Something has clearly upset the Daily Mail’s resident Glenda-at-large (and season ticket holder for
the sofa on The Andy Marr Show (tm))
Amanda Platell. And that something is that someone, somewhere, is getting More
And Better Invites To Very Important Events And Places For Themselves
Personally Now. What makes it worse is that the people concerned are more
popular than she is.
The stuff of Sunday morning nightmares
Mandy’s target is the Middleton family, who she clearly believes
are getting above themselves, having definitely gone one better than Ms Platell
a long time ago, as they are now connected to royalty, while she is not connected
to any kind of upmarket privilege at all. So she has decided to use the bully
pulpit given her by her legendarily foul mouthed editor to push back.
“I
worry the Middletons really do believe they are royalty” muses
Mandy, who worries only about keeping her place on Paul Dacre’s roster of
Glendas, and her face on the TV as often as she can prevail on the networks to
allow her on. This “worry” extends to
complaining about the family moving to a more expensive house, and the other benefits
accruing to folks with their own successful business.
And the belief “they
are royalty”? “A string of racehorses
is being planned”. It’s their money and their call. So what? They were in
the Royal carriage procession at Ascot? They got invited by Her Maj. Jubilee
flotilla? Ditto. Order of the Garter ceremony? Ditto. Royal box at Wimbledon
for Pippa and brother? They got invited to that one too. Mandy, you’re just
jealous.
In any case, where do you think the idea of the Middletons
being “Royal” came from? Which paper
christened Pippa Middleton “Her Royal Hotness”? Like in the article
HERE?
Or this one HERE?
Or the piece HERE?
That would be the Daily Mail (or,
occasionally, competing with the Express
for the title of the Daily Pippa). That’s
the paper you write for, Mandy. Get
over it.
Besides, who said this: “I
do not begrudge the Middletons the trappings of their financial success.
Turning a kitchen-table enterprise into a multi-million pound party business is
an achievement we should celebrate, not sneer at”? Er, you did. It’s from
the same piece where you whinge at the family for getting above themselves. So
why don’t you follow your own advice for once?
Still, it means regular paycheques, so that’s all right, then.
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