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I wasn't such a big fan of Diana but I totally understand how people dislike how Charles treated her. I do quite like Camilla and she really hasn't made waves whilst married to Charles, I just feel sorry for her having to put up with his petulent, child-like behaviour, even at 74. I'm just hoping people who loved Diana, don't do the pledge simply because they want to be part of the 'ceremony'. It would seem a bit hypocritical.
Has it crossed your mind that Charles might be on the autistic spectrum? As an autie myself I recognise a lot of the signs in what we have heard about his early years. It would have gone unrecognised then of course, as the condition wasn't fully understood. It's also consistent with his reluctance to engage in conflict, and with his irritability with things in the wrong place for him, particularly in somebody who is by all accounts an easy-going sort of person most of the time.
My autism wasn't understood as a child either. I was dismissed as 'clumsy' and 'in a permanent dream' as well as being prone to periodic meltdowns. I suspected for a long time that I was on the spectrum and it was well worth the fight to get a formal diagnosis however late in life. A lot of things in my past make a lot more sense now, and it had put my mind at rest about many things that bugged me.
There's nothing wrong with being autistic by the way. It's not an illness, it's just another way of thinking and seeing the world.
