Thinking about it, maybe I was a little harsh with the comment about telling her to stop making a fool of herself, but I agree that feeding her delusion is just plain foolish.
I’ve never been in Elizabeth’s position, but I can appreciate that it would be extremely traumatic, even if the trauma is to a degree self inflicted through the pedestal she places Freddie on.
Perhaps the answer would be to find something else she could devote her energies to which might actually be useful to Freddie. Any suggestions?
Anyway this is Ambridge so no doubt the Anna Toboggan fairy will wave her magic wand soon and all will be well again. I bet she was well chuffed to get a call from a deluded and hysterical daughter of a friend of her mum’s on her day off (not!).