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TALK OF THE TOWN: Bad sports! Newcomers upset old guard at the Princess of Wales's tennis club
A disgruntled source tells me that a flurry of 'bullish' parvenus are upsetting the old order at the club where Prince William and his children George and Charlotte also practise their serves.
The boorish behaviour at the Princess of Wales ’s tennis club, which I revealed last week, is being blamed on a ‘cabal’ of recent arrivals sidestepping the Hurlingham’s notoriously exacting application process. Dissatisfied old-money stalwarts are blaming some of these new arrivals for the ‘slipping decorum’ on the tennis courts, where some players are unleashing a volley of four-letter words, as I reported last week. And once people are sports members, they can then enjoy the full run of the 155-year-old club, including its croquet lawn, gym and swimming pools, along with the beautifully landscaped gardens and views over the Thames.
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