--- title: The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced», a lesson of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: When a famous person is ill, people online rush to guess. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/) / The royal family in the news: a queen'… # The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced Lesson 45 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school: 23 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/0/) — When a famous person is ill, people online rush to guess. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/2/) — Then she told the world herself, in a video, that she had cancer and was having chemotherapy. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/3/) — That is the clearest lesson about health gossip: someone's illness is theirs to share. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/4/) — Know what was officially announced, and stop there. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/5/) — Guessing beyond it is not clever; it can hurt a family with young children who can read the comments. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/6/) — Scene: in Sydney in March 2024, Mum puts her phone down quietly. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/7/) — «Kate's done a video. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/8/) — She's got cancer. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/10/) — Royal news also has words to watch. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/12/) — With serious matters, like accusations against a member of the family, say what was officially announced, plainly, and leave the rest to the courts. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/13/) — In January 2022 the Palace announced that Prince Andrew's army titles and charities went back to the Queen, because of a serious court case about him in America. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/14/) — It was reported in October 2025 that the King was taking away Andrew's titles altogether, so he is now known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/15/) — In January 2024 Kensington Palace announced that the Princess of Wales had had planned surgery on her tummy and would be away until after Easter; the online theories about her absence were rumours, and none were true. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/16/) — In March 2024 photo agencies withdrew a Mother's Day family photo because it had been edited, and the Princess apologised. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/17/) — On 22 March 2024 the Princess of Wales announced in a video that she had cancer and was having chemotherapy, strong medicine to stop it coming back, and asked for privacy. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/18/) — In September 2024 she announced she had finished chemotherapy, and in January 2025 it was reported that she said she was in remission, meaning there was no sign of the cancer for now. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/19/) — In February 2024 the Palace announced that the King had a form of cancer, found while he was in hospital for a smaller problem, and was having treatment; the type was not made public. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/20/) — It was reported that in May 2025 Prince Harry lost a court case about having police guards when he visits Britain, and said in a BBC interview he would like to make up with his family. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/21/) — After Charles became King, William and Catherine became Prince and Princess of Wales, Edward was made Duke of Edinburgh in 2023, and Harry's children Archie and Lilibet, as the King's grandchildren, can use the titles prince and princess. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/22/) — Camilla became Queen when Charles became King and was crowned with him in May 2023. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/24/) — «A royal source says» is a nameless claim that can be right, wrong or made up; it is not the same as the person saying it. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/25/) — When two stories contradict each other and there is no proof, the honest answer is «we don't know». - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/26/) — Prince Harry served about ten years in the Army, including two tours of Afghanistan, and founded the Invictus Games for wounded service people. - ← previous: [The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/) - next →: [Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/)