Diana was our society's warning to women (on the 20th anniversary of her death (murder?))

[herding cats]

72. I didn't say you made that claim, I said it was thanks to your post I had to read that post.

You said he had to marry a "virgin" your words. Stop and actually think about it for just a moment. What you said is archaic, unprovable (on a woman's body, to be clear) , demeaning and not even necessary in the era she was married in. That's what I'm pointing out here. It was faux tabloid blather people bought wholesale because it was scandalous. No actual people near them ever did anything but pooh pooh the claim. There's zero validation of the rumor and a myriad of reasons why it's total bullshit. I provided you but one, which you ignored and deflected on. Whatever.

You're correct about the time frame of the divorce, but that's completely irrelevant here. It has been the formal/informal reasoning as to why they cannot marry now. I shouldn't have added trivia, and only did so since you mention why he didn't marry Camilla. I thought you meant now, not then. She'd married while he was off in the RB Navy or some such. He didn't marry her not because her hymen was breached, but because she moved on. Irrelevant beyond your "otherwise he'd have married her" comment.

Edit to add: what did you mean by "otherwise he'd have married Camilla" then? In context I find myself confused with your reply?