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In an effort to counter " them tourists is money" tropes that allow the craven lickspittles to wave flags, clutch their pearls and defend the monarchy, here is an opportunity to provide some reasons to abolish the Monarchy.
Newcastle lecturer claims Princess Eugenie was rejected | Daily Mail Online
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Princess Eugenie was initially rejected by Newcastle University and then given a place because of who she was, it was claimed.
Her application was allegedly dismissed as ‘not good enough’ by an admissions officer who hadn’t realised the applicant was a member of the royal family.
When the ‘horrified’ university authorities realised what had happened they offered the Duke and Duchess of York’s daughter a place on an alternative degree course.
The allegations were made by Dr Martin Farr, a senior history lecturer at Newcastle University, in a speech to the anti-monarchist campaign group Republic’s annual convention in the city.
Eugenie ended up doing a combined BA honours degree in English literature, history of art and politics at Newcastle and graduated at the end of her three-year course in 2012 with a 2:1. The comments by Dr Farr imply that she was given special treatment to get her into the university for PR purposes.
Speaking to an audience in favour of abolishing the monarchy, Dr Farr said his information had come from a colleague who he didn’t name.
He said the royal VIP was rejected for a degree in English literature before being found a place on the apparently less competitive combined degree when her identity came to light.
Dr Farr said: ‘We had at Newcastle University one of the Queen’s granddaughters, Princess Eugenie.
‘And a friend of mine who is Italian was the admissions officer for BA English literature and received one application for the undergraduate degree that was not good enough and so discarded it.’
Dr Martin Farr, a senior history lecturer at Newcastle University, said her application was dismissed as ‘not good enough’ by an admissions officer who hadn’t realised the applicant was a member of the royal family
When the ‘horrified’ university authorities realised what had happened they offered the Duke and Duchess of York’s daughter a place on an alternative degree course (pictured is Newcastle University)
Dr Farr said ‘being Italian’ the admissions officer ‘had not noticed that Princess Eugenie of York from Sandringham may have had more significance for the institution than another applicant’.
He added: ‘Apparently the university was horrified that she had been rejected before she was offered a place with us for another degree.’
According to the university’s website the entry requirements for next year’s intake studying English literature are likely to be AAA-AAB, and for those doing a combined honours course of the type Eugenie studied they are put as AAB.
Eugenie, now 27, went to university on the back of three good A-levels at Marlborough College. She attained an A in each of English and art and a B in history of art"
In an effort to counter " them tourists is money" tropes that allow the craven lickspittles to wave flags, clutch their pearls and defend the monarchy, here is an opportunity to provide some reasons to abolish the Monarchy.
Newcastle lecturer claims Princess Eugenie was rejected | Daily Mail Online
No need to click on the DM link & I have corrupted the .html suffix above, but here is the C&P extract
Princess Eugenie was initially rejected by Newcastle University and then given a place because of who she was, it was claimed.
Her application was allegedly dismissed as ‘not good enough’ by an admissions officer who hadn’t realised the applicant was a member of the royal family.
When the ‘horrified’ university authorities realised what had happened they offered the Duke and Duchess of York’s daughter a place on an alternative degree course.
The allegations were made by Dr Martin Farr, a senior history lecturer at Newcastle University, in a speech to the anti-monarchist campaign group Republic’s annual convention in the city.
Eugenie ended up doing a combined BA honours degree in English literature, history of art and politics at Newcastle and graduated at the end of her three-year course in 2012 with a 2:1. The comments by Dr Farr imply that she was given special treatment to get her into the university for PR purposes.
Speaking to an audience in favour of abolishing the monarchy, Dr Farr said his information had come from a colleague who he didn’t name.
He said the royal VIP was rejected for a degree in English literature before being found a place on the apparently less competitive combined degree when her identity came to light.
Dr Farr said: ‘We had at Newcastle University one of the Queen’s granddaughters, Princess Eugenie.
‘And a friend of mine who is Italian was the admissions officer for BA English literature and received one application for the undergraduate degree that was not good enough and so discarded it.’
Dr Martin Farr, a senior history lecturer at Newcastle University, said her application was dismissed as ‘not good enough’ by an admissions officer who hadn’t realised the applicant was a member of the royal family
When the ‘horrified’ university authorities realised what had happened they offered the Duke and Duchess of York’s daughter a place on an alternative degree course (pictured is Newcastle University)
Dr Farr said ‘being Italian’ the admissions officer ‘had not noticed that Princess Eugenie of York from Sandringham may have had more significance for the institution than another applicant’.
He added: ‘Apparently the university was horrified that she had been rejected before she was offered a place with us for another degree.’
According to the university’s website the entry requirements for next year’s intake studying English literature are likely to be AAA-AAB, and for those doing a combined honours course of the type Eugenie studied they are put as AAB.
Eugenie, now 27, went to university on the back of three good A-levels at Marlborough College. She attained an A in each of English and art and a B in history of art"
