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Category: Aristocracy

The New Mrs Simpson: Zsuzsi Starkloff And Prince William

27/08/201527/05/2018 Dr Caroline Potter1970s

On 28th August 1972, at the Goodyear International Air Trophy at Halfpenny Green Airport, in the village of Bobbington, Staffordshire, a crowd of nearly 30,000 people had gathered to watch a dashing pilot put on a skilled display[…]

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Noblesse Oblige: The Last Of The Mitfords

26/09/201423/05/2018 Dr Caroline PotterAristocracy

‘I had letters from you & the Lady (Nancy) & Henderson (Jessica) today, wouldn’t it be dread if one had a) no sisters b) sisters who didn’t write.’         – Deborah Cavendish to her sister Diana[…]

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