I don't even begrudge her the things she has, the luxury items, the designer clothes, all the expensive candles and other knickknacks. I mean, go for it if that's what makes ya happy. But her narrative is dishonest, always portraying herself as having lived through financial hardships when clearly she is very used to luxury and privilege. You can always tell a "forever rich" person by how easy and natural it is for them to spend crazy amounts on luxury items.I take the point about Aloysius, thank you, I must have missed that vlog. Yes, I did get up late and enjoy socialising as a student but afraid we didn't manage much champagne, oysters and quails' eggs. I could just imagine Steph and co living a more Sebastian Flyte-type existence at Oxford but, I can hear you say, Why not if she could afford it? I do, however, think the excessive materialism and acquisitiveness don't sit well with the amount of money and gifts being lavished on her at a time when so many are living on the breadline and this money could be used in other ways. She clearly has the means to spend on countless very expensive outfits, and on travel, etc., while encouraging other people, many of whom, may be less well to do, to fund Chateau projects that she could probably well afford to pay for herself.
It also infuriates me how her volunteers all sleep in unheated, sometimes sort of semi-finished rooms and she just won't allocate funds to make their living situation better. Just...fix the damn heating! I remember how her mother, supposedly oh so precious to her, was running around in 10 coats and 20 blankets, with hot water bottles strapped to her body last winter - fix the heating Stephanie! You have the money for it! Less candles, less champagne, less useless overpriced porcelain to drive poor Cat mad, and more money for the people you pretend to care so much about to not get sick. AND for the chateau you pretend to care so much about to not crumble around you in a few years.