Word: duchessed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
British gossips recalled that Princess Mary is one of three ladies of the Court who recently announced their approaching retirement to the country, there to await the appearance of further issue to the British aristocracy. The two other ladies so circumstanced are the Duchess of York and Lady Louis Mountbatten (wife of the cousin of King George...
...starred Marie de Medici, Queen of Henry IV of France, found a refuge; there George III was attacked by a mad woman. In 1736 a wing was added for Frederick, Prince of Wales, later driven from court. This, having later become the residence of the Duke and Duchess of York, is known as York House...
That inveterate prowler among palaces, Mr. Arthur H. Beaven, unearthed the following surprising secret as long ago as 1901: "There is now an electrophone communication between York House and the leading London theatres in order that the Duke and Duchess of York may listen to the various entertainments in the privacy of their abode." Court gossips report that since Edward of Wales came into residence, he has preferred to go to the theatre himself...
Marlborough House. About Marlborough House there still stalk, allegedly, the shades of the great Duke of Marlborough, "who taught uncertain battles where to rage," and his Duchess, the madcap Sarah, the wisest fool that ever time has made." Sarah, as everyone knows, deliberately slighted the great architect Vanbrugh by employing Sir Christopher Wren to design the "House" for her. Said she, when it was finished: "It cost ?50,000*. . . not really so extravagant, because it is the strongest and best house that was ever built...
...Park--"The Grand Duchess and the Walter...