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Titolo: 'Aristocracy is dead', says Duke of Devonshire as he offers to surrender his title

dall'Olanda all'Inghilterra: certo che i laburisti fanno proprio un sacco di 
danni... :-))
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'Aristocracy is dead', says Duke of Devonshire as he offers to surrender his 
title
By Fay Schlesinger
Last updated at 8:23 PM on 21st February 2010
AS the 12th duke in a line of noble ancestors stretching back three 
centuries, he has a �500million fortune and calls the 297-room Chatsworth 
House his home.
But the Duke of Devonshire has said he wants to give up another inherited 
perk  -  his peerage  -  because the 'aristocracy is dead'.
The 65-year-old will happily surrender his title if Labour goes ahead with 
proposals to remove all hereditary peers from the House of Lords.
He is content to go back to being called Peregrine Cavendish because he is 
'only here by pure chance'.
The duke said: 'I haven't earned any of this. The aristocracy is not dying. 
It's dead.
'Coffin's nailed down, it's in the ground. It doesn't exist  -  except that 
people have titles.'
Dropping the peerage would also dispense with the 'laughing and pointing at 
the Ryanair check-in desk', he added.
Labour has declared that it will axe the 90 remaining hereditary peers under 
proposals to be rushed through Parliament before the General Election.
The move, which is opposed by the Tories, would sweep away 1,000 years of 
parliamentary history by replacing the House of Lords with an elected 
senate.
Overall, hundreds of peers would be axed and elections would be introduced 
to the upper house for the first time.
The duke believes it would reflect the will of voters if the rest of the 
hereditary peers are removed. 'Then it would be clear-cut what the people 
wanted and it would be confusing to maintain hereditary titles,' he told the 
Sunday Times.
The change would take 'just the stroke of a pen, or not even that  -  just a 
new passport', he added.
The Devonshire dukedom was created in 1694 and became one of Britain's most 
colourful and influential families, with political heavyweights spanning the 
centuries.
Lady Georgiana Spencer, wife of the 5th duke, was the drinking, gambling 
society hostess played by Keira Knightley in the film The Duchess in 2008.
After his father died in 2004, the duke decided it would be 'illogical' and 
'disrespectful to Chatsworth' not to take on the title.
He is now worth �500million and has a string of properties including Lismore 
Castle, in Ireland. He is also chancellor of the University of Derby, a 
director of Sotheby's and chairman of Ascot.
Two years ago he tightened the Royal Ascot dress code, urging female 
racegoers to abandon fake tans and mini skirts in favour of more demure 
clothing.
The duke also turned heads by putting Damien Hirst's statue The Virgin 
Mother  -  depicting a pregnant woman with the inside of her belly 
xposed  -  by the entrance to Chatsworth House, in Derbyshire.
Known as the Palace of the Peak, it boasts 35,000 acres, 500 staff and 
masterpieces by Raphael, Van Dyck and Rembrandt. 

 
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povero duca, gli vogliono togliere il titolo, non gli basta il palazzo
di 300 stanze. Si può mandare un obolo allo sfortunato nobile?
MAVAFF...

 povero duca, gli vogliono togliere il titolo,
Veramente, no: quello che vogliono togliere, e non solo a lui, � il 
diritto ereditario di sedere nella camera alta del Parlamento 
britannico. Il che, dovesse accadere, lo convincerebbe a rinunciare al 
suo peerage (che � uno dei migliori del Regno.)
Personalmente, non mi esprimo su nessuna delle due possibilit�. Per� 
colgo l'occasione per sottolineare che la Knightley � una gran bella donna.
-- 
*Sunspot*
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting 
different results

 colgo l'occasione per sottolineare che la Knightley è una gran bella donna.
imvho chi ritiene belle donne i mucchietti d'ossa tende alla
necrofilia...

MAVAFF...
non hai capito niente...
Il problema � che i laburisti vogliono sfasciare la tradizionale camera dei 
Lord prima delle elezioni cacciando i Pari ereditari...che dire...speriamo 
che questi tre mesi passino veloci :-DD
Diciamo che il Duca, ironicamente, risponde risentito... :-) 

 necrofilia...
Mmhmm... Non mi ricordo di aver mai provato trasporto per i cadaveri. 
Naturalmente, in linea del tutto generale, non potrei escludere che ci� 
sia accaduto in un passato momento di obnubilazione e meno ancora che 
accadr� in un remoto futuro nel quale entrer�, di fatto o di diritto, 
anch'io nella schiera dei trapassati. In ogni caso, trovo sia necessario 
liberarsi una volta per tutte del paradigma della femminilit� tipo Ishtar.
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 liberarsi una volta per tutte del paradigma della femminilit tipo Ishtar.
link ? (cit.) :D

 mi sfugge la distinzione, o quantomeno l'utilit� del diritto...
Luttuosi eventi recenti di risonanza nazionale hanno portato alla mia 
attenzione la possibilit� di morire di fatto ma non di diritto mentre da 
sempre � attuale il caso di morti di diritto non riscontrabili nei 
fatti: cautelandomi per quanto in mia disponibilit� dal punto di vista 
giuridico, ritengo comunque doveroso distinguere le fattispecie ove 
necessario.
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 attenzione la possibilità di morire di fatto ma non di diritto
ah, ecco...non avevo capito l'allusione...