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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
Following her turn as a countess in last summer’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night, and as a duchess in the Metropolitan Opera’s La Fille du Régiment in October, the actress will play the title role in The Misanthrope from June through August.
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Lizzie Hyman,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
It had supposedly been made in the nineteen-forties, for an Italian countess or an English lady, then scrapped, and afterward either smuggled out of the workroom by a starry-eyed seamstress or, with the atelier head’s approval, given to one of the in-house models.
The heir to the British throne and the duchess of Wales married on April 29, 2011, in London and are parents to Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 8.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
Following her turn as a countess in last summer’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night, and as a duchess in the Metropolitan Opera’s La Fille du Régiment in October, the actress will play the title role in The Misanthrope from June through August.
Number one pick Azzi Fudd (the reigning people’s princess of women’s basketball) glided her way through the night in three different looks and officially joined the Dallas Wings, the team that her partner, Paige Bueckers, also happens to play for, in a delightful twist.
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Yohana Desta,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
The princess first wore yesterday’s suit for a charity engagement in east London in 2023, and again for an audience with Jordan’s Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein in 2025.
Streep starred as a Danish baroness who falls in love with a big-game hunter, played by Redford, while running a coffee plantation in colonial Kenya in the epic romantic drama.
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Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Epstein and the baroness continued corresponding into 2019, the records show.
Benny Blanco's proposal to Gomez in December 2024 included a Taco Bell picnic and a luxe marquise diamond ring.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
Ritani is a great pick for those who want options, with 10 different shape varieties to choose from, including classics like round, cushion, and oval, as well as marquise, pear, and heart.
In addition to being, generally speaking, one of the greatest novelists of our time, Louise Erdrich is, more specifically, the reigning queen of the literary fart.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
Kelly Clarkson has certainly earned her place as the queen of daytime talk shows, thanks to her standout guests and engaging conversations.
Season 3 of Bridgerton sees the new viscountess expecting her first child, and in the books, the pair welcome four children total: Edmund, Miles, Charlotte, and Mary.
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Emily Kelleher,
InStyle,
30 Jan. 2026
And while the past tenants of Royal Lodge exuded an elegant lore for the highbrow interests of a viscountess, the Jeffrey Epstein–associated Andrew is shrouded in such scandal that if Royal Lodge had been put on the real estate market, the listing price might have knocked down a few million.
Those laughs are balanced with real world issues, and a longing for these gentlewomen locked into the suffocating zeitgeist of early 1800s British Regency.
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David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
12 Dec. 2025
Social status and fashion conspired to make gentlewomen’s footwear of every sort flimsy.