Poor Prince William. As president of the Football Association, he had to come up with a politically acceptable reason not to go to Australia to watch the Lionesses in their World Cup final. So he blamed the polar bears.
The Prince said he was concerned about the environmental damage caused by a long flight, and would instead ‘cheer on the Lionesses at home’. Very PR savvy, even if it does conjure up memories of that cringeworthy photo of suited-and-booted Scotsmen Tony Blair and Gordon Brown ‘cheering on England’ in front of the television.
Maybe he should have just channelled his inner Paul Hogan and admitted: “I’m not sitting on a plane for 40 hours just to watch a few Sheilas kick a ball about for 90 minutes.” Because if they had, Bernstein’s children wouldn't have felt obliged to say they were heartbroken at how Cooper’s portrayal had been misrepresented. That’s the thing with activists, always quick to take offence on others' behalf.Bernstein’s children took the grown-up view that their father had certain facial features, and that it was perfectly sensible for an actor to use make-up in order to look the part.
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