Indeed, private gossip on the foibles of royals has never been sharper.

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But I had no evidence of it, and I never saw anything that made me take it more seriously than it was common gossip.

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Anyone with a little glitz in the family can use it to raise their profile across the never-ending, multiplying platforms that follow fame in any increment, from celeb-tracking Twitter feeds to gossip sites.

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