Name: What Does It Mean To Be A British Duchess Today? | The Last Dukes | Real Royalty
Uploaded: 2023-01-08T07:28:40.000Z
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- [Announcer] Queen Elizabeth drives to her coronation.

- [Michael] At the Queen's Coronation in 1953,

the aristocracy of the kingdom assembled,

and at the top of the pile were the dukes.

titles given to the immediate family of monarchs,

At the sacred moment that the Queen was crowned,

they also were entitled to don their coronets.

- [Michael] Dukedoms are created by the monarch

for reasons ranging from a grateful nation

to a king acknowledging his illegitimate son.

The title then passing down the generations.

- I'm Duke of Atholl, Marquis of Tullibardine,

Viscount Balquhidder, Balvenie, and Gask.

I think I've missed one out, but there are a lot of them.

- If I'd been born a boy, I would have been my father's heir

- [Michael] The last dukedom to be created

and it is inconceivable that there will ever be any more.

What is it to be a duke in the 21st century?

The classic image of a duke's stately pile

home to the Dukes of Marlborough for over 300 years.

The dukedom was created in 1702 for John Churchill,

who won a series of battles against the French.

Blenheim Palace continued to run pretty much unchanged.

Driving in today is someone who actually lived

She was born Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill,

the daughter of the 10th Duke of Marlborough.

Lady Rosemary was a lively five-year-old.

- [Lady Rosemary] Right, shall we go along here?

- [Michael] There were no pesky red ropes in those days.

And there was a dagger under this picture of my grandfather,

And the dagger was there so that, if there was a fire,

the pictures could be cut out of their frames very quickly

But, of course, this was fascinating for a child.

Oh, I think it's still there behind the chair.

I don't know if we're allowed to do this, but I think...

and you didn't think it was really very extraordinary.

My mother liked them to be six-foot tall.

As the average height of a male in those days

was about 5'3" they were quite difficult to come by,

- [Michael] Why did she like them so tall?

you didn't want a lot of midgets walking about, did you?

You know, they didn't sort of look right.

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