This March, Princess Catherine shook the world by announcing she had cancer. She was to begin preventative chemotherapy and would be rarely seen, making few public appearances throughout the spring and summertime.
I was quite heavy-hearted when I thought about the possibility of Catherine not making it. Prince Goerge, Louis, and Princess Charlette motherless? It's heartbreaking. William, our future king, without his queen? Devastating.
Then I thought about how chemotherapy might damage Catherine's hair—the monarchy's most valuable asset since decolonization.
I made a pact with a few friends, agreeing that if Kate—the picture of dignity—took after her husband's unfortunate hair loss, we would shave our heads in solidarity. But if there's one characteristic that Catherine's proved over the last nine months, it is that she's a fighter. Henry II would be proud.
In the most heartwarming video of the week, Catherine tells us she is cancer-free. What's more, her hair looks better than ever.
Now, I hope that Catherine and her doctors consider the nutrition factor in subjugating cancer. Nutrition as an adjunct to cancer therapy should not be downplayed, knowing that many cancers are metabolic, meaning that they manifest in large part due to the food we do and do not eat.
Another critical understanding of cancer is that it does not occur overnight.
Most malignant cells progress over years and decades before a diagnosis is made. We each have the faculty to promote or diminish cancer by what we feed our healthy cells and, if they should develop, malignant cells.
What's in your fridge and on your fork is the most potent weapon for and against cancer. Tomorrow morning, eat a breakfast—eggs, butter, fresh fruit, for example—that prevents cancer.
Also, in a world full of Harry of Meghans, be the William or Kate.
Well said, Vance. Long live the future Queen.