I’m afraid that sub-editing standards have been thrown out the window in describing the death of Sonia McMahon.
In 1965, she married William “Billy” McMahon, an aspiring politician in Sir Robert Menzies’ government. She was 32, he 57.
Since the slow and ambiguous denial of imperial honors in Australia, the media has largely struggled to cope.
Hence we see articles like:
But of course she is not “Lady Sonia” but “Lady McMahon”.
It’s embarrassing that modern editors and sub-editors don’t understand imperial honors.
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