People get sick. That’s it.
Do you have perfect attendance?
Yawn. Who cares. If she doesnt wanna watch horses race no big deal.
Isn’t she allegedly allergic to horses? Obviously she wouldn’t have to be super close to them but with the carriage ride and general environment, this was probably a logical event to skip if she needed a break. My understanding is that she’s rarely attended anyway.
It’s not an official appearance. She’s not a patron or anything. It’s just a traditional week where the royal family watches horse racing at Ascot. She attended the more important events of Trooping the Colour and Garter Day and then maybe she was worn out and didn’t feel up to doing Ascot. I don’t think it’s a big deal at all.
Eh, poop happens!
I think William left without her.
Health can be very unpredictable, especially when it involves an outdoor event on a hot sunny day.
Many of the people in this family seem to love gossiping about each other and throwing barbs, and ready to assume someone else is letting down the side for bad reasons.
William and Kate’s office seems to continue to struggle with PR/messaging, seemingly because the principals are very private even as to their own staff.
At bottom, there’s no way to know whether this was a serious health scare, a flaking out moment, planned but poorly messaged to the public, or something else. People will give the benefit of the doubt or not based on their impressions of overall credibility, which is why long-term credibility is important for the royals.
Honestly, Kate worked so little pre-cancer that if the palace stopped briefing every absence and making a big deal about her “priorities” most people wouldn’t even notice.
She’s chronically ill now and has no qualms about missing work. That’s pretty much it.
I think she found she wasn’t up for it on the day. It’s a shame because I always enjoy her Ascot fashuns. It did sound like maybe there was a communication breakdown between KP and Ascot but that may have been a function of the (apparently) short notice.
I sincerely hope Kate isn’t sick
She. Has. Cancer.
Chemo wrecks people’s bodies. It’s fantastic that she is in remission, but it’s not like she just woke up one day and was cured. Sheesh.
I mean, I don’t think there’s a controversy? She is still recovering.
I think she’s a lot more ill than the BRF let on though, and the BRF should have just been honest about just how ill she was initially.
It wouldn’t be a controversy if the lists hadn’t gone out. I don’t imagine anyone expected her to be there every day.
I’ve seen no “media controversy.” A very few places where they are highly involved in hyping royalties gossip have covered this. 99% of “media” took no notice whatsoever.
This is NOT disappearing from public view, giving conflicting information, doctoring photos, and popping back up to announce you have sorta cancer.
Basically, “the media” could not have cared less.
That said, as someone who does pay attention to that <1% of media that covers stories like this, I find it a continuation of silly controversies W/K get themselves into due to their incredibly bad communication skills.
It’s no big deal to not go to ascot. But to pull out at the last minute?? (Or to be so disorganized, you didn’t bother to tell them early enough to not appear on the program). It’s amateur hour.
I think she is resting so she can be ready for Wimbledon.
I have a coworker who was diagnosed with prostate cancer a few years ago. He did chemo and radiation, and that worked to get his #’s down to be quite low, but afterwards they were creeping back up again slowly. In order to try to put a stop to that, they put him on hormone therapy. The hormone therapy is working, his numbers have stopped rising, but he sees quite a lot of side effects from the treatment, fatigue being one of the main ones. I know that some days are good, and some days he struggles to get out of bed. Thankfully, our work is quite flexible, so he can come in late as needed on the days he needs extra sleep.
I wonder if Kate is going through something similar, where her primary treatment (chemo, etc.) is complete, but she is still taking other meds, hormones, etc. to try to prevent a recurrence, and as such is still dealing with side effects that make some days tougher than others.
I do not care if a woman who is recovering from cancer cancels events. Never even a question in my mind.
It’s a horse race/social event so 🤷♀️
It’s better to pull out of that event & pace herself instead of trooping or garter events. Selfishly, I’d love to see her fashion & riding in a carriage but her pulling out of this has made people lose their minds & common sense
I wonder if her health is more fragile than the public has been led to believe, and may have been so for some time even before cancer. The cancer was only found when she underwent surgery for another, undisclosed ailment.
It’s her choice to keep her health concerns private, and an understandable one. But she and their team may want to rethink their strategy. In lieu of more information, sympathy is going to wane, and the media and public will default to the same criticisms as the past – workshy, always vacationing, only attends fun events. That’s vaguely tenable now but not when she’s queen.
Even if she didn’t have cancer, she’s allowed to miss an event. She’s a human being, not a robot.
I personally think that the public needs to leave her be.
On one hand, I think it must be wonderful to have a job where you can call out at short notice, not really give your employers a reason, and not worry about getting fired.
On the other hand, I know these appearances aren’t really the same as if you or I turned up at an event.
I also wonder if the reason comes down to having a reaction from some medication, or perhaps a medication is preventing her from being out in the sun for very long.
When it was first announced, my conspiracy theory was that she accidentally spilled something on her dress and didn’t have a replacement. (As an aside, I wonder if there are spare outfits prepared just in case something like that happens.)
I saw some negative stories about it, which I personally found surprisingly, given that the media has by and large given her the benefit of a doubt in recent years. Either way, people should be allowed to miss events now and then. It would’ve been better if the cancellation had been done in advance, but maybe that wasn’t feasible for some good reason.
I think that unfortunately she can’t have something as simple (but horrid) as food poisoning or a migraine without rampant speculation, so they don’t even try to clarify. She’s a human being, and an involved mother of three recovering from cancer. She deserves grace.
Can’t see anything wrong with calling in sick for a day, especially for someone recovering from cancer.
>As I have previously revealed, the princess was seriously unwell in the run-up to her surgery in the first place.
>And while that is a story only for her to tell – if she ever chooses to do so – I can say that, from what I understand, **she is fortunate to even be speaking of recovery**.
People, especially in the royal fandom, underestimate how much a major abdominal surgery and subsequent chemotherapy can affect the body – for years.
My grandma had Stage 1 Endometrial cancer, she had a full hysterectomy followed by 12 sessions of radiotherapy and she still has the occasional side affects, 6 years after the fact.
This might be the case with Kate also, who is not even one year out of chemotherapy.
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People get sick. That’s it.
Do you have perfect attendance?
Yawn. Who cares. If she doesnt wanna watch horses race no big deal.
Isn’t she allegedly allergic to horses? Obviously she wouldn’t have to be super close to them but with the carriage ride and general environment, this was probably a logical event to skip if she needed a break. My understanding is that she’s rarely attended anyway.
It’s not an official appearance. She’s not a patron or anything. It’s just a traditional week where the royal family watches horse racing at Ascot. She attended the more important events of Trooping the Colour and Garter Day and then maybe she was worn out and didn’t feel up to doing Ascot. I don’t think it’s a big deal at all.
Eh, poop happens!
I think William left without her.
Health can be very unpredictable, especially when it involves an outdoor event on a hot sunny day.
Many of the people in this family seem to love gossiping about each other and throwing barbs, and ready to assume someone else is letting down the side for bad reasons.
William and Kate’s office seems to continue to struggle with PR/messaging, seemingly because the principals are very private even as to their own staff.
At bottom, there’s no way to know whether this was a serious health scare, a flaking out moment, planned but poorly messaged to the public, or something else. People will give the benefit of the doubt or not based on their impressions of overall credibility, which is why long-term credibility is important for the royals.
Honestly, Kate worked so little pre-cancer that if the palace stopped briefing every absence and making a big deal about her “priorities” most people wouldn’t even notice.
She’s chronically ill now and has no qualms about missing work. That’s pretty much it.
I think she found she wasn’t up for it on the day. It’s a shame because I always enjoy her Ascot fashuns. It did sound like maybe there was a communication breakdown between KP and Ascot but that may have been a function of the (apparently) short notice.
I sincerely hope Kate isn’t sick
She. Has. Cancer.
Chemo wrecks people’s bodies. It’s fantastic that she is in remission, but it’s not like she just woke up one day and was cured. Sheesh.
I mean, I don’t think there’s a controversy? She is still recovering.
I think she’s a lot more ill than the BRF let on though, and the BRF should have just been honest about just how ill she was initially.
It wouldn’t be a controversy if the lists hadn’t gone out. I don’t imagine anyone expected her to be there every day.
I’ve seen no “media controversy.” A very few places where they are highly involved in hyping royalties gossip have covered this. 99% of “media” took no notice whatsoever.
This is NOT disappearing from public view, giving conflicting information, doctoring photos, and popping back up to announce you have sorta cancer.
Basically, “the media” could not have cared less.
That said, as someone who does pay attention to that <1% of media that covers stories like this, I find it a continuation of silly controversies W/K get themselves into due to their incredibly bad communication skills.
It’s no big deal to not go to ascot. But to pull out at the last minute?? (Or to be so disorganized, you didn’t bother to tell them early enough to not appear on the program). It’s amateur hour.
I think she is resting so she can be ready for Wimbledon.
I have a coworker who was diagnosed with prostate cancer a few years ago. He did chemo and radiation, and that worked to get his #’s down to be quite low, but afterwards they were creeping back up again slowly. In order to try to put a stop to that, they put him on hormone therapy. The hormone therapy is working, his numbers have stopped rising, but he sees quite a lot of side effects from the treatment, fatigue being one of the main ones. I know that some days are good, and some days he struggles to get out of bed. Thankfully, our work is quite flexible, so he can come in late as needed on the days he needs extra sleep.
I wonder if Kate is going through something similar, where her primary treatment (chemo, etc.) is complete, but she is still taking other meds, hormones, etc. to try to prevent a recurrence, and as such is still dealing with side effects that make some days tougher than others.
I do not care if a woman who is recovering from cancer cancels events. Never even a question in my mind.
It’s a horse race/social event so 🤷♀️
It’s better to pull out of that event & pace herself instead of trooping or garter events. Selfishly, I’d love to see her fashion & riding in a carriage but her pulling out of this has made people lose their minds & common sense
I wonder if her health is more fragile than the public has been led to believe, and may have been so for some time even before cancer. The cancer was only found when she underwent surgery for another, undisclosed ailment.
It’s her choice to keep her health concerns private, and an understandable one. But she and their team may want to rethink their strategy. In lieu of more information, sympathy is going to wane, and the media and public will default to the same criticisms as the past – workshy, always vacationing, only attends fun events. That’s vaguely tenable now but not when she’s queen.
Even if she didn’t have cancer, she’s allowed to miss an event. She’s a human being, not a robot.
I personally think that the public needs to leave her be.
On one hand, I think it must be wonderful to have a job where you can call out at short notice, not really give your employers a reason, and not worry about getting fired.
On the other hand, I know these appearances aren’t really the same as if you or I turned up at an event.
I also wonder if the reason comes down to having a reaction from some medication, or perhaps a medication is preventing her from being out in the sun for very long.
When it was first announced, my conspiracy theory was that she accidentally spilled something on her dress and didn’t have a replacement. (As an aside, I wonder if there are spare outfits prepared just in case something like that happens.)
I saw some negative stories about it, which I personally found surprisingly, given that the media has by and large given her the benefit of a doubt in recent years. Either way, people should be allowed to miss events now and then. It would’ve been better if the cancellation had been done in advance, but maybe that wasn’t feasible for some good reason.
“briefing is [now coming out of the palace](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14826563/why-Kate-Middleton-miss-royal-ascot-races-william.html) saying that the racecourse made a bureaucratic error by publishing the carriage list with her in it” really, that’s all we need to know.
I think that unfortunately she can’t have something as simple (but horrid) as food poisoning or a migraine without rampant speculation, so they don’t even try to clarify. She’s a human being, and an involved mother of three recovering from cancer. She deserves grace.
Can’t see anything wrong with calling in sick for a day, especially for someone recovering from cancer.
Take [this](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14839157/Kate-royal-future-absence-Ascot-cancer-battle-REBECCA-ENGLISH.html) with a pinch of salt because it is by Rebecca English for Daily Fail –
>As I have previously revealed, the princess was seriously unwell in the run-up to her surgery in the first place.
>And while that is a story only for her to tell – if she ever chooses to do so – I can say that, from what I understand, **she is fortunate to even be speaking of recovery**.
People, especially in the royal fandom, underestimate how much a major abdominal surgery and subsequent chemotherapy can affect the body – for years.
My grandma had Stage 1 Endometrial cancer, she had a full hysterectomy followed by 12 sessions of radiotherapy and she still has the occasional side affects, 6 years after the fact.
This might be the case with Kate also, who is not even one year out of chemotherapy.
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