Did anyone screengrab Bruvs cheque picture? I can't see it anywhere!
Castle gave a brilliant story on stage at her very first (I imagine now defunct) Eagles Team Rally. The story was how her and her FL BFF met in the police. She said that her and BFF (not to be confused with Yawns BFF) were sent to attend the scene of a helicopter(or plane maybe) crash where the pilot was close to death and asked her to hide his phone so his wife didn't find out about his Mistress. She scoffed and said no and laughed about it on stage. She went on to explain how her and BFF were sat in the car and then they both reached for their diaries and it was like a 'wild west standoff to see who had the best diary. From that point they knew they were BFFs and this is how the Pro Planner came about, apparently.
I'm not sure why the half-dead-pilot-mistress story was something she deemed suitable to use in her marketing and I'm pretty sure that breaks some code of conduct somewhere if true, though I suspect it isn't from what I know of her now.
As a bot back then, Castle had celebrity status and so we all literally wanted to emulate her. At that point she was a massive influencer and I ordered the diary that day like many others. When it arrived, I took it to a team meeting and everyone cooed over it so we fed the hype.
The planners cost £20 IIRC and that was only for 4 months of that year that were left.
One memory of her first rally is how she played her celebrity status well, in the lunch break she stood on stage whilst the whole room queued and took turns to have their picture with her. She could obviously break during other people's presentations but she was compere so has a very busy day. I think this was a turning point where it all went to her head as from then on she never had as much time for people.