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American History

appalachiablue

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9. This is a good one, I saw the Dollar Princesses on the Smithsonian

Reply to NanceGreggs (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 5, 2022, 01:33 AM

Feb 2022

Channel some years ago. And I watched an interview on an article by Chas. Spencer several years ago by Vanity Fair or Bazaar Mag. but I can't find it. Spencer was dismayed at how his gg grandfather, wealthy 'Frank Work,' agreed to pay the major gambling debts of his son in law, Fermoy, in exchange for raising the 4 children of Fermoy and his daughter Francis Work. - BoJo's mother is American, he was b. in NYC as he likes to tell, but he's no aristo- a privileged elite narcissist.

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'Dollar Princesses': American Women Married British Aristocrats, 1870- 1920, The Gilded Age [View all] appalachiablue Feb 2022 OP

Watched a few days ago ... NanceGreggs Feb 2022 #1

This is a good one, I saw the Dollar Princesses on the Smithsonian appalachiablue Feb 2022 #9

I believe those were called Republican Family Values back then. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2022 #2

Indeed. They may want to bring back Titles, hope I'm not around.. appalachiablue Feb 2022 #7

It is a truth universally acknowledged, cbabe Feb 2022 #3

Good quote, she got it, thanks. appalachiablue Feb 2022 #6

Is the inverse true? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2022 #8

The inverse is the original. Meant to be high comedy of manners by the author. cbabe Feb 2022 #12

That would be Jane Austen. (Eyre is a figment of Charlotte Bronte's imagination.) Princess Turandot Feb 2022 #10

Of course. Late night posting needs better proofreading. cbabe Feb 2022 #11

Pretty much the backstory of Downton Abbey, no? American-born Lady Cora Tanuki Feb 2022 #4

Yep, Cora is mentioned in this video I think. Boris J.'s mother appalachiablue Feb 2022 #5