This is a story of troughing entitleitis that makes your eyes water…
An unemployed woman has her heart set on a ‘fairy-tale church wedding’ – and believes the taxpayer should foot the bill as it is her basic human right to be a bride.
Anna Broom, of Gillingham, in Kent, has not worked since the age of 19, during which time she has claimed more than ?100,000 in benefits.
The jobless 33-year-old now wants an extra ?10,000 to fund her dream ‘traditional English wedding and party in a castle’.
Miss Broom is desperate for a church ceremony, designer dress, horse and carriage – ‘like Katie Price’ – and champagne for her 50 guests.
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And she wants the taxpayer to stump up a further ?2,000 for her honeymoon, where she hopes to jet off to Mexico.
The Gillingham resident claims it is her ‘basic human right’ to be a bride and says that tying the knot would boost her fragile confidence and encourage her to try and find a job again.
Miss Broom receives monthly benefits including ?460 disability living allowance and joint ?200 housing benefit with fianc? Jordan Burford, 39, who also gets ?134 income support a month.
The size 24 bride-to-be said: ‘I’ve dreamed about being a bride since I was 12 years old.
‘I deserve a fairy-tale church wedding and a party in a castle – but there’s no way I could afford it on benefits and I can’t work because I’m overweight.’
These people have the art of being professional victims down to a fine art.
The 33-year-old admits she will struggle to pay back the full amount and says she’d prefer to go halves.
She said: ‘Even if I only got ?5,000 in vouchers to put towards the wedding, that’d make life easier.
‘Jordan just wants us to get married and only wants a limo and cream suit, but I want to feel like a princess for the day.’
Run Jordan. ?RUN!
– Daily Mail
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