Indy Clinton has blasted ‘offended’ followers who called her out for buying her young children expensive gold bracelets. After receiving a deluge of questions about the bangle, the ‘mumfluencer’ took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday to justify her very generous gift. Soon after, the gossip Instagram account Influencer Updates Au later reshared Indy’s Story, commenting on the TikTokker’s explanation. Indy Clinton posting a whole heap of disclaimers along with the link to $2300 baby bangles,’ read the caption to the screenshotted image. Indy Clinton (pictured) has been ‘questioned’ by followers after buying her young children expensive gold bracelets. Over the weekend, the 27-year-old TikTok star posted a photo of one-year-old wearing a $2300 ‘Petits Tojours’ bangle by luxury jeweller Natalie Marie Jewellery. The bracelet is designed for babies and made of 9 carat yellow gold, while also being adjustable so it can resize as the child grows. Lol that I even have to explain that – but that is the world we live in today. Yes I know they’re not cheap, but they’re something I want my girls to grow up with (we will add links to them to expand while they grow),’ she explained. After receiving a deluge of questions about the bangle, the ‘mumfluencer’ took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday to justify her very generous gift.

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Indy ended her explanation with defiant words for the naysayers in her direct messages and comments: ‘Don’t get offended on what I spend my money on! Indy and husband Ben Azar share three young children together – Navy, three, Bambi, one, and Soul, seven months. Two of the couple’s kids – Navy and Bambi – were seen climbing across furniture and screaming while their youngest, Soul, six months, sat in a high chair. Yes I know they’re not cheap, but they’re something I want my girls to grow up with (we will add links to them to expand while they grow),’ she explained. Indy and husband Ben Azar share three young children together – Navy, three, Bambi, one, and Soul, seven months. She posted a one-minute clip that offered a glimpse into dinner time at her household with three children. The clip was deleted from Indy’s account but has since been reposted to influencer.updates.au’s TikTok. The mummy blogger recently shared a very relatable video to social media of her chaotic household before mysteriously deleting it. Lol that I even have to explain that – but that is the world we live in today. Glad someone shows breakdowns are okay and normal in parenting. Ben appeared well and truly over it and loudly exclaimed: ‘Sit down at your table! Things quickly turned chaotic as Indy and her husband had a hard time controlling their youngsters. We can’t know it all,’ another commented.

Mention Faiq Bolkiah in casual conversation and, unless you happen to be in south-east Asia, you’re likely to get one of two responses. Faiq Bolkiah, who has been labelled the world’s richest footballer, is the sultan of Brunei’s nephew. I like to focus on football. Many will profess ignorance of the 26-year-old footballer – which is not altogether surprising since he currently plies his trade in the backwaters of Thai football, a world away from the bright lights and big money of the major European leagues. Bolkiah is now plying his trade in Thai League 1, where he currently plays for Ratchaburi. To those in the know, however, big money will be the very first thing that comes to mind when Bolkiah’s name comes up, for the LA-born, British-raised Bolkiah is the Sultan of Brunei’s nephew, a status that has seen him cast as the world’s richest footballer. His refusal to do so says much, for what does comes through loud and clear in Bolkiah’s occasional public utterances is a determination to block out the noise and focus on football. Bolkiah rarely speaks in public, but when he does it is clear he has little time for that tag. That being the case, you might think he would do something about it; that he would use his money to reframe the narrative, to shape public perception, to write his own story. His path in the game, which has taken him from the youth ranks of Premier League outfits Southampton, Chelsea and Leicester to Portugal’s Primeira Liga, and then on to Thai top-division sides Chonburi (since relegated) and Ratchaburi, has not always been smooth. But while the geography and profile of Bolkiah’s clubs has shifted, the constants in his career have been a passion for the game underpinned by an insatiable work ethic. That assessment is endorsed by Gary Koh, a Singapore-based freelance writer who is among the few journalists to have been granted an audience with Bolkiah.

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When I met him in late May 2015 at Bukit Gombak Stadium in Singapore, he came across as driven and focused,’ says Koh. That cannot always have been easy for a man whose family connections resulted in a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2017, a moment that even the publicity-shy Bolkiah could not resist sharing on social media. So while it seems fair to assume Faiq is probably not short of a few bob – the Bruneian royal family’s fortune, derived principally from the country’s significant oil and gas reserves, has been put at £154 billion – the extent of his wealth appears to have been exaggerated. From what I can guesstimate, that’s not what he’s worth,’ says Dr Mustafa Izzuddin, a senior international affairs analyst at Solaris Strategies, a Singapore-based business consultancy. Bolkiah’s determination to block out the external noise has come at a price, however, for his silence has allowed a number of misconceptions to take root. It’s quite complicated within their internal royal framework, who gets what, but if you’re within the circle of the person within which the wealth gets distributed, obviously you get a lot more. He is one of the heirs to the throne, but he is not the direct heir – and the further you go down the list, the less of the wealth you get. Assessments of his wealth are necessarily based on his projected inheritance, a sum that will inevitably be affected by the fact that his father, Prince Jefri, has been married five times and reportedly has up to 18 children. Yet the maths behind that assumption seem dubious: even the net worth of the sultan himself, Bolkiah’s uncle Hassanal Bolkiah, is not thought to exceed £23 billion. He was unfazed by the attention he received, as he was well protected by two bodyguards and an aide, as well as the Bruneian Games delegation officials. It has been widely claimed, for instance, that as one of several heirs to the Bruneian royal family fortune, he is worth $20 billion (£15 billion). His replies were crisp and sharp, and gave an indication that he had received some media training when it came to handling my questions. Neither is that the only area in which perception seems at odds with reality. A few things stood out during the interview. Put it this way: Bolkiah is 23rd in line to the throne of Brunei; on what basis would that make him worth 10 per cent of the family’s total wealth?