Genstabler and all other loyal saps, the Palace
PR machine is not a myth. And it's not a doe-eyed defence of helpless Windsors from heartless British journalists. It's actually something far more interesting... and more disquieting. Look closely and you'll see that it's the mutated offspring of Charles's requirement to deodorise his stinky affair with the wife of Brigadier Parker-Bowles and an Alistair-Campbell era assumption that you can harness benign patriotic goodwill to the self-interest of a privileged few. Response invited from anyone who would wish to argue a contrary point of view. And before you ask, I'm a royalist - and a supporter of air ambulances. Goofer.