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King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says

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Another chance for the Brits to get rid of this weird institution.

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2y ago

King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says

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2y ago

King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says

www.bbc.com /news/uk-68208157

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Well... He is in a god given office, so god can take it away as well.
- Hell of a performance review.
Let him be the last and turn their houses into museums with the money going to the countries they demolished
- Heh, that's a good one. They are planning to send something to those countries already, but it's immigrants.
  Anyway, at this point some say the British royals are a net benefit for the country as a tourist attraction. Paris has Disneyland, London has Buckingham... 🤷
  
  They do have a lot more soft power over the government than many give them credit for though, plus some (so far) unused actual power that they only don't use by tradition (which these days is more clearly a bad idea to rely on than ever). Plus all there's all that money that goes into the pageantry of it (royal weddings, etc).
  I feel like it's be one thing to let them keep their royal titles, but they shouldn't be enmeshed with the state in any actual way imo.
  
  French palaces make money without supporting the austentacious lifestyle of monarcht.
Will he turn to Homeopathy or one of the other crank medical remedies he has promoted in the past?
- I bet he’ll do everything but credit only the homeopathy/alt treatments
My biggest takeaway from the article is that he's 75. Holy shit, I would've guessed 86.
- Yeah, I thought this was a typo first.
- I don't like the monarchy either. But I assume you haven't seen anyone suffer from cancer. If you did, it's a misery you won't wish on your worst enemies.
  
  Charles has literally lobbied ministers to change spending plans to go against the NHS in favour of homeopathic remedies. People have likely died from cancer directly due to his decisions and in my opinion, lol is a suitable response to that karma.
🤖 I'm a bot that provides automatic summaries for articles: ::: spoiler Click here to see the summary The type of cancer has not been revealed, but the palace said the King began "regular treatments" on Monday.
The King informed both his sons personally about his diagnosis and Prince William was said to be in regular contact with his father.
Prince Harry, who lives in the United States, spoke to his father and will be travelling to the UK to see him in the coming days.
The King, 75, returned to London from Sandringham in Norfolk on Monday morning and the palace says he has commenced treatment as an outpatient.
Although he will pause his public events, the King will continue with his constitutional role as head of state, including paperwork and private meetings.
Prince William had also temporarily withdrawn from public engagements while he helped his wife Catherine, the Princess of Wales, as she recovered from "abdominal surgery".
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