ARISTOCRATS

are often subjected to ridicule but, surely, not in hospital? Lady Elizabeth Barne, 73, daughter of the late Earl of Eglinton, moans: ‘Every six months I have to attend hospital for an infusion. A senior nurse always greets me with, “Here comes the toff”... There are remarks such as, “You must find it very difficult now you have had to get rid of James and the RollsRoyce.” I find this somewhat upsetting and discriminatory, but with your life in their hands it’s difficult to know how to retaliate.’