Tuesday's Quote of the Day
"You can turn on the tap and drink water without having to pay for it" - austerity advice from the Duchess of York.
While attacking some quarters of the press for calling her 19-year-old daughter Beatrice overweight, the Duchess of York also managed to get in a plug for her latest TV venture. In the two-part reality show on ITV, the former wife of Prince Andrew spends time living with a low-income family from Hull, advising them on how to lose weight... hence this gobbet of sage dietry advice, which has added pertinence given the austerity measures many families are facing at the moment. Oh for the wisdom of the wealthy...