Dame Hilary, 68, (pictured) whose withering assessment of the Duchess of Cambridge as 'plastic' caused an outcry in 2013Booker Prize winner Dame Hilary Mantel has delivered another Royal broadside, describing the Monarchy as a 'self-punishing institution' facing the 'endgame'. The Wolf Hall author's historical novels chronicle the brutal fate suffered by Royal consorts in Tudor times. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph magazine yesterday, she said she wished the Queen had abdicated to make way for Prince Charles. Asked about the Monarchy's future, she added: 'I think it's the endgame. Eight years ago, Dame Hilary dismissed Kate Middleton as a personality-free 'shop window mannequin' with a 'plastic smile' whose 'only point and purpose' was to give birth.

Source: Daily Mail May 01, 2021 21:03 UTC