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Me? I'm no auntie

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Some are born aunties, some achieve auntie-dom and others have auntie-dom thrust upon them.

Shakespeare would roll over in his sepulchre.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 18, 2018, with the headline Me? I'm no auntie. Subscribe