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“It is flattering, to be sure, but a simple ‘Happy birthday!’ would have done just as well,” she thought.

He held a picture of the financial world in his head that was radically different from, and less flattering than, the financial world’s self-portrait.

"There was around 40 paparazzi outside my house every day," says Katona, and they weren't looking for flattering portraits.

The Metlen CEO was less flattering about UK and European energy policy which is crucial to his business - "a bit of metal is essentially energy in solid form," he said.

Produced by David Beckham’s production company, Studio 99, “Victoria Beckham” inevitably paints its eponymous subject in a flattering light, doubling down on her characterization as an “underdog” from a working-class family.