King Charles has cancer...

[Mr. Vito]

I've always felt that the British monarchy is an anachronism and has no place in the modern world, but I bear no ill will to any of the "royals" including King Charles. I wish him well, as I would wish for anyone facing a health crisis.

FWIW, I really enjoyed the Netflix series "The Crown". Factual or not it made me a bit of a fan of QEII.

 

[Onomea]

Here's a good article from today's WaPo on England's national healthcare system and its issues, in particular as to treatment of cancer:

The king's cancer was caught early. His subjects often have to wait months.

Charles's cancer treatment began days after his diagnosis. But most rely on Britain's free public health-care system, which typically has long wait times.

By Victoria Bisset

https://wapo.st/498Inp0

 

[LVSteve]

My understanding of the UK health system is sketchy, but SFAIK, there are/were also private hospitals and doctors not in the National Health system for those with means. I doubt the peerage and rock stars wait in line.

Yes, there are plenty of private clinics and hospitals in the UK, and they can screw up just as well as any other. One sure made a mess of some eye surgery on a family friend. That said, another clinic dealt with complications with my late father's surgery with speed and efficiency. YMMV applies.

The UK national health service (NHS) saved my bacon when I contracted bacterial meningitis, but that was back in 1980. These days there are huge problems with capacity, getting people out of ambulances into hospital due to "bed blocking", ambulance response times, and old buildings in desperate need of upgrades.

 

[Muss Muggins]

No idea. I wasn't there. But others like to act like they were. Vicariously . . .

LOL!! One wife. I will be married forty-two years come April. We have less than a two year age difference between us. I wasn't seeing a married woman behind her back when we met nor when I married her. It wouldn't cross my mind to treat a woman like Charles treated Diana. Their relationship was pretty much a disaster and his lack of discretion and his inconsideration towards his wife and mother of his children is shameful.

Should Charles be happy? Certainly, everyone should have a loving relationship. I don't feel that it should be at another person's expense.

Charles once told Camilla he wished he were a feminine hygiene product for her personal use. Anybody who would say that over a phone should be able to sit across a table from their spouse and work out a dissolution to the sham marriage he lured a young, naive woman into.

"Kinda mean"? I just see things as they are. I am not perfect either; however, I would not treat another person as Charles did his first wife.