At the risk of stating the blee***g obvious, I think it fair to say that none of us on Gransnet were present as flies on every wall where these relationships were conducted. We did not hear every conversation, were not and are not privy to the innermost thoughts of Diana, Charles, the Queen, William, Harry, Catherine, Megan etc etc. Obviously, we are all entitled to our own opinions, but let us face it these opinions are based on not only our own values but what we have seen, and more likely on what we have been told. However many accounts one reads of a ‘situation’ how can we be sure that any one of them is correct. How reliable are “a palace source”, “a royal expert”, “a close friend”. Indeed do they even exist, or are they a figment of the imagination of the media?
As a (very) early riser I tend to read all the newspapers on line each morning and am aware of how much accounts vary of the same situation, not only as a result of the political bias of the newspaper, but the contrasting personal views of journalists working for the same newspaper. Just as statistics can be presented to prove whatever theory you wish them to support, so can other accounts.
We all have our views, I do, but I am willing to acknowledge that I may be wrong, because of the way facts have been presented to me. I wasn’t there, but neither was the writer of the article, and maybe it was written to manipulate me into believing a certain point of view rather than reporting the truth.
We may be intelligent enough to sort the wheat from the chaff, or do we just think we are?
