The Tragic History Of Cancer In The Royal Family

Was a phantom pregnancy actually a tumor? And what does one writer say really killed Queen Elizabeth II? King Charles III's recent cancer diagnosis is only the latest in a family history that goes back generations.

#History #Cancer #Royals

Mary I | 0:00
Prince Albert | 1:27
Princess Victoria | 2:48
Edward VII | 3:59
George VI | 5:05
Edward VIII | 6:16
The Queen Mother | 7:11
Elizabeth II | 8:13
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York | 9:21
Charles III | 10:26

Voiceover by: Tim Bensch

[GrungeHQ]

Hoping for a full recovery for King Charles III.

[kevinmarsh]

I believe that Queen Mary, the wife of George V and mother of both Edward VIII and George VI, was also said to have died of lung cancer. She smoked as well, though she was older at almost 86 when she died in 1953.

[sophiaisabelle]

We will always support this channel. They're one of the best.

[williethomas]

My father died exactly the same way as George VI. Only difference is my dad didn't smoke.

[Jordan-zgyr]

Mary 1's mother, Catherine of Aragon, had also passed from cancer( heart cancer likely while Mary from ovarian cancer)

[williethomas]

Philip literally wasn't "into" her. He said her pregnancy was more like to end in a "burst of wind" than an actual child.

[roselyncampisi]

Thank goodness they caught the cancer early for king Charles

[debbieanne]

Cancer is a very common condition. One in two people will be diagnosed according to statistics (I assume in the western world). Royalty are humans so it’s hardly surprising several will get cancer. But it’s not a death sentence for many cancers. I’d be more worried if Charles had pancreatic cancer though

[kevinhealey]

Sorry to hear it happened to him. He's a wonderful man. When my daughter was 8 years old, on her own she wrote to him.
He wrote a personnel letter back to her. By him doing that, it shows a lot . It did a lot for her. To me that shows everything.

[lastpme]

The nice thing for them they will get the best medical treatment available compared to a lot people who have to deal with the health care system.

[maverickhanecak]

Cancer will ALWAYS run in the Royal family.

[judithchandler]

Surely, it now runs in most families though this may not always have been the case. There are more risk factors now.

[bahmanzare]

WE LOVE YOU YOUR MAJESTY GOD SAVE THE KING CHARLES III 🧿🦁🇬🇧💙☂️❤️🇬🇧🦁🧿

[davidmartindale]

When you breed with cousins things happen

[JassLJ]

I'm not trying to jinx anyone but William especially Harry should really be careful and keep track of their health.

[JohnHausser]

Struggling people in 🇬🇧 be like : 😐🫤 “God save him…I guess”

[kathryncashner]

Cancer is very common, even in this more modern era of more accurate diagnosis. Some of these are behaviorally related, others not. I can point to at least 4 cancers in three generations of my family. It is quite likely that many royals have had cancer, but "tragic history" is pushing it a bit. The difference is that treatment has improved so greatly that one expects those in the current generation to do much better.

[MyrnaRocesOrtiz-Tarr-pexy]

To king Charles, I praying for your life to have extension and that your illness issue will find cure, so that you can continue in your service as King. May the Lord God give you the healing treatment that you need. I pray that you will wear gloves continuously to avoid future illnesses to affect your health and functioning king to preserve your kingdom. God save the king. I pray profoundly to our powerful God bless you in all your endeavours, and guide you and your family ' s unity. God bless your Highness. Amen

[bwktlcn]

I’ve often wondered how many cases of “consumption” (tuberculosis) back then were actually lung cancer. Other than fever that is more common in TB, the symptoms are almost the same — cough, weight loss, coughing up blood, fairly rapid decline if untreated. Even today, in countries like India where both diseases are present, there are multiple papers discussing how they find lung cancer patients that were treated for TB instead. Now, cancer diagnosis is often thru things like bronchoscope inspection, biopsies, CT, chest X-ray, thing they just couldn’t do back then. Both diseases can spread to bone. Death can come from lung hemorrhage or respiratory failure. No way to know, but with the heavy smoking and particulate air pollution, I bet a lot of the “TB” deaths were undiagnosed lung cancer. The things you wonder about when your insomnia kicks in and you wake up at 4 am and turn on YouTube…..

[susanpowe]

I’ve read that it was thought Prince Albert had Crohn’s Disease.