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The grandson of Spain's wealthiest woman tied the knot with his glamorous fiancée on Saturday in a high society wedding that was the picture of pared-back elegance. Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Solís, the Count of Osorno, wed his fiancée Belén Corsini at Liria Palace in Madrid, an 18th century estate that has been in Carlos' family for centuries, bringing together two of Spain's wealthiest families, the Albas and the Corsinis. Official photographs released yesterday give the first glimpse inside the intimate ceremony, from the service to the first dance.

Putting on its Victorian gentleman suit (pace Tom Wolfe), the Washington Post's editorial board tut-tuts a rich part of Washington, D.C. and its political patrons, for pulling out all stops to prevent construction of a child-migrant shelter in its fancy environs. MANY AMERICANS are rightly outraged by the Trump administration’s treatment of migrant children, who have been separated from parents and ill-treated by authorities. Democrats have been understandably eager to distance themselves from such policies — a stance that can result in knee-jerk opposition even to sensible practices in effect during the Obama administration. That might explain the nearly uniform outcry from Washington-area politicians incensed...

Noah Millman wrote a marvelously honest piece for "The Week" last week about the pay-to-play college admissions scandal. He acknowledges what many have known for a long time: First, that admission to the most elite schools is not purely based upon merit. Second, that education as good as -- and often better than -- that at the Ivies and other top-tier institutions can be obtained elsewhere. What parents are really after, Millman says, is status. This has become more important than the education itself, or even connections, which the children of these grasping, bribing parents frankly already have. Millman makes...

Beautiful, vivacious and fabulously wealthy, they were known as the Dollar Princesses. At the end of the 19th century, hundreds of eligible young women turned their backs on America and crossed the Atlantic, with a steely glint in their eyes. The only intention was to snare a member of the British aristocracy. It might all seem terribly crass but, in fact, these were matches made in heaven.

Veteran US senator Ted Kennedy, 77, is to be awarded an honorary knighthood. The Queen has agreed the honour for the brother of former US president John F Kennedy for services to the US-UK relationship and to Northern Ireland. Gordon Brown is to formally announce the award during his address to both houses of Congress on Wednesday. The prime minister's speech comes on the second full day of his visit to which featured brief talks with President Obama on Tuesday. Mr Kennedy, who has been a senator for his home state of Massachusetts for more than 46 years, is being...

They survived the Titanic disaster only to have their lives blighted by questions over their integrity on the night the White Star liner slipped beneath the waves. Old Etonian Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon and his socialite wife, Lady Lucy "Lucile" Duff-Gordon, escaped into the darkness in an emergency lifeboat less than half full. Sir Cosmo never lived down the stigma of accusations that he bribed crewmen to secure the escape in a boat which could have held 28 more people and and did not return to try to pick up survivors crying out in the icy sea. Now, after 95 years,...

RAPID CITY --Two French performance artists’ nudity, simulated violence and sex acts, and use of faux-urine and feces, shocked the crowd and even the promoter at Dahl Arts Center on Wednesday. After stripping off their grubby clothes, the pair gobbled potato chips and spit them on the crowd, vomited into a filthy commode and threw around fake feces and urine before being shut down about a half hour into what was to be a 45-minute performance. [snip] The last straw, apparently, was a simulated sex act involving a carrot. Audience member Ben Lemay said he can safely say he has...

RAPID CITY, South Dakota — A show where French performance artists vomited, simulated sex and threw fake feces was stopped by the promoter, who quickly apologized. Lisou Prout and Jean-Louis Costes also stripped and spit potato chips on the crowd at a local arts center. Audience members said the act depicted American life from birth to death. The show was stopped shortly after a simulated sex act involving a carrot. "I was told they were performance artists from France and were highly recommended. I think I was told wrong," said promoter Kevin Dorsman, who stopped the show. It was much...

Murals reveal aristocrats' lives 1,500 years ago Some well-preserved murals have been discovered in a tomb of more than 1,500 years old in Datong, North China's Shanxi Province, supplying rich first-hand evidence for the research of early ethnic apparel and rituals. The tomb was identified to belong to a general's mother who died in AD 435. Taking up an area of 24 square metres, it was found in a cemetery of 12 tombs excavated last summer by local archaeologists. Lying on a plateau in the rural suburbs of Datong, the cemetery dates back to the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 386-534)....

Now aristocrats will be evicted for living too close to Mugabe By Peta Thornycroft in Harare (Filed: 20/01/2006) Owners of property next to President Robert Mugabe's retirement mansion have received written warning that their houses will be confiscated by the state. The move represents the first time Zimbabwe's elite, both black and white, have suffered at first hand. President Mugabe's £6m palace is nearing completion Millions of Zimbabweans were affected by last year's "clearances" of urban shantytowns and much of the rural population hit by Mr Mugabe's war on white farmers. But, until now, many members of the aristocracy have...

Why is it that everytime somebody has something disgusting, lewd, or obscene to say he claims censorship when people are offended? I just read the NEWSWEEK article about the new movie "Aristocrats" and am totally disgusted by these qwack jobs outrage that their two hour rant of epithets, racism, and pedophelia isn't being shown in theaters nationwide? Big shock there...I guess it's to be expected that people assume anything goes in today's society. Why do I have to tolerate that kind of junk? There is no reason something as lewd and offensive as that "Aristocrats" movie should be at a...