In her now-infamous email about manners, she haughtily criticised her future daughter-in-law for being uncouth.
But if these pictures posted on Facebook are anything to go by, Carolyn Bourne may be less stuffy than she first appears, herself enjoying the odd moment of impropriety.
One shot shows the woman dubbed ‘Miss Fancy Pants’ standing in her kitchen modelling a huge and not exactly flattering pair of bloomers over her trousers.
Another shows six young men standing in her kitchen with their trousers down around their ankles.
Outside the house, Mrs Bourne, 60, is pictured laughing as the men are grouped around her. This time, thankfully, they are clothed but wear awkward grins.
In another photo, Mrs Bourne dances wildly with a 25-year-old fund manager.
The pictures were posted by Mrs Bourne’s own daughter, 27-year-old Lizzie Whetman – who also seems to prefer a good time over minding her manners.
Ms Whetman is pictured laughing uproariously as she strikes an inelegant pose while a man appears to try to push his face down her top. She is also snapped smiling from behind a stack of shot glasses.
The photos present a completely different image of the woman whose email to her stepson’s fiancee, Heidi Withers, gave the impression that she was the quintessence of gentility and her Devon home a place where decorum is resolutely upheld.
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One shot shows the woman dubbed ‘Miss Fancy Pants’ standing in her kitchen modelling a huge and not exactly flattering pair of bloomers over her trousers.
Knickers in a twist: Mrs Bourne in her large bloomers
Outside the house, Mrs Bourne, 60, is pictured laughing as the men are grouped around her. This time, thankfully, they are clothed but wear awkward grins.
In another photo, Mrs Bourne dances wildly with a 25-year-old fund manager.
The pictures were posted by Mrs Bourne’s own daughter, 27-year-old Lizzie Whetman – who also seems to prefer a good time over minding her manners.
Ms Whetman is pictured laughing uproariously as she strikes an inelegant pose while a man appears to try to push his face down her top. She is also snapped smiling from behind a stack of shot glasses.
The photos present a completely different image of the woman whose email to her stepson’s fiancee, Heidi Withers, gave the impression that she was the quintessence of gentility and her Devon home a place where decorum is resolutely upheld.
