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‘There was also, I suppose, a collective astonishment at the dissonance between the monarchy’s self-fashioning (restraint, duty, asceticism, higher purpose) and this completely trashy couple who would renovate their Berkshire residence, Sunninghill Park, with teddy bears, a helipad and a swimming pool when they were both half out of the marriage anyway.’

Completely trashy is good.

Margaret Soltan, February 24, 2026 8:07AM
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