Oh woe is me Oh woe is thee Why stayed you not my hand? For I have slain the fairest youth Ere lived in all England.

The point is, these people are all very complex and human. The human drama they are caught up in still has the power to thrill. Hundreds of years later, intelligent men and women all over the English-speaking universe continue to ardently debate the details and, in the case of the present thread, attempt to assign blame. I think it's wonderful that so many seem to take an interest.