The church, royal family, political parties and even the armed forces who attended would have advisors be it publicity, public relations, etc. They should have backed away from it. The BBC seemed more interested in ratings than investigating any wrong doings. Thatchers right hand man certainly knew it was more than rumours blocking his knighthood 3 times. Makes you wonder why John Lydon's famous interview where he said "and we all know what Jimmy gets up to" wasn't looked into more. Why didn't the interviewer ask him what he meant? (Unless he knew exactly what he meant) Probably had someone in his ear telling him to change the subject.