Oh, come on, Carol...it's incredibly rare for men to be stoned..

Lox, I didn't say the first video was about Iran, but it is about what happens withinand because of some of the beliefs of Islam.

And yes, I know 'The Prince & I' was set in Saudi, but many of the incidences in there also happen in other parts of the Middle East.

It's a brilliant book, although sadly a true story..written by a German Nanny who went to care for the grandson of the ruler of Saudi...Written around the time I was working in Harley Street, when nearly all of our patients were from the Middle East, so I identify very much with so much of what she wrote.

When her favourite Princess was stoned to death for running away with the man she loved, it shocked her to the core of her being and broke her heart and she left Saudi feeling she could not live amongst people who would behave in this barbaric way. She was desperately fond of her young charge and had come to be very much a part of the family within the Women's Palace...but when she discoverd that Prince Mohammed had ordered the death of his beloved Mishaal, that was it, she left there and then, writing her book later. At the time it came out it caused many waves of anger, because it told the truth and opened up the world of what was happening over there....

Young Mishaal was taken to the village square and stoned to death. Her lover (whom she had loved for years, despite her arranged and lovelss marriage) was beheaded.

Prince Mohammed was left with no alternative but to order her death, as he knew there would be outrage if she were excused the punishment that many other women had been sentenced to.

What shocked her most was that Princess Moudi, who was the mother of Prince Saud (whom she called Susu), the little baby she cared for, so accepted Mishaal's death, stating that Mishaal had brought disgrace upon the family and had known what the outcome would be. And Moudi had watched her die, despite being so desperately fond of her.

Would the man have been beheaded if he had not run away with a member of the Royal Family? Who knows.......

I can only begin to imagine the terror that anyone must feel about being stoned to death, let alone the agony of it.