A British punk band handed in controversial taxpayer in cash, even though he claimed that it is 'embarrassing to come from England' also enjoyed leg-ups from their middle class parents while counting against 'Nepo Babies', MailOnline can reveal.
Lambrini Girls – consisting of guitarist Phoebe Lunny and private trained bass player Lilly Macieira – received a share of £ 1.6 million from the Music Export – Groeischeema, and financed them to go on the world that promoted their song God's country, a bitter attack on England.
In the lyrics of their song 'Filthy Rich Nepo Baby', the two -part two -part Van Brighton sings about a privileged young musician who hides the fact that he is higher class' and 'would not know what socialism is if it struck him in the D ***'.
And in the song they even spot: “Hugo wants to be a rockstar … he hides the fact that he is higher class.”
But Lilly is less brave about mentioning the two years she worked for core architects, where her mother Anabela Macieira is the CEO.
According to her LinkedIn, the 29-year-old worked as a part-time 'social media specialist' for the architects established in Portugal while still studying for her diploma in creative musical craftsmanship at the University of East London.
Later she landed a freelance test reader among the architects she says it was involved: “Helping the company communicating with customers and authorities eloquently and diplomatically.”
Lilly also gave a glowing public assessment of Core Architects on Facebook, and praised them as 'professional, helpful and passionate', while she did not report her professional or family connections.

Lambrini Girls Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira, who performed here on Glastonbury last year, received a share of £ 1.6 million from the Music Export Growth Scheme

Anabela Macieira, the mother of the private trained bass player Lilly, is the Chief Executive Officer of an architectural company established in Portugal that has been employing her daughter for two years

Louise Ward, 62, mother of Lambrini Girls' guitarist Phoebe Lunny, shares a flat with her daughter in a chic street in Hove, East Sussex
Lilly's bandmate Phoebe Lunny, 27, also seems to take advantage of family connections and still shares a flat in a chic street in Hove, East Sussex, with her mother Louise Ward, 62.
Phoebe's father Oisin Lunny, 54, is described as a 'award-winning marketer, webinar and podcast gastsheer, MC, public speaker, virtual event advisor, UX Business Professor and writer' who has organized, moderate and given keynote presentations in every corner of the world.
In interviews, both bandmates stated that they are neurodivergent and members of the LGBTQ community and consider Great -Britain as a 'colonial, s *** hole, piece of land'.
In one song, 'God's country', they rhyme 'Maggie Thatcher' with 'flag -s **** er' – a derogatory term for someone who is enthusiastically considered patriotic – and sing: “Racist uncles want their country back.”
Their apparent hatred against Great -Britain and the State – they said rather that Rishi Sunak and Lord David Cameron were on their 'S *** list' – did not stop the band from applying for the government to help them with their career.
It also did not prevent culture secretary Lisa Nandy from calling them 'the best of British culture and creativity'.
But Stuart Andrew, the shadow culture secretary, said: 'The belief that we use the money from the taxpayers to finance a bond aimed at denigrating the UK.
“There are serious questions that need to be answered, especially as Lisa Nandy said they represented the” best of Great Britain “.
![Phoebe's father Oisin Lunny, 54, seen here with his new partner, Swedish singer and songwriter Marie Smooth, is described as a 'award-winning marketer, webinar and podcast-gastheer, MC [and] public speaker '](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/03/21/15/96437185-14523611-image-a-31_1742570201897.jpg)
Phoebe's father Oisin Lunny, 54, seen here with his new partner, Swedish singer and songwriter Marie Smooth, is described as a 'award-winning marketer, webinar and podcast-gastheer, MC [and] public speaker '
“Labor must be clean about whether they think it is correct that we have to finance groups that seem to hate Britain.”
A government spokesperson refused to confirm how much of the £ 1.6 million fund was handed over to Lambrini girls, referring to 'commercial confidentiality'.
He said: “This government believes in supporting our incredible British artists and supports their right to freedom of expression.
“There is clear work to convince this specific artist to support us again.”
Last year, the Tory party leader Kemi Badenoch objected to a £ 14,250 subsidy that went to Irish Language Raptrio Knieschijf, named after the paramilitary punishment of shooting someone in the knee, and were accused of the glory of the Ira and the mocking of the death of the Queen.
She said she wanted the government to “stop subsidizing people who don't need or earn it with the money from the taxpayers.”
A Mrs Badenoch spokesperson said at the time: 'Labor will always capitulate instead of defending British interests.
Lambrini girls hit back on criticism and said they received the money “because we are not sick, that's why.”
Writing on Instagram they said: “Instead of complaining about a government program intended to support artists, you focus your frustration about the government's plans to lower well -being, which will push the most vulnerable in poverty.”