I've got the same impression. I don't know if her background is "bogan" or not but it certainly wasn't high class which makes it feel very fake whenever she appears looking like someone who stepped out of a British manor. Add to that a tendency to say rather silly things and the result is IMO not that charming..
I've been hearing people call Mary a "bogan" for a while now and I decided to look the term up. It says that it's the Australian equivalent to the US "white trash" or "hillbilly." Now I know Mary wasn't born or raised rich but she certainly was not poor, her father is a very smart Professor who has a PhD and BSc in mathematics, he taught at the University of Australia as well as Oxford, Houston, South Korea and now at the University of Copenhagen and University of Aarhus. Her mother was also very smart as well. And her sisters and brother don't seem to be doing too bad ones a geologist, the other a pharmacist and another a nurse. These don't sound like children from a "white trash" background.
Mary herself did very well in school graduating from the University of Tasmania with a combined degree in Commerce and Law. She also worked with global advertising agencies. This still does not sound like someone who is "white trash."
As I said before, Mary wasn't rich growing up but seemed to be very upper middle class (which most people are these days, insert Miss Waity Katy Middleton's name here), she had a few good steady jobs and seemed to carry herself well while dating Fred, now she is crown princess and it is a big adjustment from commoner to princess. She does need to dress and act the part, which can probably be a little tiresome at times. Now I have never met her so I can't judge her demeanor like some of you that have but from what I have seen, she dresses like a modern day princess to me. And she seems to be very nice and cares about her patronages. I do have a feeling Mary lost a bit of herself when becoming a princess but that is hard not to do when the expectations are so high. If she was still running around in khaki pants and sneakers and riding her bike most people on this thread would be in an uproar. Saying she's not doing her job properly or dressing properly etc. Give the woman a break, she may not have been born with a silver spoon in her mouth but she certainly isn't white trash. I believe she's trying her best while being a princess, mother, wife, sister, aunt etc.
If some people on here are so quick to give some royal girlfriends who do nothing all day the benefit of the doubt ALL THE TIME, then it should be easy to do for Mary. I'm just saying.....
Mary's style, if one wants to call it that, is way too trendy for my taste. However, her choices are not as bad as some believe in my opinion. Now Marie Cavallier, the lazy golddigging princess & her sister in law, has no style nor class at all. What a joke.
