "Light Blue - white". It's been set to that for me since 2013... I tried other ones but they just don't feel like TiBB. Arista's ridiculously massive tabloid front pages stretching the screen and all :flutter:. In fact scratch all of what I said in my last post. Never change, TiBB... you are a beacon of the early 2000's, tenaciously clinging to life in a modern corporate internet that lacks ... character.

…yeah, same…I only ever use light blue and white…:flutter:…it’s just so pleasing in the eye and well spaced to be able to see everything at the top of the pages so clearly…I have tried others but they don’t compare for me..they’re just not clear enough…so I’d rather put up with the oversized pics…(…although that does jar with me as well when the page doesn’t flow, sometimes I just don’t finish reading a thread because of oversized pics…/…put them in a spoiler is the compromise…)…that pic I did originally go George was just unusually large, is why I commented…it was the XXXXXLarge version….

[Ammi]

…bots coming along with his…. we should all be ST responsive progressive people…the very thought of it…:laugh:…

[arista]

Personally I will never use anything but "Light Blue - white". It's been set to that for me since 2013... I tried other ones but they just don't feel like TiBB. Arista's ridiculously massive tabloid front pages stretching the screen and all :flutter:. In fact scratch all of what I said in my last post. Never change, TiBB... you are a beacon of the early 2000's, tenaciously clinging to life in a modern corporate internet that lacks ... character.


They are Essential
it gives us fast facts.

[Ammi]

…:laugh:…life in the fast fact lane…/…only with Arista…:love:…

[bots]

…bots coming along with his…. we should all be ST responsive progressive people…the very thought of it…:laugh:…

just shows i'm able to keep up with the youngsters from my retirement bunker :laugh:

[Ammi]

just shows i'm able to keep up with the youngsters from my retirement bunker :laugh:

…you don’t just keep up with them, you set those wheels in motion for the young’uns to follow…is what we think…

[user104658]

…bots coming along with his…. we should all be ST responsive progressive people…the very thought of it…:laugh:…

I remember when it was announced and suggested we all try - I switched mine over... "YUCK!", I said. "Just YUCK!" and I hurled my entire laptop out of the window at work. "How am I supposed to waste time when I'm meant to be doing my job, on such a foul-looking beast??" I bellowed.

I was provided a new laptop by my workplace and immediately set it to Light Blue. I was home.

[Ammi]

I remember when it was announced and suggested we all try - I switched mine over... "YUCK!", I said. "Just YUCK!" and I hurled my entire laptop out of the window at work. "How am I supposed to waste time when I'm meant to be doing my job, on such a foul-looking beast??" I bellowed.

I was provided a new laptop by my workplace and immediately set it to Light Blue. I was home.

…I’m going to go throw mine out of the window now to see if anyone provides a replacement…which I’m absolutely going to DEMAND…otherwise sexism/tribunal in process…

[user104658]

…I’m going to go throw mine out of the window now to see if anyone provides a replacement…which I’m absolutely going to DEMAND…otherwise sexism/tribunal in process…

It's not worth it they just keep providing stupid HP EliteBooks no matter how many times I say I need an MSI Gaming Laptop ... for work obviously ... :oh:

[Ammi]

…I think the portrait has some mixed views so see what y’all think…

https://e3.365dm.com/24/05/2048x1152/skynews-princess-of-wales-kate_6562791.jpg?20240522135807

[arista]

Very Nice
Ammi

[Mystic Mock]

The portrait looks fine to me.

[bots]

i dont like that portrait at all

[Crimson Dynamo]

It's shi.t FFS

:laugh:

[Cherie]

shocklngly bad

[AnnieK]

It looks nothing like her

[Zizu]

…I think the portrait has some mixed views so see what y’all think…

https://e3.365dm.com/24/05/2048x1152/skynews-princess-of-wales-kate_6562791.jpg?20240522135807


Mmmmm .. who is it ?

Ah yes …. A young Helen Mirren


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[rusticgal]

It’s awful…nothing like her at all.

[jet]

Dreadful. It bears no resemblance to Kate whatsoever.

[Ammi]

…it’s not an official portrait anyway, it was just commissioned by Tatler magazine, I think…I would say that there’ll be no plans to make it official either…:laugh:…

[Zizu]

…it’s not an official portrait anyway, it was just commissioned by Tatler magazine, I think…I would say that there’ll be no plans to make it official either…:laugh:…


Appropriately it’s a load of tat … ler


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[Mystic Mock]

I don't mind it personally.

But having said that, she does look like a blend of herself and Meghan Markle in the portrait.:laugh:

[Ammi]

…some lovely pics from this weekend at Wimbledon…

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/14/21/87328709-13633741-image-a-9_1720988864507.jpg

[Ammi]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/14/21/87328867-13633741-image-a-19_1720989203360.jpg

[Ammi]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/14/21/87329483-13633741-image-a-27_1720989821075.jpg

[arista]

Yes many have said
on TV news this morning
she is thinner.

Of Course Cancer Treatment
can do just that.

[arista]

And so nice her daughter was with her

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/14/15/87316577-13628689-image-a-98_1720969046700.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/14/15/87316575-13628689-image-a-83_1720967006392.jpg

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13628689/Kate-Middleton-joins-Princess-Charlotte-chats-players-Wimbledon.html

[Ammi]

Yes many have said
on TV news this morning
she is thinner.

Of Course Cancer Treatment
can do just that.

…in my own personal experience, chemotherapy treatments can cause weight gain and often do…but there are many treatments available, so…anyway, so long as she’s getting back to full health is the main thing…

[user104658]

…in my own personal experience, chemotherapy treatments can cause weight gain and often do…but there are many treatments available, so…anyway, so long as she’s getting back to full health is the main thing…

I was going to say this and, also, actually if you look at her arms she looks a healthier weight than she has done for years in all honesty - she doesn't look thinner at all. She's always had a slim build but some of the "pre-disappearance" pics, her arms and legs were VERY thin (honestly quite clearly under-weight) and that doesn't look to be the case in these. Unexplained weight loss is of course one of the cancer "red flags" so it's possible she was losing weight for a while before diagnosis. Also would pair up with the rumours that it's been some sort of gastro-related cancer.

[user104658]

Re: the magazine portrait, it looks like someone's high school art project. Like... from someone who is decent at art and will for sure get a A... but still a high school project? :think:

[Ammi]

Kate Middleton to step back from public life again indefinitely, says Palace insider…


Kate Middleton will reportedly be retreating indefinitely from the spotlight again as she continues her cancer treatment, a Palace insider has claimed.

The Princess of Wales briefly stepped back into public life last weekend to attend the Wimbledon men's final - alongside her daughter, Princess Charlotte, nine - where she presented the Singles Trophy To Carlos Alcaraz.

The 42-year-old made her first welcome return to public duty in June for Trooping the Colour. As part of the event, she took to the iconic Buckingham Palace balcony with her husband, Prince William, their three children, King Charles and Queen Camilla.

Following the appearance, Kate took to social media to admit that, while she is "making good progress," she is "not out of the woods yet."


In addition, Robert Jobson, the author of the upcoming Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen, spoke to People about why Kate will be stepping back from duties until further notice. Plus, that her recent outings "showed a lot of courage and character, as she knew that the world was watching."

He said: "Before, she used to live her life by the calendar, and now she is living her life, and the calendar comes in after. She will be back, but when you have had an experience like this, it changes your perspective and the order of things."

A Palace insider also reported to Vanity Fair that Kate and her family are now likely to spend the majority of the summer "below the radar" at their country home of Anmer Hall in Norfolk. They added that the Wales' will not be travelling abroad due to Kate's continuing cancer treatment, but, they are expected to visit King Charles and Queen Camilla in Scotland next month.

Another insider echoed this, telling People: "She won't have to be on centre stage. Being with her family and just being herself will give her energy. There will be plenty of time to focus on her recovery."

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kate-middleton-step-back-public-083600436.html

[bots]

i just continue to wish her all the best

[UserSince2005]

Poor thing. What are they doing to her. I really fear the worst.

[AnnieK]

Hope she continues to get the care and rest she needs and returns when she is ready, not when duty dictates. I think the Royals are handling this perfectly and letting her choose when and if she appears in public

[Cherie]

Hope she continues to get the care and rest she needs and returns when she is ready, not when duty dictates. I think the Royals are handling this perfectly and letting her choose when and of she appears in public

Precisely

[hijaxers]

Hope she continues to get the care and rest she needs and returns when she is ready, not when duty dictates. I think the Royals are handling this perfectly and letting her choose when and if she appears in public

Yes and everyone should respect her wishes and leave her alone to go at her own pace.

[Mystic Mock]

i just continue to wish her all the best

Same here.

[arista]

“William and I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family,” Kate said

https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-65fdcf72b3a0d__700.jpg


That photo was
20th of March 2024

[arista]

[Kate Middleton will reportedly be retreating indefinitely
from the spotlight again as she continues
her cancer treatment, a Palace insider has claimed.]

That's fair enough,
the treatment is more important.

[Ammi]

That photo was
20th of March 2024

…yes indeed, Arista, when Kate made her public announcement following all of the crazy speculations etc…

[Cherie]

I think they got quiet a scare as anyone would and Kate and Wills are prioritising their children over public duties, and good for them

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/25/13/88910561-0-image-m-29_1724589522615.jpg


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13777981/Kate-Middleton-seen-Crathie-Kirk-time-revealing-cancer-diagnosis-joins-Prince-William-Royal-Family-members-Sunday-service.html

[arista]

Good News
Royal Kate has said she has finished her
Chemotherapy treatment. (around 9months)

She has released a new video
with Tree's around her and her family
with added music
and her voice.
Filmed in Norfolk


SkyNewsHD and CNN HD and GBnewsHD
showed it.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/09/16/89452119-13830129-image-a-141_1725896507323.jpg

[rusticgal]

Aaaww....I really hope she is ok and clear of it.

[jet]

The Princess of Wales today reveals she has finished her course of 'preventative chemotherapy' following her health crisis earlier this year and plans to undertake a 'light programme' of public engagements over the coming months.

However she warns that 'doing what I can to stay cancer free is now my focus' and admits that the last nine months have been a 'scary and unpredictable' time for her family.

The experience, Catherine says, has reminded her and her husband, Prince William, to 'reflect and be grateful for the simple yet important things in life, which so many of us often take for granted. Of simply loving and being loved.'.....
Daily Mail

Wonderful news! And she's looking so well. :love:

[arista]

Aaaww....I really hope she is ok and clear of it.


Yes great she is clear
a Doctor talking on CNN HD stated
after effects remain for a while
after taking that treatment,


So good she is staying at home
for a while.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/09/16/89451241-13830129-Catherine_and-a-189_1725896616392.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/09/16/89450999-13830129-The_princess_personal_message_to_the_nation_is_acc ompanied_by_a_-a-143_1725896507326.jpg

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13830129/princess-kate-middleton-cancer-update-statement-chemo.html

[UserSince2005]

Glad William finally saw his senses and Kate is back in the picture.
She looks so healthy.

[Cherie]

Has anyone got the video I heard a clip while driving but they had put some really cheesy music over it which sounded terrible.

Great she is cancer free though :love:

[Cherie]

oh okay seen it now its very cute

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-be20650f-e019-4738-9cb5-99cce27171f6.png


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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[Maru]

I like the way she handled everything, ultimately. Glad she is on the other side of it at least.

[bots]

i think the video she posted was such a contrast to the days of the past where a few words would be posted on the palace gate

[Ammi]

…I wish her well and good health going forward…:love:..

[Vanessa]

She looks better. Hopefully on the mend?

[arista]

I like the way she handled everything, ultimately. Glad she is on the other side of it at least.



Yes filmed in Norfolk fields
and woods

[user104658]

I'm genuinely happy for her recovery but the Video is insincere PR guff and if it had been released by "other royals" you lot would be all over it lol.

Has anyone got the video I heard a clip while driving but they had put some really cheesy music over it which sounded terrible.

Great she is cancer free though :love:

oh okay seen it now its very cute

Did the "terrible cheesy music" magically cease being terrible and cheesy and become "cute" when you realised that it was part of their actual video and not added by the radio? :joker:

[Cherie]

I'm genuinely happy for her recovery but the Video is insincere PR guff and if it had been released by "other royals" you lot would be all over it lol.





Did the "terrible cheesy music" magically cease being terrible and cheesy and become "cute" when you realised that it was part of their actual video and not added by the radio? :joker:

No I am not stupid, I knew it was on the video it just didnt sound great on radio, am I allowed that opinion? I can hold two thoughts in my head at the same time, I am a woman afterall... I thought the addition of the music was unnecessary and cheesy but the video was cute....

[bots]

It was a personal message from Kate saying she was on the mend, personally, i'm not looking for it to win an award, and i don't understand people being intentionally critical

[Beso]

Such a brave woman, what a thing to deal with, but shes bloody done it..

Go kate..be on your feet in no time..

[user104658]

It was a personal message from Kate saying she was on the mend, personally, i'm not looking for it to win an award, and i don't understand people being intentionally critical

Like I said I'm happy for her recovery, I think the video is cynical (it's not a personal message, they didn't make that themselves, we've seen Kate's photoshop skills - that video is a heavily posed and curated piece of PR material from their PR team).

I'd much rather see something heartfelt and genuine but I'm not exactly "bothered by it", it is what it is, and I highly doubt it was their choice :shrug:.

I do also like to point out the hypocrisy on here when I know for a fact TiBB would have been spewing if this had come from elsewhere... But that's nothing on Kate & Co, just my TiBB peers :hee:.

[user104658]

No I am not stupid, I knew it was on the video it just didnt sound great on radio, am I allowed that opinion? I can hold two thoughts in my head at the same time, I am a woman afterall... I thought the addition of the music was unnecessary and cheesy but the video was cute....

Fair enough, I find that a little hard to wrap my head around because if anything I would say the words themselves were nice (if a little overdelivered) while the music and video were trashy in exactly the same way, with the kids scampering up and down where the director said to camper up and down, and even a scene where she was posed against a tree with a fan on her that they were pretending was a summer breeze, and digitally-added sunrays in post production :umm2:.

So yeah for me the message was nice but the production was ham-fisted and indeed in your words cheesy... I just don't understand how seeing the video could possibly make it LESS cheesy.

I dunno mang. Ultimately I just find it a bit depressing that she's had to battle cancer and in the aftermath has to pose for an emotionally empty video cobbled together by staffers and PR people, for the benefit of the overfamiliar public, when it's probably the last thing she actually wants to do. I'll no doubt be accused of lacking empathy by people who demonstrate time and time again that they have little to no interest in the actual human lives of the poor souls living in that fish tank.

[Maru]

It was a personal message from Kate saying she was on the mend, personally, i'm not looking for it to win an award, and i don't understand people being intentionally critical

For some people, that's just their hobby. It's like when people get together to gossip and try to get into each other's business. "I was just concerned, Dear... that you may be confused... that woman ain't no good, ya hear?"

[user104658]

"I was just concerned, Dear... that you may be confused... that woman ain't no good, ya hear?"

You been delving into Jet's "Meghan Markle thread" past posts, Maru?

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/10/10/15/90701265-0-image-m-13_1728571938536.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/10/10/15/90700197-13946085-image-a-70_1728571025317.jpg


[The Prince and Princess of Wales meet the Air Ambulance during
a visit to Southport Community Centre]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-13946085/princess-wales-kate-prince-william-visits-southport-knife-attack-victims.html

[UserSince2005]

I'm so glad the americans saved her

[arista]

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[arista]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/8a6f/live/bfe35d90-875a-11ef-83dd-fbf1b9732cf0.jpg.webp

[jet]

Welcome back lovely lady :love:

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-7835efac-ee32-48e8-9d2b-3a7c6d2d6c7b.png

[rusticgal]

:love:

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-7112a096-0351-4a54-b95c-08404b506813.jpeg

[arista]

:love:


Yes Well Done Kate

[arista]

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[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-33d0563a-33da-4c35-8559-12851e28fa4e.jpeg

[Ammi]

…Happy Birthday to Catherine…lovely pic/lovely birthday message from Mr Catherine…


1877293096582402192

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/17/94087615-0-image-m-16_1736874047263.jpg

[Kate Middleton says she is in remission from
cancer and is 'looking forward to a fulfilling
year ahead' as she thanks staff at the
Royal Marsden Hospital for
her 'exceptional' care]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14284265/Princess-Wales-says-remission-cancer.html


Great News

[UserSince2005]

Whens she going to Houston TX to thank the hospital staff there?

[Crimson Dynamo]

What a brave women

[rusticgal]

That’s great news…

[jet]

Wonderful news. It's great to see her looking so happy and well.

[arista]

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[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-ce2995fd-1e41-4aca-b5ce-5734e903d9a9.png

[Ray.]

wn7PVjELqMU

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

https://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2025/07/13/1594816746552119024/964x580_JPG-SINGLE_1594816746552119024.jpg

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/13/17/100270673-14901433-image-m-23_1752424671317.jpg


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14901433/True-Centre-Court-royalty-Waleses-lead-jubilant-Wimbledon-fans-met-thunderous-applause-make-way-mens-final.html