Bit harsh from Hilary Mantel?

Too many cals. What can Ido for 200 cals?
Pilchards on toast?

Festering is a term my neighbour and myself use for slow cooking!
Wonder how many calories on a baked potato and baked beans?

I think he flogged it to Waitrose didn't he galen? So proabbly they know the name of the bullock.

Still, if it's festering it's not likely to do you much good if you eat it, Galen!

Talking of horse meat I've a chilli festering in my crockpot.
The meat is from HRH' s duchy of Cornwall so I think it's unlikely to be horse?

And the horsemeat one was ideal distraction from stafford.
I dont think he should take up sikh headgear on a routine basis though, judging by today's photos. I always think he would have looked right in a great big Sam Pepys long wig.
Lengths he will got to do divert attention from the 1 billion underestimate on how much income gov would get from phone contracts.

Or maybe he just had no choice as part of Sadie Smith's Triumvirate of Evil.

Nifty work by Cameron then, getting embroiled in the duchess story .

Duchess shock. Horsemeat horror. Meanwhile Stafford hospital conveniently forgotten.

'Pander' think the meaning might be sofened a bit if its a verb rather than a noun.

Jings would never be a minor anything! She's more likely to be HM

Isn't a pander a pimp?

Don't pander (or do I mean panda?) to her, ej

OMG.... your majesty!

just off to sort this Mantlepiece woman out

Yes. Took you long enough.

Agree with you there Bags

... do you really think we should be saying Your Ladyship to jings?

I don't know how you can say "misread". It's obviously aimed at Kate personally. Mantel is a notoriety seeking, self serving bitch.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9880185/Duchess-of-Cambridge-the-perfect-royal-consort.html everyone is getting in on the act.

Serious writers should not have to concern themselves with what people's feelings 'might' be when their stuff is read and deliberately misinpterpreted. #mentalstifling

Who else is beginning to wonder if jings is one of those "minor royals" one hears about?

I meant "pick up what Kate's feelings" might have been.

I agree with mamie that what Mantel said wasn't aimed at Kate but at Kate's position in our society. I also think Kate is perfectly capable of coping with an intelligent article without feeling offended, and if she does feel offended, that's just tough. Writers are allowed to write things that might offend someone. In fact, you can bet your bottom dollar that someone will take offence whatever is said about Kate. Kate must know that a certain thick-skinnedness is part of her job requirements.

She could not pick up on them until they had them! Or do you mean prior to this storm in a teacup?

Sorry Mamie. She just doesn't seem very good at picking up on other people's feelings.