Having read literally hundreds of pages on this topic over the years I think you'd have to add another choice in the poll . . . . . that being, total indifference.
The whole matter is so open to conjecture, and to be honest as no record was ever claimed, then who really worries about the veracity of the claim?
No harm was done, no one died or lost a fortune, did they?
If it was a wind up then only one person could possibly answer, and sadly, he is no longer with us.
That others chose to pour scorn on the event and/or the location of said event is, well to me at least, rather sad.
My old grandmother had a lovely saying that I often think of when reading some of the threads on here:
"If you have nothing nice to say then maybe best to say nothing at all"
It is not possible to slander the deceased, but let's remember that there are surviving loved ones and relatives, and they surely deserve to be left in whatever peace they might manage . . . . . . Don't they?
