They intruded on the grief of Sarah’s family by gathering

WHAT a shame that people think they have the right to intrude in other people’s grief. Do the (mainly) women who insisted on gathering in vast numbers, without masks and squashed together, think that the family of poor Sarah Everard will appreciate the fuss and disharmony this has caused?

I would think that this will have added to the distress they must already be feeling. These women were only concerned with “self ”. They were asked not to gather as it was against Covid regulations but still they did it and are now bleating about police heavy-handedness.

The police had no option but to try to break up the gathering and unfortunately had to use force to do so.

It was the same when Diana, Princess of Wales, sadly died. What gave us the right to intrude into the grief of those two boys?

We didn’t know Diana personally but yet we demanded the public appearance of her young sons when the Queen was trying to allow them to grieve on their own by shielding them from the public gaze. There was a lot of public sympathy on seeing the boys walking behind their mother’s coffin and, while this was distressing, what I found even more distressing was the sight of those two young boys outside Kensington Palace looking at the flowers left for their mother and watching them having to smile and say thank you to strangers who were trying to get close to them and hand them flowers etc.

I found this a disgraceful and upsetting thing to watch – how could we do that to these grieving young boys. Now, again, we think we have the right to intrude into a family’s private grief.

Probably more to the point is the total insult and kick in the teeth this selfish act was to the selfless NHS and key workers who are working all the hours that God sends, and at great sacrifice to themselves and their families, in order to keep us safe.

I wonder what the nurses, doctors, consultants, physiotherapists, care workers, etc thought about these thoughtless individuals. Yes, certainly women ought to be able to walk through the streets alone at any hour without the fear of being molested, or worse.

However, the reality is that in many cases I’m afraid that alcohol and testosterone do not mix well and the later at night women are out, the more likely they are to encounter this. A sad fact but true and women must also be aware of this fact and try to take precautions even though they feel that they shouldn’t have to.

Twas ever thus I’m afraid.