@nprofile1q... a quick skim of the article seemed to be the parent didn't want to pay 10k a year for the child to party all the time (they seemed under the impression that univerity term ended in March), whereas if they were forced to join the army they'd get paid a salary.
And the son looks thrilled that his mum is writing about him being shit in a national paper.
Oh, hold on... while the paper calls the writer Sybilla Hart "a freelance writer" and other bios say "a mum of 5 children and 5 dogs"... her full title is Lady Sybilla Hart, daughter of the 4th Marquess of Reading.

