I can understand you finding it distasteful but my point is that William missing the service was sort of a boiling point for all of the brewing conspiracy theories online. William attending the service would have most likely delayed that boiling point for a bit.
Except the debate regarding missing the service plays into the wider discussion of how the Wales's team has handled Catherine's absence. There was always going to be
lots of interest in this and the Wales's, I believe, were correct to draw such a firm boundary around her health and medical information. However, William and his team have failed to understand and manage the vacuum created around her absence. It was clarified today that William had already known about Catherine's diagnosis by the time of the service yet he and his team still chose to wait until the last minute to announce he was missing the service and for "personal reasons". That amped up the drama and added fuel to the fire.
This isn't about the GRF in my opinion but rather how Williams actions have added, rather than tempered, the insanity on social media. I know I am being harsh on William, but his actions bear some responsibility for the firestorm around this. He just had to show up. I understand that he as a husband and father was also going through a lot but by not playing the game a little bit, the way his father and grandparents have/had, he was not helping the situation. There is a lot to be learned from these past few months and I really hope William and his team have been paying attention.
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