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...When the imminent change of address from the relative cosiness of the Duke and Duchess of York’s residence at 145 Piccadilly to Buckingham Palace became clear, the 10-year-old Elizabeth’s reaction was “What...
...His father nevertheless made Pier Luigi duke of Parma and Piacenza....
...Louis Vuitton, Virgil Abloh has created a series of white suits with unusual details — a double-breasted blazer has deliberate creases to make folding and packing easier, and pleated pants are Thin White Duke-baggy...
...More trivially but entertainingly, Grant also includes the case of the man who stole the Goya portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery to protest at the use of public funds to buy it...
...The original John Lindley, for example, named the giant sequoia “discovered” by a British nurseryman in the Sierra Nevada in 1853 Wellingtonia gigantea in honour of the Duke who had just died....
...The Duke of Edinburgh was overheard saying by Indian police that the toll was “a bit exaggerated”....
...She was a daughter of Alexander II’s eighth son, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, and half-sister of Grand Duchess Marie and Grand Duke Dmitri, the latter involved in the murder of Rasputin....
...The alarmed MP grabbed the door of the duke’s carriage, which swung open and threw him into its path....
...Duke Ellington’s “Caravan”, her opening number, was an invitation to exotic desire, and the following “Wouldn’t it be Luvverly” was a wickedly accurate portrayal of someone on the social margins yearning...
...the first Duke of Buckingham and Normandy, built a house in 1703 called Buckingham House, now known as Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s London residence....
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