Wise choice by a wise couple

Re: Richie and Gemma's wedding – Privacy or Profit (The Weekend Sun, January 20 & 27). I totally disagree with the comments in ‘RR Response' to my letter ‘When will we be satisfied?' dated January 20, 2017. It was not the public who had worked themselves into a frenzy because they were unable to obtain details of the wedding before the event. It was the media who were unable to find out where and when it was taking place. Your 'RR Response” claimed: '.... and the couple calling for privacy while appearing to be protecting their interests with a magazine paying for coverage”. As you well know, it would have been part of the agreement reached with the magazine in return for payment, that the wedding be kept 'off limits” to other media. If they chose to have just one or two magazines present, that was wisely their choice and was done very tastefully. The wedding was on January 14, 2017, and the first magazine ‘Woman's Day' with coverage was on sale here in Tauranga two days later on January 16, 2017, even though it was dated January 23, 2017. This was four days before the Rogers Rabbits column on January 20, 2017. The article would have been written up prior to the wedding, to enable it to hit the stands two days later. Richie and Gemma clearly listen to their parents, as outlined in the article, and as a result have never put a foot wrong. They would also have the very best advice from lawyers, management, accountants etc to ensure they did not turn the most important day in their lives into a ‘media circus'. As usual, well done Richie and Gemma! Thanks for allowing me to air my view.

J Hill, Tauranga City.

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