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Hey princess, don’t be a muppet - get a real job

15 Nov 05:50am

Filed under: Careers, Employment, Jobs, Kate Middleton, Republic, The Royals

Sesame Street has a message for Kate Middleton: Get a real job, you bum.

That was the sage career advice – albeit imparted somewhat more diplomatically – dispensed to a young muppet when US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dropped by the children’s show this week.

Upon learning of Abby Cadabby’s aspirations to be a princess, Sotomayor informed her that “is definitely not a career”, and urged her to direct her energy into studying to become a teacher, lawyer or scientist instead.

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06:46pm | 15/11/12

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06:38pm | 15/11/12

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