By Nadeem Badshah
Copyright dailystar
A descendent of brewery tycoon Arthur Guinness has claimed a new Netflix series about her family makes them look like “fools”. Molly Guinness reckons the show is full of mistakes and also slammed the amount of swearing and James Norton’s accent. At least six members of the Guinness family showed their support by posing on the red carpet at the House of Guinness premiere last week. But Molly, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Guinness, Arthur’s third son, fumed: “Every episode starts with the weaselly old Netflix disclaimer ‘This fiction is inspired by true stories,’ so it’s art I suppose and I shouldn’t be a bore. “Yet the more I watched, the more indignant I became. It’s been about a century since the deaths of my great-great-grandfather Edward and his brother Arthur and they have had a good run since then, but it still seems unjust to turn them into knaves and fools. In fact, all the characters come straight from a bingo card of modern clichés about rich people.” Molly, who grew up in Wiltshire, also claimed Arthur’s “gay exploits” allowed “rich comedy” but were “invented”. Arthur wed Lady Olivia Hedges-White, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bantry, but the two didn’t have any kids which sparked false gay rumours. The show starts in Dublin in 1868, following the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness. He was the grandson of Arthur Guinness, who founded the famous brewery. It then follows his four kids as they battle for power within the family business, drawing comparisons with hit US show Succession. The show was written by Steven Knight, who created Peaky Blinders and is also writing the script for the new James Bond blockbuster. Netflix was contacted for comment. It follows reports that online supermarket sales of booze-free Guinness are outstripping the original for the first time. Ocado has revealed that 53% of its deliveries of the black stuff are now of the alcohol-free variant. It’s now the nation’s best-selling alcohol-free beer. Guinness sells nearly £50m worth of the ‘Guinness 0.0’ tipple in shops and online supermarkets each year. This works out at about a fifth of its total off-sales market.
