Where is the Princess of Wales?

Tuesday’s statement about Prince William was terse to the point of being unhelpful. ‘The Prince of Wales has pulled out of attending the memorial service for the late King Constantine of Greece at Windsor Castle due to a personal matter.’ Granted, William has been unusually active during the past few weeks. One minute he has been photographed hobnobbing with the stars at the Baftas, the next has been diving into controversy by calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Middle East. Therefore, his absence from the memorial service could be down to anything from exhaustion to some minor but unpleasant personal complaint.

Unfortunately, ‘a personal matter’ covers a multitude of potential reasons. The main one that royal watchers have alighted upon is the ongoing indisposition of the Princess of Wales. Kate has not been seen in public for weeks, nor has she put out any sort of personal statement after her hospitalisation at the London Clinic for a still-mysterious health condition.