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The UK does 'national treasures' rather the royalty substitutes and whoever mentioned McCartney was on the right track and that was obvious in the way people were going to hate his ex-wife no matter what because she was with 'our Paul'. Ringo on the other hand, isn't thought of like a national treasure as shown to the reaction of his peace and love video last week.
David Beckham is given a bit of respect on the field because he captained his country BUT whenever he is mentioned in conjunction with his wife the media sneers because she is considered a media whore (but a rich one). They will talk about him wearing stupid outfits and pretty much blaming it on her. He got his honor from the Queen last year or whenever but you know 'they' (the people around the real Royalty) are doing to hold out giving him any sort of honor where *she* can then be called Lady or Dame.
As somebody that sort of straddled both cultures it was interesting to see her selling herself to the USA. Even seeing her on shows like Project Runway being introduced as a style icon. Yeah, because she said so. The same reason it actually is given press space when she cuts her hair.
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