OPINION - London has a toxic relationship to its super-wealthy overclass: it's love and hate
Comparing notes with a friend from a reunion celebration held at a wealthy family seat. The cascade of inherited wealth to our own generation was all around us: from the watchful staff and non-negotiable rituals, to placements imposed with iron discipline. Aside from the eye-rolling, it produced a host of “Ripley moments” — a mix of revelling in someone else’s luxurious time out of London working life while resenting them having it.