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UK Aristocrat, Her Convicted Rapist Partner Found Guilty Over Newborn's Death
A jury on Monday found a British woman from an aristocratic family and her convicted rapist partner guilty of manslaughter after their newborn daughter died while they were living off-grid in freezing temperatures.
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1,350-Year-Old Burial Reveals ‘Ice Prince’ Toddler Laid to Rest With Sword and Silk Robes
A blue-eyed Bavarian toddler buried 1,350 years ago was found with silk robes, a sword, silver ornaments, and a piglet. Dubbed the “Ice Prince”, the child was interred in a Roman-era villa. The wealth of grave goods and preservation of the tomb reveal rare insights into aristocratic life and early Christian burial rites in early medieval Bavari...
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Oxfam Warns Of 'Aristocratic Oligarchy' As Elites Descend On Davos Forum
The World Economic Forum kicks off in the Swiss Alpine resort on the same day as the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
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UK's Aristocratic Lawmakers Prepare For Life After The Lords
UK hereditary lawmaker Richard Fletcher-Vane, better known as Lord Inglewood, will soon no longer commute the few hundred miles from his country house in northwest England to the House of Lords in London -- and he is not happy about it.
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Gold and Silver Jewellery Found in 1,600-Year-Old Aristocratic Burials in Crimea
Archaeologists have excavated ancient aristocratic burials in Crimea's Almalyk-dere necropolis, dating back 1,600 years. The discoveries include gold and silver jewellery such as earrings, fibulas, belts, and gold foil appliqués. The findings, tied to a Christian Gothic principality, suggest the burials were for elite women. Additionally, a cosmet...
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Researchers Find Evidence of Embalming Practices in 16th-Century France
A team of bioarchaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute, Université de Bordeaux, and Aix-Marseille Université has made a groundbreaking discovery in France, revealing the long-term embalming practices of an aristocratic family spanning nearly two centuries. The team, led by experts in bioarchaeology, uncovered 12 sets of remains, i...
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In Freak Accident, Scottish Aristocrat Dies After Falling From Bedroom Window
His wife revealed that her husband had been suffering from dementia at the time of his death.
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German Princess Becomes First Aristocrat To Pose Naked On Playboy Cover
The 37-year-old claims a link to the 1,000-year-old House of Wettin. And she thinks her royal family won't approve of this.
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Spanish Duke And Duchess Asked To Shorten Daughter's 157-Letter Name
Spanish Duke instructed to choose a new name for daughter after 157-letter, 25-word title violates regulations.
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Duke Who Organised Queen's Funeral Banned From Driving
The British aristocrat who organised Queen Elizabeth II's funeral was banned from driving on Monday, despite arguing that he needed his car to arrange King Charles III's coronation.
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"That Son Of A...": How Star French Blogger's Tweets Brought Him Down
Two years ago, Mehdi Meklat was a prince among this city's intellectual aristocrats, celebrated as a precocious thinker and an important minority voice. But in February 2017, journalists uncovered anti-Semitic and homophobic tweets on an account belonging to Meklat, and his meteoric rise was quickly overshadowed by a staggering fall.
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Wife Of Vanished British Lord At Heart Of Murder Mystery Found Dead
The wife of British aristocrat Lord Lucan, who vanished without trace 43 years ago after the murder of his children's nanny, has been found dead, London police said on Wednesday.
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No Ordinary Cooks: The Rise and Decline of the Tradition of Khansamas
The khansamas were a product of a feudal India, of the British Raj, and while their legacy lived on for many decades post-Independence, and post the abolition of the privy purses which dealt a death blow to feudalism in many ways, in the post Liberalisation world, it was inevitable that this legacy would wane.
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English Aristocrat Guilty Of Online Threat To Anti-Brexit Activist Gina Miller
An English aristocrat who posted a bounty on Facebook for someone to kill anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller faced jail Tuesday after being found guilty of sending menacing messages
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Leonardo DiCaprio and the BAFTA Kiss That Went Viral
The kiss cam, making its debut at the BAFTAs, was disappointed by real life couple Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander but Leonardo literally leapt out of his seat to plant a peck on the cheek of Dame Maggie Smith when it was his turn. Luckily for Leo, she didn't wither him with aristocratic scorn as her Downton Abbey character
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UK Aristocrat, Her Convicted Rapist Partner Found Guilty Over Newborn's Death
A jury on Monday found a British woman from an aristocratic family and her convicted rapist partner guilty of manslaughter after their newborn daughter died while they were living off-grid in freezing temperatures.
-
1,350-Year-Old Burial Reveals ‘Ice Prince’ Toddler Laid to Rest With Sword and Silk Robes
A blue-eyed Bavarian toddler buried 1,350 years ago was found with silk robes, a sword, silver ornaments, and a piglet. Dubbed the “Ice Prince”, the child was interred in a Roman-era villa. The wealth of grave goods and preservation of the tomb reveal rare insights into aristocratic life and early Christian burial rites in early medieval Bavari...
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Oxfam Warns Of 'Aristocratic Oligarchy' As Elites Descend On Davos Forum
The World Economic Forum kicks off in the Swiss Alpine resort on the same day as the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
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UK's Aristocratic Lawmakers Prepare For Life After The Lords
UK hereditary lawmaker Richard Fletcher-Vane, better known as Lord Inglewood, will soon no longer commute the few hundred miles from his country house in northwest England to the House of Lords in London -- and he is not happy about it.
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Gold and Silver Jewellery Found in 1,600-Year-Old Aristocratic Burials in Crimea
Archaeologists have excavated ancient aristocratic burials in Crimea's Almalyk-dere necropolis, dating back 1,600 years. The discoveries include gold and silver jewellery such as earrings, fibulas, belts, and gold foil appliqués. The findings, tied to a Christian Gothic principality, suggest the burials were for elite women. Additionally, a cosmet...
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Researchers Find Evidence of Embalming Practices in 16th-Century France
A team of bioarchaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute, Université de Bordeaux, and Aix-Marseille Université has made a groundbreaking discovery in France, revealing the long-term embalming practices of an aristocratic family spanning nearly two centuries. The team, led by experts in bioarchaeology, uncovered 12 sets of remains, i...
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In Freak Accident, Scottish Aristocrat Dies After Falling From Bedroom Window
His wife revealed that her husband had been suffering from dementia at the time of his death.
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German Princess Becomes First Aristocrat To Pose Naked On Playboy Cover
The 37-year-old claims a link to the 1,000-year-old House of Wettin. And she thinks her royal family won't approve of this.
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Spanish Duke And Duchess Asked To Shorten Daughter's 157-Letter Name
Spanish Duke instructed to choose a new name for daughter after 157-letter, 25-word title violates regulations.
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Duke Who Organised Queen's Funeral Banned From Driving
The British aristocrat who organised Queen Elizabeth II's funeral was banned from driving on Monday, despite arguing that he needed his car to arrange King Charles III's coronation.
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"That Son Of A...": How Star French Blogger's Tweets Brought Him Down
Two years ago, Mehdi Meklat was a prince among this city's intellectual aristocrats, celebrated as a precocious thinker and an important minority voice. But in February 2017, journalists uncovered anti-Semitic and homophobic tweets on an account belonging to Meklat, and his meteoric rise was quickly overshadowed by a staggering fall.
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Wife Of Vanished British Lord At Heart Of Murder Mystery Found Dead
The wife of British aristocrat Lord Lucan, who vanished without trace 43 years ago after the murder of his children's nanny, has been found dead, London police said on Wednesday.
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No Ordinary Cooks: The Rise and Decline of the Tradition of Khansamas
The khansamas were a product of a feudal India, of the British Raj, and while their legacy lived on for many decades post-Independence, and post the abolition of the privy purses which dealt a death blow to feudalism in many ways, in the post Liberalisation world, it was inevitable that this legacy would wane.
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English Aristocrat Guilty Of Online Threat To Anti-Brexit Activist Gina Miller
An English aristocrat who posted a bounty on Facebook for someone to kill anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller faced jail Tuesday after being found guilty of sending menacing messages
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Leonardo DiCaprio and the BAFTA Kiss That Went Viral
The kiss cam, making its debut at the BAFTAs, was disappointed by real life couple Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander but Leonardo literally leapt out of his seat to plant a peck on the cheek of Dame Maggie Smith when it was his turn. Luckily for Leo, she didn't wither him with aristocratic scorn as her Downton Abbey character
