mb3
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Post by mb3 on Jan 14, 2024 18:26:23 GMT -6
He cheats (maybe) and his reward is getting to be in charge of a whole country... Well, kings and queens don't divorce. So she maneuvered him into a box to control the optics and preserve the monarchy. Unless you’re Henry VIII
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Eagles
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Post by Eagles on Jan 14, 2024 18:31:57 GMT -6
Well, kings and queens don't divorce. So she maneuvered him into a box to control the optics and preserve the monarchy. Unless you’re Henry VIII 😂😂 I thought it and almost typed it
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jaidit
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Post by jaidit on Jan 14, 2024 21:40:04 GMT -6
RajahMD I realize that might have sounded snarky reading it back but I am being very sincere and I live for random royal knowledge 👑 I got you. I discovered it when I was spiraling on the Russian royal family and Queen Victoria's descendants after watching the The Great on Hulu one day. I was absolutely gobsmacked to see the lack of variety in their names, and it stuck in my memory. Second fun fact of the day: Magrethe was only like the 2nd or 3rd queen in CENTURIES. Otherwise it's been all Frederiks and Christians for eons. That family makes a lot of boys, lol. Isn’t this also because magrethe’s father changed the law allowing her (the first born, but a woman) to be queen? It was expected that her younger brother would be king.
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Bookshelves
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Post by Bookshelves on Jan 15, 2024 8:09:54 GMT -6
Is the divorce thing just speculation or is that for sure? I still have a hard time believing anyone in the royal world are divorcing , especially "just" over cheating Eta as in is someone for sure getting a divorce, just no names yet? It’s just TikTok, so no.
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jaidit
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Post by jaidit on Jan 15, 2024 8:22:46 GMT -6
My divorce bet is on Letizia. I’m guessing all of those stories about her fling with her ex BIL were put out by his camp.
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mb3
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Post by mb3 on Jan 15, 2024 9:17:35 GMT -6
My divorce bet is on Letizia. I’m guessing all of those stories about her fling with her ex BIL were put out by his camp. Why would Charles, William and Kate have a meeting about that though?
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addymac
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Post by addymac on Jan 15, 2024 18:01:47 GMT -6
My divorce bet is on Letizia. I’m guessing all of those stories about her fling with her ex BIL were put out by his camp. What??? Did I miss this?
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Post by pitchslap on Jan 16, 2024 20:28:44 GMT -6
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Bookshelves
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Post by Bookshelves on Jan 17, 2024 8:13:44 GMT -6
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Post by Bookshelves on Jan 17, 2024 8:18:00 GMT -6
That’s a long hospital stay. One of the royal reporters on Twitter (Rebecca English) said “my understanding is it is non-cancerous,” but that that was all she (Rebecca) would say.
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brux
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Post by brux on Jan 17, 2024 8:25:38 GMT -6
What kind of abdominal surgery requires a 14 day stay afterwards? That seems quite major.
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frlcb
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Post by frlcb on Jan 17, 2024 8:37:58 GMT -6
I wondered if it was a hysterectomy and they were just being extra cautious but 10-14 days is a lot.
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joy
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Post by joy on Jan 17, 2024 8:46:59 GMT -6
I hate speculating, but with that long of a time after surgery in the hospital, I feel like it was some kind of bowel resection.
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willow
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Post by willow on Jan 17, 2024 8:59:38 GMT -6
I don't envy the amount of speculation she's going to get over having surgery and not disclosing what it is. Then again, she knew this life and what came with it long ago. Still is another opportunity to say fuck the media though.
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Post by mrsweasley on Jan 17, 2024 9:05:13 GMT -6
I'm guessing they're being extra cautious, but I would agree something like a bowel resection or a hysterectomy seems likely. Hysterectomy was my first thought
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tinyjoys
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Post by tinyjoys on Jan 17, 2024 9:38:55 GMT -6
& now Chuck with the enlarged prostate surgery?
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Post by icedcoffee on Jan 17, 2024 9:42:57 GMT -6
So this was probably the reason for that meeting, not that someone is getting a divorce
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tinyjoys
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Post by tinyjoys on Jan 17, 2024 9:45:14 GMT -6
So this was probably the reason for that meeting, not that someone is getting a divorce Now, I'm wondering if Kate's was more of an emergency/unplanned procedure.
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Post by Hotcoconuts82 on Jan 17, 2024 9:47:29 GMT -6
I hate speculating, but with that long of a time after surgery in the hospital, I feel like it was some kind of bowel resection. Seems even long for that. My mom was in for less than a week for both of hers.
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Jan 17, 2024 10:22:57 GMT -6
My hysterectomy and stage 3 endo excision were a same day surgery for me. I doubt it would be a hysterectomy unless something went very, very wrong.
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Post by downwarddog on Jan 17, 2024 10:29:16 GMT -6
So this was probably the reason for that meeting, not that someone is getting a divorce Now, I'm wondering if Kate's was more of an emergency/unplanned procedure. Considering they are canceling engagements for her, I think at least the severity of whatever it is was unplanned.
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Jan 17, 2024 10:39:53 GMT -6
Ok really reaching, but what if it's like a kidney transplant, and they need to monitor her to make sure her body doesn't reject it. Where it is more that type of an issue than the surgery itself.
And they didn't know exactly when the surgery would be, so they kept the schedule as normal until it was on the calendar.
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RajahMD
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Post by RajahMD on Jan 17, 2024 10:43:51 GMT -6
10-14 days would be a long time for a simple hysterectomy. It's gotta be something else, or something more extensive.
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Post by Leaf 🌱 on Jan 17, 2024 11:09:30 GMT -6
Now, I'm wondering if Kate's was more of an emergency/unplanned procedure. Considering they are canceling engagements for her, I think at least the severity of whatever it is was unplanned. Or the timing - they may have hoped to push things until the summer. I feel like historically royals have always tried to recover at home so she must really need to be in the hospital for this.
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teatime
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Post by teatime on Jan 17, 2024 11:37:27 GMT -6
Could something related to an ectopic require that long of a stay?
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Eagles
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Post by Eagles on Jan 17, 2024 11:44:43 GMT -6
I can't think of anything that requires that long of a stay. My mom had cancer surgery and was home in two days. I just hope she's okay because at the end of the day she's a mom with 3 young kids.
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joy
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Post by joy on Jan 17, 2024 11:49:04 GMT -6
Now, I'm wondering if Kate's was more of an emergency/unplanned procedure. Considering they are canceling engagements for her, I think at least the severity of whatever it is was unplanned. Maybe yes, maybe no. If she started denying engagements as soon as the surgery was planned then whew the speculation. She couldn’t win either way.
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Eagles
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Post by Eagles on Jan 17, 2024 12:06:34 GMT -6
Also peasants here get booted to recover at home because of insurance. It's possible she's in a swanky private suite where she'll have people there to assist her with everything from showering to plumping her pillows.
Going through abdominal muscles HURTS, as I'm sure a lot of you know. I had a laparoscopy and I couldn't sit up on my own for a week.
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Post by coffeecake on Jan 17, 2024 12:08:53 GMT -6
I can't think of anything that requires that long of a stay. My mom had cancer surgery and was home in two days. I just hope she's okay because at the end of the day she's a mom with 3 young kids. It seems crazy long, especially for someone who could easily have access to a nurse or doctor coming to check on her at home.
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Jan 17, 2024 12:34:54 GMT -6
Did something happen in December to Kate?
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