How did a 51-year-old, ordinary-looking woman manage to get married? A Daily Mail investigation

HOW did Miranda Hart – a woman who looks nothing like Margot Robbie or Kate Middleton – manage to snare a man? Was foul play involved? The Mail attempts to unravel the mystery.

Her ‘husband’ does not exist 

This, sadly, is the most likely explanation. Due to having a career, Miranda has been left on the shelf and driven mad by loneliness. She’s probably made a grotesque life-sized dummy from clothes stuffed with newspapers and a bucket for a head, which she talks to using her acting skills to do both voices. We’d feel sorry for her but women have been warned this is where feminism gets you.

Mind control

We at the Mail have repeatedly told our readers that mind-control chips are real, so Miranda may have kidnapped a man and put one in his brain. Robbed of his free will, he is now forced to robotically act out the role of her husband, including unnatural things like binge-watching Emily in Paris

She used a fake picture on Tinder 

Miranda will have used a photo of a normal woman like Sydney Sweeney, then worn a balaclava whenever she met her future husband in person. By now he’ll be getting suspicious about her always claiming her face is cold, and it is only a matter of time before the deception is exposed. We can only hope Ms Hart is given a hefty prison sentence to deter other spinsters.

Her husband is a gold digger

We feel it is our moral duty to warn Miranda that she may have married a gold digger who is only interested in the billions she has earned from Miranda box sets and occasional appearances on HIGNFY. Check your joint account regularly and don’t sign any life insurance policies, Miranda. (Obviously hot young women marrying rich older men is genuine attraction because evolution has made them want to mate with the ‘king of the tribe’.)

She lied about her age 

Miranda will definitely have lied about how old she is, probably claiming to be an acceptable female age such as 32, but this is just storing up problems for the future. What happens when her husband in his middle-aged male prime wants to go out and live life to the full, but she’s a wizened old crone of 55, incontinent and confined to a mobility scooter? 

Her sense of humour has conquered all 

A good sense of humour is frequently cited as being attractive, and maybe as a professional comedian Miranda is so funny in real life – as opposed to in Miranda – that it compensates for her advanced years. Many men would question whether a sense of humour gets you anywhere except the Friend Zone, but maybe it’s different with women.

Blackmail 

We hate to be negative about this joyous time in Miranda’s life, but blackmail is a strong possibility. Perhaps her husband has bodies stashed in secret locations, and the price of Miranda’s silence is marriage? Macabre, yes, but there is simply no other explanation for a woman in her 50s being attractive to men. Apart from Heidi Klum, who we’re obsessed with. She’s the exception who proves the rule, plus her teenage daughter is hot.

Are you choosing yet another vicious, deranged freak as party leader or suffering deja vu? A guide for Tories

ARE you a Tory who feels like you’ve done nothing over the past five years apart from choosing awful nutcases to lead your party? Here’s how to cope.

Reassure yourself that you have not gone mental

The Mad Hatter’s tea party vibe of choosing between an evil weirdo and a nasty oddball may make you feel you’re suffering from some sort of derangement, but you’re not. Unfortunately, the state of the Conservative Party is now irretrievably bad. However, you have not lost your mind, even if that might be preferable.

You aren’t living in a Groundhog Day scenario

Does this feel eerily like the time the choice was between Sunak and Truss, then somehow you had to put up with both of them anyway? No, you haven’t ended up in a tortuous time loop where you have to suffer until you’ve learned a valuable life lesson. You wish you had, because then this nightmare would be fictional, and Bill Murray’s egomaniac weatherman is still infinitely pleasanter than either of them.

Tell yourself it could be worse

It may not feel like it, but things could be worse. For example, Liz Truss might somehow have inveigled herself onto the ballot, despite not being an MP anymore. She’s definitely mad enough to try. In addition the spectre of Boris Johnson still hangs over the Tories like a nasty stink, so maybe things could go further downhill in the not-so-distant future.

Consider leaving

Look, it’s hard being a member of a party that was once respected but is now reduced to being a Reform UK tribute act, but try not to let it get you down too much. As with any failing relationship, you can always leave. Maybe you could bring yourself to love Keir Starmer in time. He’s making as much of a hash of being prime minister as any of your lot did. It’ll be familiar and comforting.

Choose your least bad option

If you’re determined to vote for one of them, carefully weigh up what they can offer. For example, Badenoch thinks giving women maternity pay is a waste of money, whereas Jenrick ordered that cheerful murals on the walls of an asylum centre were painted over in case they were too welcoming for children. Who do you want to inflict on the country for the next five years? Think carefully.

Opt for the worst one

F**k it, why not? Despite his atrocious start, Starmer will probably get in again, so you might as well go for broke and really run the Tories into the ground. After that you can either join Reform or the Lib Dems, depending on where you fall on the spectrum from ‘vaguely right-wing’ to ‘insane racist’ and never have to partake in this madness again.