i took overfrom jennie bond, lady bond as i call her.nto me her white stiletto heels that she was famous for, but she did hand on the advice that one should treat the royal family like any other news story. that has always been front and centre in my brain when i have done thisjob. clearly, something i have failed. how has the job changed since you started doing it? it was about 20 years ago. it is that co nsta nt about 20 years ago. it is that constant tussle, as you suggested. the terrible time for the royals was during the 805, when they really did feel there was no holds barred coverage and i didn't know what to do. with the benefit of history, pa rt do. with the benefit of history, part of the reason they were all at sea was because individual royals and theircamps sea was because individual royals and their camps were contributing to the coverage. so what has changed mo5t noticeably is that all of that leaking from within has been battened down on. so the distilling of information is coming through their communication offices, but