SARAH VINE: Kate’s stoic dignity shames the tawdry opportunists and bottom-feeders like Narinder Kaur who cash in on her private pain

An enduring curse of the internet is the unspeakable nonsense that people say and do on social media in their quest for clicks, and the sheer number of nasty individuals who seem to make a living from it.

Narinder Kaur is an example of this. You may remember her as the first British-Indian contestant on Big Brother in 2001.

Since then she has been floating in Z-list Land, opening several envelopes and building a career as a ‘candid’ expert for various panel shows.

Think of her as a kind of Asian Katie Hopkins, only without the winning charm.

Narinder Kaur has made a career as a ‘candid’ expert for various panel shows, like a kind of Asian Katie Hopkins, but without the winning charm

She once described the late Queen Elizabeth as ‘the queen of crime’, claimed that the St George’s Cross is associated with ‘bigotry, fascism and racism’ and called the Princess of Wales ‘stiff, dull and unreliable’.

The Duchess of Sussex, on the other hand, is a saint. ‘Meghan is truly the alternative princess the world needs. She is genuine, warm and great with kids,” Kaur explained on X earlier this year.

She is of course entitled to her opinion. But on Sunday, Kaur took her royal trolling to a whole new level when she attacked the Princess of Wales over her appearance at the Remembrance Sunday commemorations.

Ms Kaur shared a photo of Kate looking solemnly at the Cenotaph and wrote on X: ‘Real question: why did Kate live to be so old? Isn’t she only 42? Is she a smoker?’

Ms Kaur’s ‘apology’, which in reality was little more than a self-justifying rant

Ms Kaur shared a photo of Kate looking rather sadly and solemnly at the Cenotaph and wrote on X: ‘Real question: why did Kate live to be so old? Isn’t she only 42? Is she a smoker? It’s the only explanation.’

You gods! Didn’t her mother ever teach her: if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all?

Needless to say, there has been quite a bit of setbacks. But even that seems to have presented Ms. Kaur with an opportunity.

She has now released an emotional video apology, referencing her own brother’s cancer and claiming she is the real victim, after allegedly receiving a number of racially and sexually motivated threats.

If that is true, then it is obviously completely unacceptable. Still: live by the troll, die by the troll.

Even in her “apology” – which in reality was little more than a self-justifying rant – she couldn’t resist taking another dig at the princess, accusing her of having a privileged time during her cancer treatment.

Kaur said, “She’s almost had enough of a year off. Of course it must take its toll. I know many people who have been in hospital for cancer treatment and are now back to work.’

Ms Kaur’s supporters claim she has the ‘goodest heart’ and is a ‘fearless’ advocate for women

Her supporters claim she has the “goodest heart” and that she is a “fearless” advocate for women.

But it is difficult to see how the apparent suggestion that the Princess of Wales may have given herself cancer by smoking, while also commenting negatively on her appearance and suggesting that she has it easy, can be interpreted as anything other than a kicking another woman when she is in trouble. .

Ms Kaur tries to defend her ‘aging’ comment about the Princess of Wales on TV

So much for sisterhood, eh? As always, those who consider themselves members of the “be nice” brigade are often the exact opposite.

Bottom line: Kaur makes a decent living insulting the royals, so she thought she’d say something bitchy about the Princess of Wales for clicking and assumed she’d get away with it. She didn’t – and now she’s crying and whining and playing the racism-sexism card because she’s afraid her appearances on the panel show will dry up.

She doesn’t have to worry. Rantings equal ratings, and that always makes TV producers drool. Plus, in this woke world, it’s impossible to get suspended for criticizing a white person.

Just look at Bridgerton actress Adjoa Andoh, who described the Buckingham Palace balcony at the King’s coronation last year as “horribly white” – sparking thousands of complaints – but who has just been revealed as the highly paid face of Boots’ new Christmas TV advert .

That is the upside-down world we live in.

Kate has always only done what was asked of her. She endured the cancer diagnosis with quiet dignity and fulfilled her duty to the British people at every turn. But now she has to endure the pathetic attacks from tasteless opportunists and coasters like Kaur, who continue to cash in on her private pain.

Coleen will rock that outfit

Coleen Rooney arrives at Brisbane Airport in Australia, carrying a £1,762 Chanel leather tote bag, a £1,000 Loewe nylon bomber jacket, with black leggings and Hermes gladiator sandals worth £730

I feel for poor Coleen Rooney going into the jungle. As an experienced Wag with a much-publicized love of designer clothes, shooting in that hideous outfit must have been almost as tedious as any other bush tucker trial.

Chaos as shoppers in Hampshire queue to buy discounted Le Creuset kitchenware. Encouragingly, it shows that the middle class has not been defeated in Starmer’s socialist utopia. But it’s also confusing. It’s so heavy you’ll need Schwarzenegger guns to wash it.

Days into her leadership, Kemi Badenoch is two points ahead of Keir Starmer on 29 percent, according to the polls. But Reform UK is at 19 percent, so at an election the Tory vote would be diluted and Labor would win. The next voting field will be Tories versus Reform.

A climate agent on the road

Cop29, where the Prime Minister is currently in Azerbaijan, yesterday heard from the country’s leader Ilham Aliyev that oil and gas are the ‘gift from God’ and that countries rich in these resources ‘should not be blamed’ of ‘bringing it’. to market’.

Meanwhile, the top executive, Elnur Soltanov, was filmed promoting fossil fuels.

It’s almost like they’re laughing at our naivety.

The thermostat is now a point of contention in British homes, according to a poll. I will say: my daughter wants tropical things, I think it is as cold as the grave.

She has 13 togs duvet in the summer, I have 4.5 in the winter. But it’s not just a metabolic thing. My grandmother taught me that it was “normal” to overheat your house, and the late Queen was frugal in that regard, often making do with a two-bar electric heater in the Buckingham Palace audience chamber.

If it was good enough for Liz. . .

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned on Tuesday amid a church abuse scandal

Strange that Justin Welby announced his resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury with a photo of his suicide note lying on a table, clearly cropped on a smartphone and zoomed out so much you needed a telescope to read it. It seems like he was in a hurry.

I wonder: is it a coincidence that the Government’s enthusiasm for the Assisted Dying Bill comes at a time when many care homes say they may have to close their doors because of Rachel Reeves’ National Insurance increase as an employer?

Bridget’s midlife magic

I have to admit that the new Bridget Jones movie looks the most attractive. Bridget, alone again and with two children in tow, embarks on an adventure with a handsome younger man.

Now there’s a storyline that will make every midlife singleton’s heart happy.