sound world wrote:To me, Victoria Beckham epitomises modern Britain-someone with little talent but huge ego; a golddigger with vanity to spare who has become rich through her looks and luck and who puts herself and her family ahead of anyone or anything else. But I don't know a whole lot about her, since I'm allergic to slebs.
That's a popular view, but I don't think it's necessarily an accurate one. Whatever her lack of ability as a singer, she worked hard to get where she is, and personally I don't have a problem with people who strive to achieve what they want in life. She took what she had and did fantastically well with it.
I watched a really fascinating documentary about her some years ago, which she participated in happily, and I must say I thought she was absolutely delightful - not vain at all (in fact I think she's very insecure about her looks, and doesn't see herself as anything out of the ordinary at all), very funny, very self-aware and ready to have a laugh at her own expense. Clearly a devoted mother and wife who takes those roles seriously, which is something I find very admirable. This view of her was confirmed for me by someone who did volunteer work in one of my previous places of work, in his day job he was often at Beckenham Palace (
) doing work for her and he said she is completely adorable in real life, just a lovely woman with no airs at all. She spends most of her time looking after her kids and doing charity work that the public doesn't hear about. Yes, she definitely likes the finer things in life, but her family and home are the most important things in the world to her. I can identify with that.
I think the way she's handled all the rumoured infidelities by David is sheer class. She's chosen to stick by him because she loves him, has never complained publicly or put him down, always handles herself with real integrity. I admire that tremendously. I couldn't do it.
Politics aside, I really think there are certain people you have to invite to such a do: I think it's a tremendous snub to Blair and Brown whatever they might have thought of the whole carry-on.
And then, politically, I think it's sending a signal to anyone even slightly left of centre that the status quo of privilege and capitalism is to be maintained at all costs.
Yep, I agree, I'm just not surprised that this is the case. I think also you have to bear in mind that Blair is such a controversial character, possibly one of the most hated politicians ever these days, and they may have wished to avoid attention going to him at the wedding.
Great spectacle too of those beautiful coaches, dresses, costumes etc.
Oh yes, we do that sort of thing rather well in the UK, don't we. I can enjoy the pomp and circumstance without supporting the whole thing in any way, although actually, I'm not a republican. They do live fabulously privileged lives, but I wouldn't want to be them, endless duty and tedious etiquette and formality and so on.
