I can understand how political correctness came about but I think it’s gone way too far now. The pc brigade will leap on any word they think of as being offensive, with no regard to the context in which it is used or if the person it is directed at is even remotely bothered by it.
A friend of mine always greets me with “owzit anging you old tart”, I reply with”oi, less of the old you slapper”…..no doubt the pc brigade would jump up and down over this, but we both know it’s a joke and nothing is meant by it (I think…. :? )
As for the media, oooh look, there’s a word or statement there we can take out of context and make a story of…let’s not let the whole picture get in the way of a good story. Hey there’s a royal involved too, might get this one to run for a few days….