When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes.

Anger at the wealth gap is no longer about dukes in horse-drawn carriages; it's about vast, tax-dodging corporations. This will not be assuaged by seeing the royal family claiming to live like we do. If anything, that will make us angrier.

When I find myself in the company of scientists I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes.