Kate Middleton's 'commoner' status stirs up Britons' old class divide
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Royal watchers and the British media are not mincing words about the humble lineage of "Commoner Kate."
"From pit to palace," declared London's Daily Mail, noting her great-great-grandfather's days as a coal miner. "I'm not against the middle class as such, but I do query whether she has the background and breeding to be queen one day," wrote James Whitaker, a guru of royal gossip. The Guardian, the Times of London, the Telegraph and the venerable BBC, among others, have all seen fit to dub her a "commoner."
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Oh, yes.
I'm so worried about whether or not Kate Middleton, the commoner, has the background and breeding to be queen one day.
Obviously, she doesn't have the breeding and/or background, because she is a commoner.
Gosh, therefore, I am worried, because without the background and breeding, the future Queen of England will have no influence upon the world.
Yeah, right.
Queen Elizabeth.
What an influence.