There are several things you don’t expect to hear at a funeral, especially at the funeral of Margaret Thatcher. “This event is in desperate need of a Pippa Middleton” would be one of them.
But the British Press, aided by social media, has turned Thatcher’s grand-daughter into just that: funeral totty to salivate over.
Reading from the King James version of Ephesians chapter 6, the 19-year-old American college student warned against “the rulers of the darkness of this world” and “spiritual wickedness in high places” and called on believers to “put on the whole armour of God”.
Scroll down to see video of her reading
Appropriate words to mark the passing of the Iron Lady, but for some the words fell on deaf ears; if the flood of tweets on #amandathatcher are anything to go by they were too busy going, “Cor, look at her! She’s sexy! Just like Pippa.”
So….Amanda Thatcher is this funeral’s Pippa Middleton #thatcherfuneral
— JGRAM (@jgramuk) April 17, 2013
Looks like Amanda Thatcher has replaced Pippa Middleton as the object of tabloid hack lust.
— Nick Spence (@Nickfromupnorth) April 17, 2013
The photos and headlines on news websites seemed to confirm that Amanda is Pippa 2.0 – a beautiful, posh young woman who has the power to take bored minds off a dreary event.
Although her reading did her grandmother proud, what singled her out in viewers minds is that she was by far the most photo-friendly person among the mourners: Blond, young, fresh-faced, and wearing a stylish black suit and hat; the American accent sealed the deal.
