Paper Monitor
08:59 UK time, Friday, 27 April 2012
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Fans of early 20th Century dramas Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs - who learnt this week that the latter will not be commissioned for a third series - will be cheered up by today's papers, which are peppered with insights into who the great and good choose to live alongside.
First up is the revelation that David and Samantha Cameron have hired an Australian backpacker, with somewhat interesting credentials, as a nanny for their children.
"," the Daily Mail declares. As well as revealing her penchant for swearing, the paper says the new addition to Downing Street has apparently admitted shoplifting, smoking and drinking in her youth.
The source? An internet survey the new recruit completed as a teenager. Dissecting it in more detail, the paper says Miss Strange, now 24, thought her top achievement would be to finish university without dropping out, and her dream job was to be an events manager.
No 10 has dismissed the online survey as something she filled out as a "joke".
If Miss Strange's father's comments are anything to go by, the young woman's aspirations might have somewhat grown over the past few years.
"I hope she might marry Prince Harry but I couldn't afford the wedding," the former vice president of St Kilda Football Club, David Strange, somewhat optimistically tells the paper.
Talking about the Royal Family, the Daily Telegraph reports the Balmoral Estate is seeking a new gardener.
According to the advert, "enthusiasm" and "experience" are key, and the successful candidate will be awarded with an "attractive package".
So far, so ordinary, some might say. It is only the last line, "accommodation may be available," that hints this garden might be a cut above the rest.
That and the nine-hole golf course, which is used by the Duke of York and Duke of Cambridge, that the employee will need to tend to.
With all that material, Paper Monitor is wondering whether anyone will be brave enough to embark on a modern version of Upstairs Downstairs. Fictional of course.
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