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Princess Eugenie has been mocked online after it emerged that an extract from the \u2018The Great Gatsby\u2019 is to be read at her wedding. Tweeters reminded her of the book\u2019s themes: the excesses of the rich and limits to social mobility.<\/p>\n
The Princess, the Queen\u2019s granddaughter, is to marry Jack Brooksbank in Windsor on Friday. The couple have made some changes to proceedings as an expression of their unconventional side. A page of the wedding service booklet will feature an image from an abstract artist, while Princess Beatrice, Eugenie\u2019s older sister, will read a passage from F. Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s iconic book.<\/p>\n
\nThe Order of Service for tomorrow\u2019s wedding ceremony between Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, including an interesting choice of reading by Princess Beatrice – from The Great Gatsby, no less #RoyalWedding2<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/Wrdua1YGSX<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) October 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nPeople who want Great Gatsby vibes on their wedding day should be avoided. It’s like reading American Psycho and going “Banking sounds great.” https:\/\/t.co\/f6uBt2TYAI<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Hannah Davidson (@lapsedoldsoak) October 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nReading from The Great Gatsby at your wedding is asking for a divorce or to be widowed in 3 years time<\/p>\n
\u2014 Congolesa Rice (@judeinlondon2) October 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
On the surface, \u2018The Great Gatsby\u2019 is emblematic of the 1920s Jazz Age. It tells the story of mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession with Daisy Buchanan. Thematically, the book addresses the decadence of the rich, resistance to change, and the disillusionment that wealth brings – perfect for the royal family then.<\/p>\n
\n\n“‘Her voice is full of money’ …
That was it. I’d never understood before. It was full of money – that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbal’s song of it…” https:\/\/t.co\/VzJBITP1MN<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 James B (@piercepenniless) October 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
The royals seem to be unaware of this, but it was seized upon on Twitter, with users wondering which extracts might be read out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\n\u201cI hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 The Ragged Arsed Philanthropist (@raggedarsed) October 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n“They were careless people… they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”<\/p>\n