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Can a seven year old be a 'social power'?

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absent Tue 25-Jun-19 21:03:16

Social Power Index? Bah-ha-ha!

Gonegirl Tue 25-Jun-19 21:03:11

The Beckhams would land at Heathrow. Or Northolt or Farnborough if they went to their Cotswolds pad by private jet. They would have to go through customs.

Beechnut Tue 25-Jun-19 20:57:08

M0nica there is Cotswold airport near Kemble.

EllanVannin Tue 25-Jun-19 20:32:20

Flying hither and thither isn't exactly a lesson on saving the planet either.

M0nica Tue 25-Jun-19 19:45:16

If she flies by jet to the Cotswolds which airport is she using? RAF Brize Norton?

Surely the question is, who is she meant to influence, parents or children and how? Her clothes are nothing marvellous, expensive, yes, but no style that you can notice. What 7 year old does have style? She gives no interviews so her personal views on politics and climate change are unknown.

I think she was included on the list in order to garner press coverage.

paddyann Tue 25-Jun-19 19:24:40

I always thought a child prodigy was one who was extremely talented ..not just one who was flying hither and tither at her parents expense on a private jet.

EllanVannin Tue 25-Jun-19 19:18:33

If opportunity knocked on every door where there are children there'd be hundreds in the "Social Power Index" !

If this sort of child prodigy doesn't cause feelings of failure among those who actually give a damn, I don't know what does.

paddyann Tue 25-Jun-19 19:18:23

Cant abide people who use their children in this way ,Posh and Becks have been doing his since their first was born .They seem to think family and business is the same thing why else would they keep their children in the public eye .

Whitewavemark2 Tue 25-Jun-19 19:17:42

Poor little soul, but perhaps we don’t really know what her life is really like. Presumably she goes to school and leads a relatively normal day to day existence. Perhaps the jetting happens on her hols.

Gonegirl Tue 25-Jun-19 19:10:56

That is so stupid. "jets between LA London and the Cotswolds" indeed! hmm

Introduce her to Greta. Now, she is a social power.

Actually, that makes me quite angry

GrannyGravy13 Tue 25-Jun-19 19:06:59

trisher I heard/read this earlier and actually think it is ridiculous.

There is an American boy (Ryan) on "kids Utube" who is a millionaire because his parents film him playing /reviewing toys!!

Maybe society has just reached a nadir of what's acceptable?

trisher Tue 25-Jun-19 19:01:35

Harper Beckham has come fourth in the Tatler Social Power Index. She apparently "Jets between the LA, London and the Cotswolds.". I don't think any 7 year old should be lauded like this and I certainly wouldn't want it for my GD. It seems to me to be a form of child cruelty to drag a child to social events when they should be digging holes, learning to skip and chasing around.
www.standard.co.uk/insider/royalssociety/tatler-social-power-list-reveals-the-cambridges-are-more-popular-than-the-beckhams-and-sussexes-a4174831.html