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In reply to the discussion: Diana was our society's warning to women (on the 20th anniversary of her death (murder?)) [View all]herding cats
(20,051 posts)That was a tabloid media creation and obsession. Albeit a deeply demented and misogynistic one at the time.
The issue with Camilla, as I've read it in several books, was her divorce, which was archaic and misogynistic enough. There's no need to perpetuate even worse misogynistic tabloid rumors.
Thanks to your post I actually read people here believe she was "checked" for her "virginity" whatever that actually means, by a physician. Seriously, in this day and age people believe that's just that simple? Hymens are varying and fragile things, as anyone whose ever owned one knows. They aren't any longer protected by keeping a woman on a shelf until its worth comes into play. You know, like in the old days when women were bartering chips designed to link empires, and an assurance that the potential future heir came from its sire. <--- That's where all that insanity actually came from.
I can assure you Great Britain was at least to that extent well within the 20th century at that time. Why check for her "virginity" when a simple pregnancy test would suffice? Think about it.