In 2001, a 21-year-old Rishi Sunak sat on a lush, brocade couch in his family home and talked to the BBC about his privileged upbringing.
The broadcaster was making a documentary about the rise of the middle class.
Once a tiny section of British society sandwiched between the aristocracy and the sprawling working class, the middle had expanded from the 19th century to become a moneyed, upwardly mobile majority.
