One of the many paradoxes on which a modern monarchy rests is the pomp and reverence accorded to a royal head of state — matched by insatiable nosiness about their personal lives.
The news that the King has an undisclosed form of cancer, serious enough to require immediate treatment, is a vivid example of that contradiction. The King has only recently confirmed treatment for an enlarged prostate (which was, thankfully, benign) when the sobering discovery of another acute ailment was revealed.
