I tend to agree with several posters here. How on earth could Julia Roberts, QVC presenter, had any hand in her son Daniel, personal trainer and football coach (who, by the way would have to have certain certification to get the job) getting a job? Based solely on the fact they are 'her' team? Crystal Palace are a professional football team and no such team is going to spend money paying coaches to bring on the next generation, if they are not up to the job. I worked for many years in a small family business and, yes, I probably snagged that job because of that - although, I'd like to think I had the skills to do it too. But as for the idea of Julia giving Daniel a helping hand, that's just a non-starter, surely?
As an aside, and regarding people taking jobs in the family business - if that is what they want to do, why on earth wouldn't they? What's so wrong with the Middleton girls working for the family firm? It's not always a matter of 'falling back' on parents for employment. Perhaps some people actually want to help in the family firm? I know I did. And, in my experience, most of the family members employed in the family firm are up to the job. And, if you look back in history, many of the major companies of today began as family firms! Just looking across the breakfast table this morning I saw "Wilkin & Sons Tiptree jam" - Good job those offspring didn't 'lack the gumption' to get a job elsewhere!
I'm not being argumentative here, by the way, I just feel that this whole supposed 'nepotism' argument gets out of hand sometimes …
Perhaps I am biased, having worked for the family firm. But I worked damn hard and was good at my job and had a loyalty to the company that some of the non-family members did not have. And that's not a bad thing!