February 2024, King Charles III reads cards of good wishes a couple of days after revealing his illness.
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Charles III recorded an Easter speech to his subjects: doctors forbade him to attend the festive service at Worcester Cathedral, where the entire royal family used to gather. Kate Middleton won’t be there either. The king and his daughter-in-law have cancer. And, although at least Karl shows good humor, rumors about both of their illnesses abound in the darkest. Now palace sources have named the type of cancer the king suffers from and give him a maximum of two years to live.
Every year, the British monarch presided over the Great Service on Maundy Thursday. And according to ancient custom, he distributed coins to his subjects. But not today. The king, who is being treated for cancer, did not even have to record a video, but rather an audio message.
But there is no conspiracy theory here: Charles III is caught on camera from time to time, for example, while walking. What happens is that in the cathedral where the service is held there is no possibility of showing a “film.” Therefore, the flock will hear only the voice of the king. In the message, Charles III spoke of the importance of friendship and service to others. He accompanied the audio with a “smiling” photo with a bouquet of spring flowers.
And the day before, the monarch received a guest, a famous environmentalist, at Buckingham Palace. He seemed happy and smiled too.
In public, the king tries to show good humor.
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THE SITUATION IS DESPERATE
But this can only be a “etiquette mask.” The publication In Touch, which feeds on gossip about the beau monde, citing its sources, reported: the royal diagnosis for palace employees is an open secret. Carlos III has pancreatic cancer. The British monarch has two years to live.
“The cancer is eating him alive. He is very weak. The situation is desperate,” he told the publication. “Now the king simply cannot manage a capricious family, the interests of the crown or perform public duties.”
Belgian journalist Anna van Densky (born into a family of immigrants from Russia, she speaks Russian like you and me) often analyzes the life of the royal family. Anna said online: The funeral plan for Charles III, codenamed “Menai Bridge”, was drawn up in the monarch’s youth. Prince Charles almost died in an avalanche while he was skiing, so he began to think about the eternal.
Now the sovereign edits the funeral scene almost every day, introducing new details. The estimated budget has already exceeded £250 million. Charles III tells his loved ones: he was in line for so long to access the throne that he deserved a magnificent funeral. (He became monarch at the age of 73, setting a record in this regard.)
Queen Camilla is forced to attend events without her husband.
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HIDDEN CHILDREN
Kate Middleton with William and their children flew by helicopter to the Anmer Hall estate in Norfolk. Conspiracy theorists ask: where is the evidence of the leak? And how will the Princess of Wales undergo chemotherapy in the countryside?
There are even more rumors about the Easter service in St. George’s Chapel. It was there that we were promised that Kate would appear for the first time since her abdominal surgery. All plans were disrupted by oncology.
But it’s not just Kate who will be gone. The heir to the throne, William, will not come. “The children won’t show up either. Although the family has enough drivers and nannies to take the children to the chapel,” Anna van Densky analyzes the oddities.
DOES CAMILLA LONG FOR THE THRONE?
In public ceremonies, Charles III is increasingly replaced by his younger brother, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (the middle one, Andrew, is involved in sexual scandals and is deprived of privileges).
Edward, unlike his brothers, was not divorced, he has lived with his wife Sophie for a quarter of a century. No one suspects that the duke has royal ambitions. But such suspicions are expressed towards Queen Camilla: they say that if Charles leaves this world, she wants to rule alone.
In theory, the former Parker-Bowles should become the dowager queen. But if something fatal happens to Kate and William renounces the throne, who knows how everything will turn out… The official line of heirs to the throne looks like this: behind William are his children (George, Charlotte, Louis), Harry, his babies and those of Meghan Markle (Archie, Lilibet). Andrew, Duke of Edinburgh, his offspring. Etc.
At the bottom of the list, in 63rd place, is a certain Zenuska Mowatt. But even in the case of the most tragic family events, the matter is unlikely to occur to her.
