HOLY PRINCE Cressida Bonas, the 51-year-old sister of Harry’s ex-girlfriend, passed away. Pandora Cooper-Key had been battling illness for 24 years when she was informed that she had an incurable brain tumor.
Lady Mary Gaye Curzon was the daughter of a nobleman named Esmond Cooper-Key. She had a famous half-sister, Anna Bonas, who was an actress and model, and she was one of eleven siblings. In May 2012, Princess Eugenie, who is the daughter of Sarah Ferguson, introduced Cressida and Prince Harry to each other for the first time.
Even though they had some arguments after Harry was rumored to be seen without clothes in Las Vegas, they kept dating until April 2014. When Harry married Meghan Markle in May 2018, both Cressida and his other ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, attended the wedding.
Cooper-Key, who worked as a ceramicist and used to design accessories for Vivienne Westwood, said that her family had planned her funeral “thousands of times.”
A mother of two found out later that year that she had an incurable tumor on the left side of her brain. She was hopeful that immunotherapy might help her. Pandora, who lives in West London, was diagnosed with Paget’s Disease, a rare type of kidney cancer, when she was just 26. She fought through the illness and about ten years later welcomed her first child.
Incredibly, just a few weeks after having her baby, doctors told her they had found a sarcoma in her left eye. Sarcomas are very rare and aggressive tumors, with only a few thousand cases reported each year in the UK. After having her tear duct removed, Cooper-Key was given a prognosis of only 10 months to live, but she continued to fight for years.
Before long, another tumor was found behind her nose after one was successfully removed from her cheek. She also suffered from severe seizures that sometimes left her unconscious for days. After undergoing eight surgeries to remove tumors and additional cosmetic procedures, Cooper-Key had to get Botox to paralyze the muscles on one side of her face since they were gone. She humorously remarked in a 2021 interview with The Times, “I’m the only girl in town who gets it free.”
Towards the end of last year, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor that doctors said couldn’t be surgically removed. In a conversation a few months ago, Femail reported, “To operate, they’d have to go through blood vessels, which is not good.”
In the first meeting, they clearly said, “I’m really sorry, but we can’t.” Cooper-Key was described as a devoted aunt to her nieces and nephews, a loving sister to her two brothers and eight sisters, and a cherished daughter of the late Edmond Cooper-Key and Lady Mary Gaye Curzon. She was also a beloved mother to Bow and Nestor. Kerry Reeves-Kneip, the Director of Communications at Sarcoma UK, praised Cooper-Key for her work in raising awareness about the illness. “By sharing her story openly, she helped shine a light on sarcoma and the difficulties that patients go through,” she mentioned.
Besides her fundraising activities, Pandora made a difference in the lives of many people; her strength and kindness have created a lasting impact. On behalf of Sarcoma UK, I want to extend our heartfelt condolences to Pandora’s family, including her mother, Lady Mary, her sister, Cressida Bonas, her two children, and all her loved ones.
Pandora has significantly influenced both our organization and other sarcoma patients. “At Sarcoma UK, we will remember her by intensifying our efforts to achieve our goals.” “Pandora’s courage, kindness, and unyielding spirit will always be remembered in our hearts.”