" just don’t get all this adulation for someone who is essentially a stranger to most of us. And a very privileged one, at that. "
(Sorry - I'm quoting from a quote so don't know who posted this originally!)
Firstly, I don't think it's adulation.
But the PoW, whatever your views on the RF, has been put through hell for the past few years, and I think most people on this thread get that - they're pleased to see her looking better and happier. (I appreciate that this is not the end of the cancer story).
She's a woman in an official role who has been the target of a horrible bullying campaign, firstly from her sister-in-law and stupid brother-in-law, and then, as a result of the slurs on her character made globally, she's become the focus of absolutely vicious hatred by their crazed supporters. Her marriage, children, even her parents - no-one has been spared, and even her cancer diagnosis has been questioned and mocked. She hasn't been able to respond to the character-assassination - but has just had to get on with her job.
I just wish her well and hope she's around for many, many years to come to be a mother to her children. I also happen to think she does a really good job in her royal role. I don't feel adulation, just relief that things seem to be improving for her and support for the situation she's been in.