As of this time, there are 148 comments to the article at the Telegraph - not many are sympathetic. :-)
I winder if the posing of the picture was a suble protest by the photog as he could have shown her in another room sans all the goodies. If so, kudos are in order.
When I lived in Macon in the ‘90s my Georgia Power bill had a little box to check, imploring me to add $5 or more “to help the poor pay their heating bill”. I wrote them that, sadly, I had to decline, as it seemed to just be a way to guarantee that GP got its money. However, I would gladly add $5 to a fund which LENT THE MONEY to the “poor” at a low interest rate to insulate their houses, repayable at $1 extra on each of their monthly power bills. Never heard back from them.
Maybe all of her rooms had flat screen TVs.