It’s already been a tough year for the Princess of Wales but the events of the last few days must have felt like blows upon a bruise.
Still in recovery from abdominal surgery, the mother-of-three has been besieged on all sides with fresh difficulties to cope with at a time when she must be feeling at her most fragile.
Outlandish theories on social media have swirled on social media about her health and whereabouts - in spite of clear guidance from the Palace about when she might return to public duties - while at the same time her Uncle Gary Goldsmith has taken part in Celebrity Big Brother and hasn’t been slow to come forward with opinions about his niece.
The Army then removed a claim on its website that the Princess of Wales would be attending Trooping the Colour in June, throwing further fuel on the social media firestorm raging in the wake of her hospital stay.
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