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=== Countess Margaret of Mar === In 2012, an interview with [[Simon Wessely]] was published by ''The Independent''<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/me-bitterest-row-yet-in-a-long-saga-8348389.html | title = ME: bitterest row yet in a long saga | last = Manning | first = Sanchez | authorlink = | date = Nov 25, 2012 | website = The Independent|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-01|quote=Professor Wessely has previously come under fire for research he jointly conducted which concluded that cognitive behavioural therapy could be beneficial in treating ME. In August last year he told how he had been harassed, stalked and intimidated by fanatical lobby groups that disputed his the findings.}}</ref> which named the [[Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar|Countess of Mar]] as "an opponent" of Wessely’s, and stated "he told how he had been harassed, stalked and intimidated by fanatical lobby groups that disputed his the [sic] findings", she responded with an open letter to Simon Wessely<ref name="CountessOfMar4Dec2012" /> denying she had ever harassed him, and describing a catalogue of harassment and rude behavior he had subjected her to. [[Simon Wessely]], whose interview was shortly followed by a letter signed by 27 researchers in support,<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/ios-letters-emails-online-postings-2-december-2012-8373777.html | title = Letters, emails & online postings | last = White | first = Peter | authorlink = Peter White | last2 = Sharpe | first2 = Michael | authorlink2 = Michael Sharpe | date = Dec 2, 2012 | website = The Independent|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-01|publisher=The Independent on Sunday|quote=So it is with sadness that we read in The Independent on Sunday reports of false allegations made against Simon Wessely - one of the few UK clinicians with a specialist interest in treating CFS/ME and someone who has done pioneering research in the field. Ironically, it was because of accusations like this that Professor Wessely received the award in the first place. | first3 = Esther | last3 = Crawley | authorlink3 = Esther Crawley | last4 = Holgate | first4 = Stephen | authorlink4 = Stephen Holgate|others=[[Rona Moss-Morris]], [[Charlotte Feinmann]] [[Hugo Critchley]], [[Brian Angus]], [[Steven Reid]], [[Patrick Doherty]], [[Paul Little]], [[Maurice Murphy]], [[Tim Peto]], [[Mansel Aylward]], [[Alastair Miller]], [[Diane Cox]], [[Jonathan Sterne]],[[Margaret May]]<sub>Subscript text</sub>[[George Davey-Smith]], [[Jade Thai]], [[Gabrielle Murphy]], [[Hazel O'Dowd]], [[Brian Marien]], [[Selwyn Richards]], [[Alison Wearden]], and [[Trudie Chalder]]}}</ref> replied to the Countess denying the specific harassment she had described. Prof. [[Peter White]] who signed the letter in support of Simon Wessely later apologized.
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