This is a very contentious subject Tony, as I’m sure that you will appreciate, obviously I have no idea of how the Royal Family saw it, but I think that it’s fair to say that a lot of soi-disant “patriots”, viewed the very idea of “their Princess” being involved with a Muslim as deeply distressing.
Personally I could have cared less if she’d been involved with a Muslim, a Peruvian, an Aussie, or indeed an Oriental.
I almost included a Frenchman, but as attractive as she undeniably was, she would have had to try really hard to snag one of God’s own

, détends-toi, je plaisante!