Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, Nick Clegg's Spanish wife Photograph: Neil Mockford/Neil Mockford/FilmMagic.com
Miriam González Durántez: 1, Rest of the World: 0. So outraged was Mrs Nick Clegg (as she is not otherwise known) at media misogyny in the Case of the Spanish Goalkeeper's Girlfriend that she has written to papers about it.
In particular, Durántez said in a letter published in the Times yesterday, she objected to the suggestion – widely reported in the British press and still, apparently, a topic of heated debate in her native Spain – that Iker Casillas, the Spanish goalkeeper and captain, was responsible for his team's shock first-round defeat in the World Cup at the hands of lowly Switzerland because he was distracted by the presence on the touchline of his very attractive girlfriend, TV reporter Sara Carbonero.
"Now that Spain has won the World Cup," Durántez, a high- flying City lawyer, wrote, "and Iker Casillas demonstrated that he is an outstanding goalkeeper regardless of whether his girlfriend watches him from the touchline or not, it may be time for you to eat a bit of humble pie. Trying to blame Sara for Spain's initial lacklustre performance while she was simply doing her job was not worthy of a newspaper that should treat women for who they are, and not simply for what their male partners do."
The paper's editor, James Harding, protested that it was merely reporting the reaction of Spanish fans, adding in a conciliatory reply: "We are not over fond of humble pie but if you, Sara Carbonero or Iker Casillas are ever passing, please do drop by for a slice of tortilla."
Carbonero, voted the world's sexiest journalist, sparked Spanish supporters' fury after Switzerland slipped an easy goal past Casillas in the team's opening group match. Her touchline pieces to camera, fans feared, were disrupting the keeper's concentration and could destabilise the tournament favourites. The reporter sensibly dismissed the accusation as "nonsense", but then had the temerity to ask her boyfriend in a post-match interview: "We've never lost to Switzerland. How did we muck that up?"
After Spain lifted the trophy on Sunday, of course, the keeper got his own back, planting a passionate live smacker on her lips as she asked him what World Cup victory felt like. But the formidable Ms Durántez (remember her tart assessment of why she wouldn't be seen much on the campaign trail: "I don't have the luxury of a job I can simply abandon for five weeks") didn't squander her scoring chance either.
In particular, Durántez said in a letter published in the Times yesterday, she objected to the suggestion – widely reported in the British press and still, apparently, a topic of heated debate in her native Spain – that Iker Casillas, the Spanish goalkeeper and captain, was responsible for his team's shock first-round defeat in the World Cup at the hands of lowly Switzerland because he was distracted by the presence on the touchline of his very attractive girlfriend, TV reporter Sara Carbonero.
"Now that Spain has won the World Cup," Durántez, a high- flying City lawyer, wrote, "and Iker Casillas demonstrated that he is an outstanding goalkeeper regardless of whether his girlfriend watches him from the touchline or not, it may be time for you to eat a bit of humble pie. Trying to blame Sara for Spain's initial lacklustre performance while she was simply doing her job was not worthy of a newspaper that should treat women for who they are, and not simply for what their male partners do."
The paper's editor, James Harding, protested that it was merely reporting the reaction of Spanish fans, adding in a conciliatory reply: "We are not over fond of humble pie but if you, Sara Carbonero or Iker Casillas are ever passing, please do drop by for a slice of tortilla."
Carbonero, voted the world's sexiest journalist, sparked Spanish supporters' fury after Switzerland slipped an easy goal past Casillas in the team's opening group match. Her touchline pieces to camera, fans feared, were disrupting the keeper's concentration and could destabilise the tournament favourites. The reporter sensibly dismissed the accusation as "nonsense", but then had the temerity to ask her boyfriend in a post-match interview: "We've never lost to Switzerland. How did we muck that up?"
After Spain lifted the trophy on Sunday, of course, the keeper got his own back, planting a passionate live smacker on her lips as she asked him what World Cup victory felt like. But the formidable Ms Durántez (remember her tart assessment of why she wouldn't be seen much on the campaign trail: "I don't have the luxury of a job I can simply abandon for five weeks") didn't squander her scoring chance either.
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