There is thread after thread after thread on Mumsnet from women of all ages who have been manipulated by one or both of their parents, and who are struggling to break free of it.
Who says to them, well by the age of 21 or 25 or 30 or whatever you should have seen that and sorted it?
No one, because sensible people realise that parental manipulation that has gone on for a lifetime is something that's firstly, difficult to comprehend because it's "normal", then it's difficult to accept because it's the people who should be looking out for you more than anyone else, then it's difficult to change an entire mindset that's been in place since you were a child.
The entire RF has been involved in various dodgy dealings, from the late queen downwards. Yes, the whole family can be castigated for that, including B and E.
But to say that these two women might have been manipulated by their parents (who by all accounts seemed more interested in themselves than they ever were in their daughters, other than as props) then say they should miraculously have known better when they very likely didn't even realise is unfair when we don't expect ordinary women to suddenly know at a certain age and immediately cut their parents off.
It's obvious that in 2019 when AMW did the interview and was encouraged by B, that she fully believed in him. And even late last year she was showing support by riding with him.
It's a hard thing to accept your dad has been involved in the exploitation of vulnerable women and girls, and has potentially committed treason.
If they've committed crimes themselves, then absolutely they need to be held accountable, but I can't castigate them for failing to understand that their parents have been using them, and for not being able to cast them aside.