The "Isabella Evening News" outright fabricated a drama, claiming an anonymous servant heard the Duchess of Kent weeping by the window at night, murmuring, "He is a good man; he once saved us," and even fabricated the Queen's reproachful tone: "XXX is better than him!"
Such an emotional plot, together with the poster for the play "The Bride" soon to be shown in front of the Haymarket Royal Theater, sparked much discussion among middle-class ladies and even among cab drivers and workers who began to comment on the affairs of the court in station pubs.
