duchess
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They were allowed to keep their duke and duchess of Sussex titles, but lost other monarchy privileges.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Australian outlet news.com.au, external first reported that one of the reasons behind Harry and Meghan's decision to return to Britain was that the duchess had been offered a job in an upcoming project.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The duchess put her acting career on hold after her marriage to Prince Harry.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Meghan recently called Lilibet "Mama's little helper", after posting an image of them in what looks like a walk-in wardrobe, where the duchess is trying on a coat while her daughter is crouched down nearby.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Good-bye my colonel’s daughter, my dark-lashed duchess, my beauty, my brown-eyed queen.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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"From valets to duchesses, from three-piece suits to the Roaring Twenties, there is something for every taste," it boasts on its website.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Much newspaper acreage has already been devoted to comparing the duchesses who at face value appear to have so much in common.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
The duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex sat side by side, sisters-in-law looking on from the front row.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2019
Harry and his brother, William, are princes, yet their wives are duchesses, not princesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2019
The English ladies who are so fond of ermine are unconscious of the fact that formerly none but queens, duchesses, and the Chancellor of France were permitted to wear this royal fur.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac