I suspect it is a media thing, more specifically a "class thing". The media tend to be much more snobbish than the so called "upper classes" themselves. God forbid that someone from the middle class makes a success of themselves and starts to enjoy some of the fruits of their success (able to send your children to good private schools, able to enjoy holidays abroad, a country house, children marrying well, be part of a syndicate that owns racehorses, hunting). Oh the horrors of it all. As every DM reader knows people should stick to where they were born, doff their cap in front of their betters, and only enjoy the good life by looking at pictures in the DM and dream about how much better other peoples lives are because they were born into the right family. In other countries the Middletons achievements and success would be something to be proud of, but in the UK certain elements in the media tend to suggest there is something wrong with personal achievements and making your own fortune. Its a case of "how come they are successful and I am not, there must be something wrong with them". That attitude is one of the few things I dislike about life in the UK. As I said at the beginning the media can be much more snobbish that any of the born to the manor families.