Are we all guilty? The Princess of Wales’s news that she is suffering from cancer should perhaps be a lesson to all those who spread false rumours about her absence from public life.
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The shame of the gossips after Kate's message
Are we all guilty? The Princess of Wales's news that she is suffering from cancer should perhaps be a lesson to all those who spread false rumours about her absence from public life.
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Catherine, Princess of Wales seems pale but calm as she looks into the camera. "In January, I underwent major abdominalRelating to the abdomen, the part of the body known commonly as the belly or the tummy. surgery in London. The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancerA disease in which some of the body's cells grow in an uncontrollable way. There are lots of different types of cancer. had been present."
No other member of the royal family has spoken so openly about their health. Some say the fact that Kate felt she had to is a measure of how harmful the rumoursA story that is being told, but nobody knows if it is really true or not. Gossip. about her were.
Some people suggested that she was having cosmetic surgerySurgery that is done to change someone's looks, rather than for health reasons. . Meanwhile, in real life, she was undergoing chemotherapyA treatment for cancer that uses powerful drugs to kill cells..
The Archbishop of CanterburyAlthough the head of the Church of England is the Queen, the Archbishop is the most senior bishop and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican communion. said the rumours were "old-fashioned village gossip" and that we have to turn away from such things.
The historian Yuval Noah Harari argues, on the other hand, that gossip was a way for early humans to make friends and to learn who they could trust.
Are we all guilty?
Yes! Newspapers and social media platforms rely on our interest in gossip.
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No! It is okay take an interest in a public figure. It only becomes gossip when small-minded people with uninteresting lives feel that they have to pick apart other people's lives.
abdominal - Relating to the abdomen, the part of the body known commonly as the belly or the tummy.
Cancer - A disease in which some of the body's cells grow in an uncontrollable way. There are lots of different types of cancer.
Rumours - A story that is being told, but nobody knows if it is really true or not. Gossip.
Cosmetic surgery - Surgery that is done to change someone's looks, rather than for health reasons.
chemotherapy - A treatment for cancer that uses powerful drugs to kill cells.
Archbishop of Canterbury - Although the head of the Church of England is the Queen, the Archbishop is the most senior bishop and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican communion.
The shame of the gossips after Kate’s message
Missed: The Princess of Wales has not made any official appearances since January. Glossary
abdominal - Relating to the abdomen, the part of the body known commonly as the belly or the tummy.
Cancer - A disease in which some of the body's cells grow in an uncontrollable way. There are lots of different types of cancer.
Rumours - A story that is being told, but nobody knows if it is really true or not. Gossip.
Cosmetic surgery - Surgery that is done to change someone's looks, rather than for health reasons.
chemotherapy - A treatment for cancer that uses powerful drugs to kill cells.
Archbishop of Canterbury - Although the head of the Church of England is the Queen, the Archbishop is the most senior bishop and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican communion.