The King is now getting out and about, turning up at the UCH Macmillan Centre,  looking much healthier and happier.  Hopefully his treatment is working.

He has obviously listened to his medical team, who probably told him to ignore family members who aren’t supportive, and has taken on board the wisdom of ‘tough love.

Like many others during treatment, I was advised that I needed support, and to get rid of those around me who only argued and thought of themselves, instead of cheering me up.

There was one such ‘friend’, who, whatever I wrote about the treatment I was given abroad, would come back with a “but the NHS does this”. and tried to prove what I had done was wrong.  I only hope she read the recent damning report that said the NHS lagged 15 years behind other major counties when it came to cancer care.  Eventually, I  realised that dealing with her negative comments about all the wonderful treatments I was lucky enough to receive in hospitals abroad, was draining, so stopped talking to her – and was much happier! as a result r!

Frankly , isn’t it reassuring to know The Royals are just like us! I suspect most of us have a family member who behaves like a spoilt child. and whom we long to be able to smack!

I feel sorry for Archie and Lilibet.  I remember how much my Grandparent meant in my life (the other three were dead), and the many cherished memories I have of him.  But those two kids only seem to have contact with Meghan’s mother.

I feel sorry, too,  for the staff in Heathrow’s VIP Windsor Suite, having to deal with Meghan whilst she skulked there, waiting for Harry to join her.  Having worked in PR, I am surprised she hasn’t cottoned on to the fact that wives are expected to support husbands – and would have accompanied Harry to the service in St.Paul’s Cathedral honouring his  work founding the Invictus Games.

Oh – I feel so bitchy, but sometimes we need to let off steam.  I was very lucky to have some wonderful times reporting on Royal stories, but you do have to be very discrete.  I  remember another member who had married into the Royal family, behaving in a similar childish fashion, and it didn’t do her any good.  Now,  this visit to Nigeria is reminiscent of the Duke of Windsor taking his Duchess to Germany in the 1930s. Sad..

Currently, having two main members of the Royal family undergoing cancer treatment is showing signs of improving care for those others also having treatment, and I am avidly watching the dynamics between the various factions – as I am sure those having treatment are too.  The way a kinder treatment plan seems to be coming forward is good for us all – I only hope it works for Kate and King Charles.