There will be a before and after Charles III in the British monarchy. On January 17, 2024, shortly after the announcement of the hospitalization of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, it was Buckingham Palace which announced that King Charles III would also undergo a surgical operation. At the time, we were talking about an enlarged prostate. And finally, the terrible news arrived on February 5, 2024, also via press release: the monarch is suffering from a “form of cancer”. And he’s not the only one in the family.
Elizabeth II was battling cancer
If his sister-in-law, Sarah Ferguson, is currently fighting skin cancer, Charles’ ancestors also dealt with the disease, with great success. We think of course of George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II, suffering from lung cancer, so the sudden death shocked the whole country. What was less known was that the late queen herself also suffered from cancer…
Indeed, according to the Reverend Iain Greenshields (close to Elizabeth II), cited by Paris Matchthis February 8, 2024, the queen was suffering, “at the end of his life, from myeloma – a painful cancer of the bone marrow”. And no one knew anything about it, since when she died, on September 8, 2022 at Balmoral Castle, the death certificate made public indicated that she had died of “old age”.
“My whole life, whether long or short”
It was not necessary to say a word about the state of health of the one who was still standing, 2 days before passing the weapon to the left, when she received Luz Truss, still under medical supervision. And for good reason, even when tired, there was no question of her giving up. During her very first radio speech from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1947, she promised: “I declare before you all that my entire life, whether long or short, will be devoted to your service.”
F.A.