”I don't know about anyone else, but I have had friends and co-workers who turned out to be abusers of some sort. I was dismayed. I didn't want to believe the allegations, but hey, I was wrong. Have none of you had the same thing happen, or is this such a huge issue because he's a royal?”

Yes Jeri, I’ve had it happen when I discovered that a man I played squash with regularly and went out for beers with afterwards, had been abusing his two daughters whom I had regular contact with in an informal Education context.

I found it impossible to meet up and socialise with him after that. He never questioned why.

Over the course of several years in that Education role, I discovered there’s far more of that sort of thing goes on than is often realised.