OPINION - Of course Camilla scorned a fish knife — could anything be more middle class?

There is something cheering about a world in which we can argue about fish knives. Anne Glenconner, once lady in waiting to Princess Margaret, raised the issue this week at the Cheltenham Literary Festival where she was promoting her book on picnics. She recalled having lunch with Camilla and her sister Annabel Elliot and when the waiter presented them with a choice of normal or fish knives, the three of them began in unison: “Phone for the fish knives, Norman”, the opening line of John Betjeman’s satirical poem, How To Get on in Society. Poor waiter.