maddyone
Pretty much like everyone else on here, I have no idea whether The Duchess of Sussex has informed a ‘friend’ who then informed the media that she forgives the RF of whatever she has accused them of, but apparently it’s been reported that this is the case.
It’s certainly not the accustomed way of forgiving someone. This is merely my observation.
Also it is not customary to expect reconciliation without making it clear who you want to be reconciled with, and exactly what for. She and her husband had separated themselves by their own choice from the life which they could have led as an active part of the Royal Family, and gone to carve out their own path. Then the accusations were made in the very public Oprah Winfrey interview, of unspecified people at an unspecified time and place saying things which she interpreted as insults. As a result, the whole family of her inlaws is under suspicion of spiteful discrimination against her and of behaving in ways for which they could be charged under British law. By not giving specific names, she has avoided libel laws, but she has tarred with the same brush people who were not involved, and she will need to receive forgiveness from them all, individually, before the combined family can be totally reconciled to her.
The forgiveness has to go both ways. She will have to either take up her complaints with the individuals concerned or make her peace individually with them. That may take the form of an official complaint and legal action where appropriate, or it may take private correspondence and clarification, but having raised the subject, she must carry it through, and not leave it vague. If she sorts out the very public abuse that she dished out, she is in a better position to claim the moral high ground over the abuse that she feels she received.
