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Recent Examples of marchionessMarjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024 Multiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.—Ellie Hall, Vulture, 9 July 2024 Vanity Fair reported that the marchioness sent him a legal notice.—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024 The marchioness is among the seven patrons for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), which provides care and support for young children faced with life-threatening diseases.—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 May 2023 The wife of a marquis, incidentally, is called a marchioness.—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2020 For women, the titles are: duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess, and baroness.—Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 23 May 2018 Her closest friend was the adventurous Nadejda Mountbatten, marchioness of Milford Haven.—Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 30 Sep. 2016
Neither Oh’s dizzy countess nor Nyong’o’s charming, feckless Viola ever takes the reins of this production, but that would be hard to do.
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Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
In a similar vein (pun intended), the 16th-century Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory was rumored to have bathed in the blood of young girls to preserve her youth.
Meghan attended the show to support Piccioli, who was recently tapped to become the creative director for the House of Balenciaga, the duchess's office told USA TODAY.
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Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
Actress Natalie Dormer, who plays the duchess in an upcoming ITV drama, has also pulled out of promoting the show.
In a romantic nod to Margaret's middle name, Rose, Antony Armstrong-Jones presented his princess with a three-ruby ring, flanked by six smaller diamonds meant to mimic a rosebud, according to Brides.
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Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
The rule originates from a moment in royal history involving Queen Elizabeth II, then a princess, who was unprepared in Kenya when her father, King George VI, died in 1952.
Another shot features a close-up of Gomez's simple bouquet of white flowers, while another highlights her dazzling wedding bands, including the marquise diamond engagement ring Blanco proposed to her with in December 2024.
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Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
In the second photo, Gomez rests her left hand on her new husband's, her marquise diamond engagement ring glinting in the light.
And YouTube, marketing itself as the global hub of fandom cultivation, became queen bee.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
Peru’s cumbia family dynasty Grupo 5, Puerto Rico’s versatile Guaynaa, Argentina’s cuartetazo force Luck Ra, Puerto Rican merengue queen Olga Tañón and Cuba’s rising reparto sensation Bebeshito will discuss how their respective genres have the power to cross borders.
The Bridgerton viscountess is set to star in yet another love story, this time as a woman whose life is turned upside down by an upcoming wedding and the return of a former flame.
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Shania Russell,
EW.com,
11 Feb. 2025
Season 2 will follow Quinn's second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and the quest of the eldest Bridgerton, Anthony, to find his viscountess.
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