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...Charles I had made William a marquess two years before the couple married. In 1665, Charles II belatedly made his one-time tutor and valued adviser the first Duke of Newcastle....
...In 2002, he and his partner, Bernard Wilke, moved again into the Karoo — bleak, open country north-east of Cape Town — where they created a rural paradise with peacocks and cats, a large garden, a big messy...
...Fox’s Marlow is wonderfully funny: a quivering jelly in polite conversation with real Kate; a pouting peacock with Kate the “barmaid”....
...I had discovered that the Air-King is an homage to aviators including Charles Douglas Barnard, an Englishman who used his Rolex as an onboard chronometer, and I felt a sort of connection to it....
...We are seeing it again with US streaming services such as Netflix, Disney Plus and Peacock. These have splurged billions on the record 599 scripted US TV shows aired last year....
...From the peacock-blue tiles of the stair hall (a stuffed peacock perches on the mezzanine to amplify the colour) to the gold underneath the stairs and the delicate monochrome mosaic floors, this is an introduction...
...But it would also mean sacrificing a formidable player in the streaming game to an up-and-coming rival like NBC’s Peacock....
...Two cases in point: a taxidermy peacock and an ebonised overmantel mirror. About a decade ago, we came to the conclusion that a peacock was exactly what was missing from our flat....
...Because natural selection couldn’t account for flourishes such as the peacock’s tail, Darwin surmised that animals struggle not only to survive but to mate....
...After Amersi became a top-tier Quintessentially client, Elliot in 2013 arranged for him to travel to a royal retreat in Scotland to dine with the heir to the throne Prince Charles, whose wife Camilla, the...
...I was asked to scout bands in Birmingham in 1965 and heard a voice that sounded like Ray Charles, but higher pitched. It ended up being Steve Winwood....
...And if you look out towards the Pier and squint, you can almost see the golden-age ’70s Malibu of old. thesurfridermalibu.com MS The Peacock at Rowsley, Peak District, Derbyshire The Peacock at Rowsley...
...At the farthest end of the beach at Aberdaron we swam over peacock reefs of tiny stones, the dowry of the sea....
...This “villa of masterpieces” is set in 12 acres of gorgeous parkland — cedar trees, lakes, grottos, meandering peacocks — in Mamiano di Traversetolo to the south of the city....
...Among those able to secure a test was Prince Charles, who on Wednesday joined the growing number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK....
...In England, by contrast, Liberty’s catalogue offered an exotic mix of furniture and eastern artefacts, a more eclectic cocktail of peacock feathers and Japonisme. These were the extremes....
...Enterprising sellers have turned big profits by acquiring coveted styles in bulk and flipping them quickly — at mark-ups often many times the retail price — to buyers eager either to peacock in the latest...
...Bill Peacock, the foundation’s vice-president of research, argues that solar and wind get an unfair break on local property taxes....
...Black Regal Peacock This classic pattern, dating from 1913, was relaunched a few years ago in a black-and-white colourway....
...“Trustees need to ensure the scheme’s funding position isn’t prejudiced by overpaying transfer values, which could weaken the funding position for remaining members,” says Charles Cowling, chief actuary...
...Peacock is disappointing, swan is greasy and vaguely fishy-tasting, but turkeys are great big buggers and took reasonably well to outdoor rearing in our climate....
...Thomas Love Peacock’s 1817 novel Melincourt describes in a rustic/pirate accent how “every now and then came a queer zort o’ chap dropped out o’ the sky like — a vundholder he called un — and bought a bit...
...Each section, from Peregrine to Peacock, Robin to Wren, is illustrated by the artist, Neil Gower....
...Charles Hall, analyst at Peel Hunt, said: “This acquisition transforms the shape of the group, resolves the issues in the US and brings a significant new growth opportunity....
...According to Marvi, the Koh-i-Noor was then attached to the head of one of the peacocks on Shah Jahan’s Peacock Throne....
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