A dark lining to this light entertainment --- I read the concessive 'while'-clause in the Palace statement as a strong statement of disagreement, pointing to divergent accounts. 'While some recollections may vary they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.' In effect, they are saying 'that is not at all what happened according to us' which is just one step short of saying 'that is a lie!'. I also read the mention of a private resolution as a rebuke for having aired family laundry in public.

Source author: Biljana Scott biscott@diplomacy.edu