Hi everybody. I just want to apologise for the fact I haven't been able to update the site this week, the reason being I've been pretty ill and have only today come out of hospital.

It's a long holiday weekend in Britain but I will endeavour to return to work as normal on Tuesday. In the meantime, can you phone Clarence House and put in a request for them NOT to announce anything of any real interest until then?

Thanks and apologies again for the silence - everything happened in such dramatic fashion that it's only now that I can post this public notice.

If anybody is still visiting the site it having been (to my horror) so quiet on a rather busy royal week then, welll....thank you!

Here's to a better May than April.
Joanne

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Name: Joanne

Comment: Thanks again everyone. Enjoying a nice restful Sunday and looking forward to the holiday Monday. I think it's essentially a May Day holiday right across the globe isn't it? Go on, tell me it is? BTW, on the strictest orders of my family, I've not got around to my e-mail yet so if you've written please bear with me as I've literally come into Admin and then switched off each time I've been online the past 24 hours. Joanne (feeling increasingly better and strong.....I say as I touch wood (otherwise known as my head!)).

Name: anyacat	Comment: What are YOU doing out of bed?

Name: M-M	Comment: Sorry to hear you've been ill Joanne - just take it easy and get better Best wishes M-M

Name: exploora	Comment: Joanne, I am sure glad you are well enough to post now and I hope the freezer is full of popcycles especially the grape ones.

Name: Monika	Comment: Joanne, it really is great to have you back! I really missed your humor. Thanks for the hospital updates, but the REAL question is did you take your own matress with you? But seriously, do take it easy. So much for your earlier statement that you will be back to work on TUESDAY. Relax, put your feet up...heck...plan a cruise or something.

Name: Joanne

Comment: Exploora, You do have an ability to make me laugh, thank you (I refer solely to the first paragraph and the fact my unexpected disappearance was more shocking to you than the recent lowering of the royal trousers). I think I missed a trick here: I should've done like the Palace do and give hourly updates from my hospital bed. Instead of posting them on the gates of my Palace I could've posted them on here. 3pm Wednesday: "Joanne had a comfortable three minutes but was struck down when she saw what she had to swallow next". 4pm Wednesday: "Joanne was last seen legging it out of a hospital window after a nurse came towards her with an instrument the likes of which should never be seen by anybody with a head, arms and legs" Joanne Another PS: You must think I've gone insane but honestly, I'm just truly relieved to still be here (and that you're all still here with me so thank you for helping to keep my spirits up).

Name: exploora

Comment: And reliability is a virtue of course. I was more shocked to see Joanne gone for so long than I was to see HRH's alleged bare bottom in the "news" paper. Of course when the princes or/and their friends appear to have embarrassed themselves in public we are less shocked than when Joanne is missing from her post. "In general, men judge more from appearances than from realness. All men have eyes, but few have perception. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are, and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion.") can become very loyal to another through receiving acts of goodwill, but even one's strong sense of loyalty is not absolute, and can be won or lost. can have their feelings towards others changed; i.e. with certain catalysts, they can turn against someone they favored, or they can have their favor won towards someone they used to view negatively. are inconstant can have their friendship bought, but friends that are bought with money are not reliable." Niccolo machiavelli

Name: Joanne

Comment: Thanks again everyone, you're too kind to me.And Exploora Number 1 would've been great, although I think I might've ended up back in hospital had Kate Middleton found out! Actually, don't tell anybody know but between us, that is actually where I've been. The thing is, though, it didn't go too well and that tall blonde guy dumped me in the middle of the Isle of Wight and I had to swim back to shore and make my way a few hundred miles home. As I've found before, they're just not reliable enough these princes Joanne PS Re. my silliness: can I just say I was not under the influence of too many antibiotics as I wrote the above (honest!).

Name: exploora

Comment: The members in the forum kept us current. I have been visiting everyday, and I was just hoping and praying some horrible thing didn't happen, cause I knew something must have happened. Though I realize how many of us regulars feel about lists, I made a list of all the things most likely could have happened to Joanne to ease my own mind. Of course going on vacation was on the bottom of my list. 1. Kidnapped by a tall blondish balding man flying a black helicopter with possibly a big fly on its wall holding a long lense camera. 2. Was eaten by a super bug. 3. Was sick in hospital. 4. Was away on vacation. Welcome back.

Name: Tracey	Comment: Hope you're feeling better soon.

Name: Joanne

Comment: Thank you everybody, your support is hugely appreciated (more than you could know). On a lighter note (just to prove this is me and I've not hired a double....I nearly said 'body double' but the state I've been in I wouldn't wish that on anybody else!): Just remind me never to go standing out in the night air to see if that was Prince William buzzing my house in his helicopter! I've not been the same since last Saturday! Seriously, thanks ever so much. Joanne

Name: Sunbonnet	Comment: Joanne, Just rest and recuperate. Whatever news is out there will be there next week. I'll check in, but better we all have patience until your health is better and you are feeling stronger. Your site is great; your well-written stories and your diligence are appreciated. I'm sure you have everyone's well wishes. Meanwhile, "kick back" and settle in with a good "read" and chicken soup.

Name: Monika	Comment: Okay Joanne, per your request...I will call CH and ask that Charles sticks to gardening; that Camilla suspends her busy schedule; that William and Harry keep their royal feet on the ground; and that Kate stays hidden away in the gym that William had built especially for her. But only because you asked...otherwise I would never be so bold as to say any of this.

Name: colleen	Comment: Dont worry Joanne that you missed anything exciting with the royals Williams flying a helicopter somewhere near you I guess this time landed in some Afghans backyard, Cams is as cute as ever, Kate found a double of William to go out with, the sex tape blackmail case fellows landed up with five years, so as you can see the Royals are still a class act.

Name: colleen	Comment: Joanne wishing you a full recovery and good health. Truly missed you and your dedication. Lots of Love

Name: Rachel	Comment: Sorry to hear that you've been ill, Joanne. Take care of yourself, please.

Name: Emily Elizabeth Windsor-Cragg	Comment: Dear Joanne, please just get better. Nobody's going to abandon you; in fact, now is a good time for people to express their encouragement by re-upping. EEWC