The late Queen's motto was never complained, never explained.

There may be furorery, frenzy and fabrication,

but the monarchy should maintain a position of dignity and stoicism

that befits its status and stability above the fray.

In the most part, it always worked for her.

The times, well, they are changing.

The royal family is changing.

The way people consume information about the royal family is changing.

And through a series of unforced errors, the royals have completely lost control of a narrative they would dearly like to control.

The front page of today's Sun newspaper reports that the Princess of Wales looked happy, relaxed and healthy on her first public outings since abdominal surgery, although that is not a

picture, as they make clear, of her. It's an old one. It's not taken on this visit to a farm.

They say that she and William spent the morning watching her three children play sports,

and then they went to her favourite local farm shop in Windsor. And that's obviously good news.

It means Kate is clearly on the mend.

That's what everybody wants to hear.

But there are no photographs with that story, for whatever reason,

nor any named witnesses to the walkabout.

For those who spent weeks speculating wildly

about everything from the seriousness of her health struggles

to the state of their marriage,

it's unlikely to be enough to draw a line under this.

There are many unanswered questions about the Princess of Wales and the calamitous edited

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