To put into context, a positive aspect of her flight was an interesting tv programe about flying through Africa in an old biplane which must have been bloody good fun (and a challenge - even with the support and backup) and put aviation on the tv. If she had just left it at that, it would have been actually quite good - just a shame she tainted it with stupid self aggrandising claims.
Maurice, it appears, is actually doing what she said she did and then some more, albeit not in a skirt. My beef with him is he appears to behave quite obnoxiously to anyone who isn't prepared to bend the rules like he does and puts flyers into the cowboy category.
I guess you just have to be loud and egotistical to get yourself in the news, unlike Colin Hales on his solo flight, stuck in Japan.