I used to live in Aberdeen so don’t know her personally but know a few of her friends, one being one of her ‘day ones’. She’s always come across to me as if she needed a partner to feel validated, after her first husband died she jumped from relationship to relationship. Every guy was the love of her life, so perfect, treated her like a Queen, then they’d split and he’d be the worst man ever. Seems like that’s what has happened with her son’s Dad.
Everything with her first husband’s illness was very, very public and they did a lot of fundraising and raising awareness etc which can’t be taken away from her but I always felt she loved some of the attention. (I know that sounds so so horrible). They got a lot of things for the wedding paid for/discounted because he was so ill so she’s dealt with gifted stuff before, albeit under different circumstances.
I find it very telling that her daughter and Cammy were so so close but she now doesn’t speak to his family. Surely you’d keep in touch with them to feel some connection to him.