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As the royal family struggles to carry out its duties because of illness and exhaustion wiping out its ranks, it’s now dealing with fallout over whether its members should be allowed to keep quiet about what’s going on behind palace doors.
The decision of Catherine, Princess of Wales, not to reveal why she is having extended time away from her duties (other than that she is recovering from abdominal surgery) and the King not to divulge the type of cancer he’s got