duchess
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"The charitable work of the duke and duchess is a personal matter for them both and undertaken in their private capacity. In short, their position is akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests."
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
A spokesperson for the duchess previously said the email was sent after Epstein had threatened to sue her for defamation - in an effort to convince him not to.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
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
Chris, she confesses, used to poke fun at her capitalist zeal by calling her the duchess of York, Ivana Trump McCandless, and "a rising successor to Leona Helmsley."
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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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
“Snobbery has gone out of fashion, and in our shops you will find duchesses jostling with typists to buy the same dress,” Quant once said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
Black duchesses, Black princes, white ladies, all falling in love with whomever.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
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
But they held themselves erect and walked with a gait duchesses might have envied.
From By Veldt and Kopje by W. C. (William Charles) Scully