“The point is that older people — and 83 most definitely falls into that bracket — come out with all sorts of stuff, which can very easily be misinterpreted”
It’s called losing your inner filter.
My mother in law would sit in a cafe or the doctor’s waiting room and say aloud things like “look at the size of her, she shouldn’t be eating cake”. Or “why’s he got all those tattoos on his neck, he looks ridiculous”.
A mate of mine who’s only mid-seventies said a really stupid thing in jest the other week and is now completely mortified and embarrassed about it.
You’d like to think Ms Hussey felt likewise and would offer a full apology. If Charlie Boy wants to modernise the Monarchy it would be a good place to start.
