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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.
In a statement shared with The Guardian, a spokesperson for Ferguson said the duchess felt compelled to send the email after Epstein allegedly threatened to sue her for defamation over her comments to the Standard.
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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