The news of cancer to King Charles III (75 years old) It has the United Kingdom paralyzed. The country’s media (and also the international ones), radio, newspapers and television, are giving great coverage to understand the importance of this fact that could have changed everything, or at least the course of the Crown.
After weeks of secrecy and great care, Buckingham Palace has made a revealing statement: “Su Majesty the King will soon return to public duties after a period of treatment and recovery following his recent cancer diagnosis.” News that has brought joy back to the British royal family. Of course, since the king’s health was made public, there is a question that many are asking. Why have they avoided revealing the type of tumor the monarch is facing?
Although for months, and more since Kate revealed that she also suffers from the same illness as her father-in-law, nothing related to the royal house is questioned nor about the elections regarding his silence regarding the conditions of Middleton or Charles III, it is true that the British press has dared to express the strategy in recent hours of the Crown on whether or not to reveal the monarch’s type of cancer.
“N“There are no plans for the monarch to confirm the type of cancer or reveal any details of the procedures he has undergone.”, they say in ‘The Telegraph’. However, ‘The Daily Express’ is clear that from now on he is leaving.”accentuate the search for a cure“.
Elena Daprá, psychologist, tells the real reason
Lecturas.com has also contacted Elena Daprahealth psychologist and section member of the Official College of Psychology of Madrid, to know What reasons would the crown have for making the decision not to be so transparent? with the illness of William and Harry’s father.
What is the reason why sometimes more information is not given about diseases suffered by members of royal houses or celebrities? Elena is clear that there is a reason: “Not so much data is given so that people do not misinterpret or start making hoaxes about cancer or any condition.. Only professionals have to talk about these topics and others could only tell their experiences. But what is clear is that only specialists can give their opinion on medical issues,” the psychologist explains to our magazine. A theory that also reinforces Kristina Kyriacouwhich was communication secretary of Charles of England between 2009 and 2016, on the ITV program ‘Good Morning Britain’.
“The problem is that, The more information you give, the more people speculate.. As soon as you know what type of cancer it is, everyone starts searching for it, people start searching on Google and saying: ‘I know someone and this happened to them, this is what’s going to happen.’ We know that he is sick, that he has a type of cancer and that he is going to be treated,” explained Kristina, who after 17 years hand in hand with the now King considers it something “very positive” that it has been confirmed that it is a “treatable” cancer.
“I hope I’m right. At this point, we must remember that the monarchy is trying not to become the news. Both Queen Elizabeth and King Charles do not want to become the news, but rather continue to serve their public. In time, I would like to think that he would talk about his treatment…”, he added in the aforementioned medium.
Elena Daprá talks about the effect created by this news
The psychologist says on our website that when we talk about the type of illness that someone suffers from, it is not that an effect arises, calling as such to look for what or what is really happening to them, but rather that a “forecast of what is going to happen“. “You look to see how the person feels and remove all the uncertainty that may exist around you and provide data that we don’t really know. Only the person and the group of doctors who care for him and his family know the reality. Our brain tries to fill in the information it doesn’t have with information it believes is valuable.. But in the end everything occurs through cognitive biases. We don’t have the data to say A, B or C,” says Daprá.
Carlos will “regularly” receive unspecified treatment and hopes to continue working from his residence, where he will be able to carry out some procedures with his private council. Of course, his weekly meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may temporarily remain up in the air. The monarch is one of the 10 monarchies that currently exist in Europe, the King who has acceded to the throne with more age and who has waited the longest for the throne, which is why this illness has also been able to take its toll on his mental health. “When you receive this type of news, like that you have cancer, You go through several phases. The first is denial, then anger, then negotiation or pact with oneself and depression and acceptance. That is the process from the moment they tell you. Of course, it depends a lot on the person and the stage of the cancer.“, Daprá tells us.
The mental health expert also concludes that it is difficult to know if Carlos is very sad or because he came to the throne so late and encountered this illness. “In principle he has to suffer a duel for it later, but it is a complete uncertainty. For now he has to go through the phases described above because what takes precedence is health and then the reign. When they give you news of cancer what is The question is whether you are going to live or not. The reign at this time for Charles has surely gone into the background“, Elena explains to Lecturas about what is currently going through the monarch’s head.
