Recent content by Elan

Little seems to be known of the number of love letters from Diana, as to the sale of them. A while back it was said they had not gone to auction, since his asking price was considered to be high, at roughly 16 million. If that's the case, then he would today still be the rightful owner of them.

In the span since the unveiling.. of those that have since visited the gardens in person, have some elevated their opinion on what was regarded at first, somewhat dull, lackluster outcome ? Time can often change perspective.

Lacking a certain amount of expertise in how the legal system works in Britain, whether one is obligated to prove innocence. There was no opportunity to address the court, two weeks of proceedings highlighted the evidence gathering.. When it was about to happen to defend himself, Elizabeth...

Alleged. And yet it took all of a few minutes to reverse course after Queen Elizabeth conferred with them. What some said was an iron clad case, withered.... in 5 minutes time ...

It's clear he never anticipated he would have to portray himself one day as a simple dyed in the wool butler, in order 'not' to offend the public in Diana's memory. With her front and center, disparaging remarks toward him were few, but what many don't seem to condone is the idea of someone who...

Did you read anything I wrote ? You and others have put across the idea that her 'primary' motivation was not the charges to Paul or his case, but simply looking out to prevent royal family discomfort.

Her act ?? By extension, she didn't really give a hoot about jurisprudence or the case itself, just took it upon herself to impose personal and privacy matters above all else. ..I don't think so.

Whether she did on the theory above is an assumption being made. We can hazard a guess why the Queen intervened to save him, but none of us can say with full confidence why she did. The truth > could be, that she did not find the charges credible or convincing, and saw others trying to 'put his...

And certainly not because she had once known him, the kind of person she felt him to be, and simply got involved for private and family reasons ?

I have to agree it certainly wasn't a 'good look' with the number of items found in the home, but when the Queen intervened on his behalf, does that not tell you that mitigating factors were in fact, involved at the time ? :queenelizabeth:

It's clear that he wasn't making the best sound decisions, but the idea that he was charting a 'main chance' for transactions with private collectors is out of a Stephen King novel.

Pension funds are one thing, but can you point to a specific item, verified example, of him attempting to sell something or even a thank you note from Diana ? The collector market indicates she apparently sent many such notes to people all over the world, and are up for sale today. A whole other...

Clearly he was grief stricken, which very few people seem to bring up or mention about him. It would be very interesting to hear how a process would work to one day profit from her wardrobe in any way shape or form.. not in a million years.

The mention of taking her things.. do you honestly believe that he had some ulterior motive, an interest in their monetary value, selling, or the like ? The assertion completely glosses over his emotional state at the time.. one of the most grief stricken people in the world. Shock and sorrow...

Notice also, a stark contrast of his reflections of his time spent working for the Queen vs: Diana. If he was that much disposed to exaggerating his role, why not do the same sort of thing with Elizabeth ?