I couldn't agree more Katie! It is a total disgrace that you were treated that way, what did they think that you were gonna show up in a pink bikini and do a pole dance by the members bar!!! For gods sake!!! Horses are beautiful creatures to be enjoyed by us all!
Megan, Pembrokeshire, wales

megan, narberth, uk

This piece is as thoughtful and eloquent as her ghost written novels! Well done Katie!

Cerry Smythe, Mansfield, United Kingdom

Walk on, walk on. Good girl........

jon, Abu Dhabi,

There is something no one seems to have pointed out.... Isn´t Chinawhite a night club, full of drunken, coked up celebrities and rich born to do nothings ? Why on earth did she want to take her kids to a place like that?maybe it was her kids got banned!

alex, barcelona, spain

'money talks and breeding walks'-but not all money talks!!

angel, devon,

Sorry, but if KP really wanted to go and watch the Polo she could bough a cheap seat and picniced with the family by the boundary boards along with everyone else and had the sort of grown up PR she would, quite reasonably, prefer these days. The lady doth protest too much.

Andrew Barnes, London, UK

Moan whinge. Talk about protesting too much. For whatever reason KP wasnt invited, it certainly doesnt merit analysing. She didn't fit, wasn't wanted, wouldnt have contributed. Nice gig to get a column out of, but thats all she wrote. the dogs bark, the media caravan moves on.

chris holmes, clapham, UK

I agree with Katie.......what makes those other celebrities worth an event? Apart from the Royals wouldn't mind being pictured with them....but Kelly Brook was there? And I am sure Ive seen her chest more than Jordans...Host your own event Katie, and invite us normal folk, it would be much more fun!

Jayne, Yatton, North Somerset

Jordan disapproves media charades? Good one.

Bryan Charles, Brussels, Belgium

Isn't this roughly the same as a music fan or a cocktail lover being denied entry to China Whites for being under dressed or too drunk?

Katie, you are not automatically invited everywhere just because you are successful / PR savvy.

Let's save the column inches for things with a broader appeal pls

Andy, South London,

Katie, Katie, what has this to do with horses????? Grow up.

Victor M., Chelmsford, Essex.,

When did pornography become such an admired career path?

Daniel, Staines, UK

Sorry - why is this even vaguely newsworthy?

Daniel, Staines, UK

Katie, you're quite right, you do know more than the upstarts who excluded you.
As everybody knows, the Cartier is not about the polo anymore anyway. If you want to see some top high goal polo, you go to The Queen's Cup. The Cartier is for wannabe wags & for the socially insecure to prance about.

Siobhan, London, UK

Considering this is Katie Price's first foray into writing for The Times, and she chose to discuss class snobbery, it would have been nice for her to have some sort of insight, rather than simply listing her many achievements in life. Modesty has never been one of them.

Billy Manning, Truro, Cornwall,

Misleading article because you weren't banned or snubbed from the Cartier just from China White's corporate entertainment tent.

Was that snobbery or had you fallen out with the management of China White's previously ?

The Cartier is free to walk into just as it is every Sunday of the season.

Richard, Windsor, UK

Deceitful article. 35,000 people attended the polo to watch the matches and she and her family could have joined them. But she wouldn't go unless she could hang out with the rich in the Chinawhite tent. Typical celebrity whining!

mike, athens,

the only reason you were snubbed upon arrival at the cartier is because you were incapable of adhereing to the dresscode, is it that difficult...? this isn't an example of some class division, just an individual's inability to dress herself in the morning.

Peter, London,

What part of "if she wanted to watch the horses, she was free to do so" do some of you people not understand?

The talk of "you show the establishment" is ridiculous. Cartier would have let her in.
The horses angle - she could have watched the polo.
Chinawhite is a nightclub, that's all No horses

Laura Roberts, London, UK

Silly girl - so you have a right to go to an invitation only tournament? Its nothing to knowing your fetlocks from your arm locks. Cartier organised and paid for (together with the sponsors) for the tournament - its not going to be open to any tom dick of Jordan

Frank, herts, England

Lee Hayes........"Elliquent"..........nuff' said!

JP, NW, UK

Snobs enjoy snubbing people. It is the way they define their position. It is not a rational characteristic so the important thing to do is to snub back.

Henry Percy, London, UK

Like it or not, events such as this are by and large based more around prestige, or as you call it 'snobbery'. The simple fact of the matter is that your manager is right, your reputation is as Jordan the model, not Katie Price the horse enthusiast.

Alex Minshall, Norwich, uk

I, don't see where the problem is, I know that if I had spent all that money on a table at the Polo, and then Jordon sat at the next table I would be horrified, and would never return.
they have an absolute right to refuse entry to anyone they see as unfit.

Paul Mulhair, Ashford, Middlesex, England

This is rank hypocrisy and nothing to do with class. Many thousands of ordinary horse lovers attend Cartier. Jordan did not quietly order tickets or pay to enter on the day like those people, she tried the 'celebrity' route into Chinawhite wanting to be 'seen'. She didn't get her way and she's sore.

Dave, London,

I don't think paying a small fortune to attend the match in a tent sponsored by a nightclub is really about watching polo for most of the people concerned, any more than Eliza Doolittle or Julia Roberts's character in Pretty Woman were real people. If it's about the horses, watch with the plebs!

Sarah, Bad Liebenstein, Germany

Lets not forget that this is a woman who takes her top off for a living. Would you have her over for dinner? (students and teenage boys need not answer)

James, London,

Well its pushing it a bit to describe herself as an author, unless of course that now includes people who don't write their own books, but she has a point about the selection process. However you do wonder why she didn't turn up with family and friends and just watch the games with a picnic.

jonners, weybridge,

Well said Katie.

You've really shown the Establishment up for what they are; an outdated, narrow minded and deluded bunch of happen-to-have-inheriteds. This attitude is an embarrassment to Britain.

Susan, London, UK

The Max Mosley case makes us all shout that morals are disappearing and a huge proportion of the country thinks he should be fired and should ever have won his case but you stop a woman who bares her breasts for money from going to a private sports game and the "how dare you" brigade come out again

Millie, Colchester,

well said richard from hastings

richard, Leeds, england

Guards Polo Club didn't ban Jordan, China Whites did. Enjoying the match were 35,000 people from every walk of life. She may not have been allowed to party in the tented night club of her choice but it was her hurt pride that prevented her watching a great match- which England won by the way!

K, London,

"Katie is a perfect example of how to achieve success in her own right without having to marry a footballer or appear in a desperate reality TV show!"
Teresa, Nottingham.
Hahaaahah. She's had a child with Dwight Yorke (footballer), and has a reality TV show called Katie & Peter.

Jack, London,

I'm perplexed, how can you be banned from a public event? And why, if Katie Price wanted a family day out to watch the polo did she want to go to a
nightclub tent? Surely, she is being the snob by not wanting to watch the polo from the grounds, and not getting VIP treatment? It looks like her own
publicity stunt and classic 'Jordan'.

Alex, London,

I can't believe I read that. What a waste of 40 seconds.

warren, abroad, abroad

The decision was SPOT ON.

An attention seeking woman who has built a fortune of millions on bearing all for the tabloids and selling every detail of her life to OK and Hello magazines should not be welcome at Guards. Most Polo lovers despise the vulgar celebrity culture, keep her away.

Johnny, London, UK

It seems slightly unfair that she was denied a table - especially considering Chinawhite is totally celeb chav central! [Z listers!] That said, the Cartier International is the most prestigious in the Polo calendar & perhaps they're trying to keep it from going down the same road as Royal Ascot?

Mathias, NYC,

Good for you Katie - well put

Vicki Day, Battersea, London

I consider making your millions as a glamour model far more respectable than leeching off your parents money. And yes, even if she had to take her top off to make her money, she should be allowed to go wherever she wants if she can pay for it, just like the "posh" people can.

Ola Markiewicz, London, England

This tale of rejection may be more of a reflection on the people that attend that particular polo club. Katie Price recently received a very warm welcome at Cowdray Park polo club where she played with enthusiasm and pleasure in a pro-celebrity charity match. She would be welcome back too.

Ashley, West Sussex,

How ironic that Chinawhite in London is more than happy to accept Jordan on nights out - her money is good enough for them then...

Good on you Katie, the Cartier organisers should be ashamed. I was at the polo and would have been more than happy to see you there!

Carly, London, UK

Will you stop getting the wrong end of the stick!

It's not Cartier who said no, it was Chinawhite - an awful club in town full of the non-achieving offspring of wealthy people and celebrities.
It's nothing to do with class, but about Chinawhite's preferences.
There are no horses in their tent!

Tom Franklin, London, UK

Many so-called snobs have nothing to be snobbish about i.e. they have nothing to back-up their sense of superiority: breeding, education or money. And these are worse than the ones they try to put down.

ian cheese, london, uk

As someone who made the mistake of going to this hideous event i can honestly say, Jordan wasn't missing much. That aside i can't quite understand the logic behind refusing her entry, but letting Dean Gaffney in.....!

Bob, LONDON,

Poor Katie.
Wasn't allowed into the "posh" peoples tent, and wasn't prepared to slum it with the "ordinary" folk.
No wonder she's so upset. With all her hard earned money and celebrity status she should be allowed to go wherever she wants and certainly not have to mix with the riff raff.

shugmeister, Harrogate,

I completely agree with Katie. How you earn your money, albeit lets not forget Katie earns her money completely and utterly legitamely, even if it at times infuriates fellow feminists, she is a hard working, genuine female with a passion for horses and the UK class system is exposed, hurrah!

Louise , London, UK

Perhaps they think she'd devalue the brands whose owners sponsor the event or put off the people next year who normally go. Like 'chavs' and Burberry. It's a rational, if unpleasant, decision if so. Ironically, her public complaining probably furthers their position even more.

DJ, Leicestershire, UK

35000 people? goodness, it does sound exclusive.

luke, london,

Go girl! I have long admired Katie Price & her ability to distinguish between Katie & her alter ego 'Jordan'. As superficial that glamour modeling is, she was savvy & smart enough to know that to achieve what she wanted, she'd have to use her brain 1st, body 2nd. Pity that others see it in reverse.

Maddie, Portsmouth, UK

I have always thought that the polo world was for the snobs and stuffed shirts, this has just been confirmed.
Jordon I have not had much time for you in the past. But I say GOOD on you girl these sort of people need to be put in there place. This should be open to every one

Ali, Reading, England

Jordan - i think you're a legend, and I can't believe you weren't invited to the Cartier Polo event. You would have been more fun, interesting and attractive company than virtually all of the other people there. Yours, James

James Allen, London, UK

How many times has the author been whisked to the front of an exclusive nightclub queue? How many times has she gained entry to an event closed to ordinary people?

People discrimate. Its not very nice when you're on the wrong end of it, but that's life.

Tim, London,

Dead right Katie, but the Class System isn't a "system", just a particularly nasty aspect of human nature.

Ken Leyland, Liverpool, U.K.

I'm sure that Ms Price's enthusiasm and affection for horses is genuine - and she should be commended for it, but I doubt she would have been so vocal if this event was to be held in a muddy field away from the flash of the camera.

Jordan is a clever business woman, but her fortune is based on a willingness to turn every part of her body, her family and her private life into currency, and as such has contributed to a society where many young girls base their value system on the size and shape of their breast, the league status of the footballer they are sleeping with, and their willingness to exploit their sexuality to gain advancement, rather than any talent.

Jordan does not actually write her own books ( but then, who does ) and I don't condemn her for it - she is smart enough to create a need and then fill it amply - but she needs to learn that you can't always have what you want in this world, no matter how big your breast are, how much money you have in the bank or how eager you are to please.


I loathe snobbery, I've come across enough of it in my time, but the kind of society that figures like Ms Price cultivate offends me more.

Richard DP, Hastings, UK

Too few women are prepared to do what it takes to be successful, preferring instead to let men make money so they can enjoy the lifestyle they see portrayed in the media.

Good for you, Katie.

John, London,

What is so hypocritical about this article is that Ms Price claims to have only wanted to go to watch the polo, but not only booked herself in the Chinawhite tent (for £6000), full of 'scenesters' rather than in the grandstands like the vast majority of the 35 000 that attended

Ed, Salsibury,

Good on you Katie. I saw you the other week in Brighton parking your Discovery (actually very well) and I did double check you ,but you just smiled and waltzed off with your beautifill little daughter to wherever you where going. I thought you ozzed class and dignety. They could learn from you. x

Chris, Sutton, UK

Making a living from form nude modeling is rightly looked down on as being vulgar.

Not wanting to associate with such types is not discrimination but common sense.

Why should all of our institutions debase themselves out of PC correctness?

James Taylor, London,

The polo snobs were right to exclude her.Why allow someone of her ilk to hijack the event to suit her own publicity ends?

paul kelly, limehouse, england

Jordon was banned from the ChinaWhite Tent at Cartier, not from watching the polo .

You can not even see the the polo from the CW tent. All this ranting against "toffs, social mobility etc. CW tent is for lunch and evening clubbing, not polo.

So rant against the night club not the polo club.

Mark, London,

It’s not the Polo she wasn't invited to, it was the party, no one was stopping her watch the match! So Jordan/Katie get of your high horse and tread in!

Oliver Milton, London,

Perhaps someone forgot to tell them that it's against the law to say no to a celebrity in Britain these days, it's a good job that we have Page 3 girls to expose the class chasm.

Good of you to take time from developing fragrances and writing those fascinating books to share this with us.

J.Wilkes, Gloucester,

I'm not a fan of people who make a career out of glamour modelling, but she has proven to be a hard headed successful business woman. That has allowed her to indulge her love of horses. I wonder why she wants to watch alongside the air heads who don't know a forelock froma fetlock

Carmel Harrison, Leeds,

This is the sort of class snobbery the British want no more of.
It is more than obvious that Jordan's fundamental rights have been contravened here every bit as much as if she had been refused entry for being black, or Jewish, or blind.
Is this discrimination legal? If it isn't, it should be.

Mike, Cannes, France

The British are a class obsessed society. They would do better to be meritocratic.

Chantel , Wales,

Never been a Jordan fan, I'd turn over the channel if she appeared on TV.

But she is right and has argued her case in an intelligent and elliquent manner.

I still wouldn't watch or read anything about her, but that's not the point. I think the polo set have had their true colours revealed.

Lee Hayes, London, UK

I'm not certain that this will really make you feel any better, but Katie, you'd almost certainly find yourself very welcomed to participate in just about every polo tournament back here on this side of the Atlantic-

Scott Benowitz, Rye, New York, U.S.A.

oh poor me with my 50m fortune... the nice boys and girls wont let me play.

Well just maybe if you didnt constantly sell your life to OK magazine, have camera crews following your every move, and started to behave with the class you so obviously aspire to, they will let you in next year...

James Bobly, Dubai, UAE

Well done Katie in making this public. What awful snobbery!!

You keep on talking about it, making your money and being a great example for young women today, You made yourself a sucess and didnt need a bloke to do it for you, good on you Katie!!

Sarah, London, UK

Katie is a perfect example of how to achieve success in her own right without having to marry a footballer or appear in a desperate reality TV show! So she's a glamour model - she's also very successful in loads of other things, and has provided a secure future for her children.

Teresa, Nottingham,

People with 'old money' and inherited wealth are threatened very jealous of the 'self made', there are countless films on the topic. We are still very old fashioned in the UK.

boris venter, horsham, w sussex

I'm not a fan of Katie Price but this intelligent, well argued response to the 'toffs' does make me respect her.

Amy, Brisbane, Australia

Katie,
Just think of it this way,your exclusion was really their loss.,After reading your article I think they missed the opportunity of having a guest who is not only a beautiful woman but charming and hard working,
Cheers
Dominic

dominic brennan, wimbledon, UK

She's a smart cookie, and I can think of few women in the UK who have the business ability that she possesses. CPI made themselves look small - it's well known that she's an excellent horsewoman. Her exclusion can only have been down to snobbery. Hope she keeps making a loud noise about it.

Liz, Cambridge, Cambs

As Marx said: I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members

David Hunter, Stockholm, Sweden

You were snubbed because they are snobs.

Why don't you name the man convicted of assault on the elderly couple? Not being part of the Establishment I have no idea who you are referring to.

Julian Fountain, London, UK

It's their loss not yours.

Nic, Hong Kong, China SAR

Katie,

How silly of them not to invite you. I am amazed by Brit penchant for excessive politeness to your face but in the corners the class snobbery is so palpable. Start your own Polo International! They'll all want to come to yours.

Kavita, London, UK

Katie, why not play next year or as a minimum be involved with one of the competing teams - Then 'they' would have to let you in.....

Oliver, London,

I don't see how Katie can be a "good role model". Her wealth is built on her ability to take her top off and showing the world her after-dark antics. As for books, clothing, etc. she is merely a celebrity name. If she hadn't have accepted the deal another name would be on the same products.

Andrew, Leigh, UK

Had you aspired to be a champion to overcome something inside of yourself rather than beat others you would have a chance to win over and over again...

anne glen, goslar, Germany

Jordan picked poor examples in Eliza Doolittle and Julia Roberts since that they were fictional - social mobility is rarely as it is in books, plays, films and fantasies. That said, this country can't seem to let go of the class system and it's rather pathetic.

Ella, London, UK

Some vestiges of the obnoxious class system still live on. Cartier Polo International. The GMB. It's odious and we shouldn't give any support to it.

Kay Tie, York, UK

You're probably right Katie but that's the UK for you. Unfortunately these attitudes are pretty entrenched.
Good Luck

David P.

David P., Peterborough,

The Establishments reactions to Katie Price always make them look slighty silly. Ok shes a bit brash but thats hardly the worst crime in history. For all of the reasons above she should have be INVITED (not just 'allowed in').

Keep on banging on the door Katie, eventually they'll come round!

Rob, Leamington Spa,