Luthori

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His Imperial Majesty, aged 82, has been admitted at Bretford Hospital, Alchester, after the monarch complained of intense “back pains”, as stated by the Imperial Household Ministry. 

His Majesty, the Emperor has reigned over the Empire for 22 years, ascending the throne upon the death of his father and predecessor, His Majesty, Emperor Richard II. When he ascended the Throne, he was 60 years old, and today, the emperor is three years short of his Silver Jubilee celebration, commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ascension to the Throne.

The emperor’s health status has been declining alongside the rise of his age, although, as per Luthorian tradition, the emperor’s health status has been kept as a state secret by both the Government and the Imperial Household. The late emperor’s own health status has been kept as a state secrecy until His Imperial Majesty’s decision to release them, ten years following his death.

The communication from the Imperial Household upon the emperor’s health concerns have been reported to have “extraordinary” by numerous royal commentators. The Luthorian imperial family’s communication in terms of its members’ health condition has been scarce, to say the least, the Imperial Household Ministry privileging secrecy and avoiding worrying the public instead of clear transparency – with only specific people being authorised to access the Emperor’s health condition – those being the members of the Cabinet and some members of the Privy Council, such as the Leader of the Opposition, the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Grand Chamberlain and other state officials.

In the statement of the Orange Palace related to the Emperor’s admission to Bretford Hospital, it has been stated by the Palace that the Emperor was admitted to the largest institution in Alchester after having complained of “intense back pains” during his hunting trip at Rottingham Palace, his personal residence in Erneshire, after intense review by his physicians, it was decided to appeal to the state-owned institution for further examinations of the Emperor’s health. 

However, the Palace reassured that the emperor wasn’t going to be hospitalised and was merely admitted upon the advice of his doctors to undergo further medical examinations. The Palace moreover added that the emperor would resume his normal schedule “...as soon as the examinations are complete...”

While the monarchy still maintains secrecy upon the monarch’s own health – this communication about the emperor’s admission to the Alchester hospital represents a noticeable shift in the way that the monarchy communicates about the imperial family’s members health.