'Why wait until after the death of the named person before revealing this 'truth' to the world?' - Your Letters: August 26
PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: Two young women are pictured watching in the press shop as a standard dinner tray is stamped from foil. This picture comes from the works at Star Aluminium Ltd., Bridgnorth, on May 17, 1962. The first aluminium rolling mills were set up in 1933 in Marston Road.
WHY SPEAK ILL OF DEAD PEOPLE?
I have noticed that many stories are being hyped, to increase book sales no doubt, about 'Royal Secrets'. Stories from sources claim that our late Queen, 'knew' about her son's sexual antics and his, and his wife's, debts, that Prince Philip had affairs during his married life. Too boring to list here.
A couple of things puzzle me though – why wait until after the death of the named person before revealing this 'truth' to the world? I don't know the answer to that save one pertinent point, you cannot slander or libel a dead person. That's a principle of our law, there is of course the other reason.... if that person were alive they could, of course, defend themselves in court.
Like I wrote earlier, is this just extra scandal to help hype book sales? I don't know but I do, like most people, wonder why these authors waited before writing their stories.
Michael Gough, West Midlands
SPEAKING UP FOR OUR PENSIONERS
We need to speak our for 10m pensioners who have lost their:
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