On the titles of the English nobility. Titles of the highest nobility in the Russian Empire How to become a nobleman in our time

Whenever we watch historical English films or read books about the life of the English, we constantly come across all sorts of sirs, lords, princes, dukes and other titles. It is quite difficult to understand the purpose of all these appeals to certain segments of the population from books or films. We will try to consider what titles there are in England, what is their hierarchy, how they are obtained and whether it is possible to transfer the title by inheritance, etc.

Peerage in England

The Peerage is the system of nobility in England. All Englishmen who hold a title are called peers. All other people who do not have any titles are considered commoners. The main difference between peers and other people is that a title of nobility in England gives certain privileges, and these privileges differ among peers of different ranks.

There are also differences in privileges between different parts peerage systems:

The Peerage of England is all titled Englishmen whose title was created by the Queens and Kings of England prior to 1707 (signing of the Act of Union).

The Peerage of Scotland is a title of nobility created by the monarchs of Scotland before 1707.

Peerage of Ireland - titles of the Kingdom of Ireland created before 1800 (signing of the Act of Union) and some of them created later.

The Peerage of Great Britain is all titles created in the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800.

Peerage of the United Kingdom - almost all titles created after 1800.

Older ranks are considered higher in the hierarchy. In addition, determining in the hierarchy is the ownership of the title:

English,

Scottish,

Irish.

For example, an Irish earl with a title created before 1707 is lower in the hierarchy than an English earl with a title obtained at the same time. But the same Irish earl would be higher in the hierarchy than a Great Britain earl with a post-1707 title.

Emergence of the Peerage

The history of the creation of the peerage system among the British began with the conquest of England by the illegitimate son of the ruler of Normandy, William the Conqueror. He created a single Kingdom of England and divided the entire territory into manors. Those Englishmen who owned manors were called barons; depending on the amount of land, there were "big barons" and "lesser barons".

The king collected the big barons for royal councils, and the smaller ones were collected by the sheriffs. Then the lesser barons ceased to convene. It was the meetings of the great barons that were then transformed into the House of Lords, which still exists today. Most titles of nobility, like the Crown of England, are hereditary.

Times changed and various ranks began to form among the nobles, the privileges of which differed significantly.

Title hierarchy

At the top of the hierarchy is naturally the royal family, which has its own hierarchy. The British royal family includes the monarch himself and a group of his close relatives. Members of the royal family are: the monarch, the monarch's spouse or the monarch's widowed spouse, the monarch's children, his male grandchildren, the spouses or widowed spouses of the monarch's male heirs.

The next most important among the English are:

Duke and Duchess (began to confer this title in 1337). Duke (derived from the Latin for "chief") is the highest ranking English title after King and Queen. Usually dukes govern the Duchy. Dukes constitute the second rank of princes after the princes of the royal family.

Marquis and marquise (first awarded in 1385). Marquis is an English title of nobility between a duke and an earl. It comes from the definition of boundaries certain territories(from the French "mark" or border area). In addition to the marquises themselves, this title is awarded to the eldest son of the duke and the daughter of the duke.

Count (earl) and countess (used from 800-1000). Earls - members of the English nobility, who previously owned and managed their own lands - counties, tried court cases in provincial courts on behalf of the King, collected fines and taxes from the local population. Also counties were honored: the eldest son of the marquis, the daughter of the marquis and the youngest son of the duke.

Viscount and viscountess (the first such title was awarded in 1440). The word comes from the Latin "vice count", "deputy count". During the lifetime of the father, the eldest son of an earl or the younger sons of a marquis became viscounts as a courtesy title.

Baron and Baroness (first appeared in 1066). The word comes from the Old German "free master". Baron is the lowest noble rank in England. If the title is historically related to feudal baronies, then the baron holds that barony. In addition to the barons themselves, the following persons were endowed with this title in the form of a title of courtesy: the eldest son of a viscount, the youngest son of a count, the eldest son of a baron, then the younger sons of viscounts and the younger sons of barons followed the hierarchy.

Another rank, although inherited, but not belonging to the English titled aristocratic persons, is the baronet (there is no female equivalent). Baronets do not sit in the House of Lords and do not enjoy the privileges of the nobility. The eldest children of the younger sons of peers of various ranks, the eldest and youngest sons of baronets became baronets.

All other Englishmen are non-titled persons.

Appeal to titled persons

The treatment of titled Englishmen is a rather complex issue. Everyone knows that addressing the King and Queen involves the combination "Your Majesty."

For dukes, "Your Grace" is used, as for duchesses, or duke-duchess is used along with the use of the title (for example, Duke of Wellington). The surnames of dukes are rarely used in circulation, those of duchesses are never used.

Marquesses, viscounts, earls, barons and their wives are addressed as Milord (My Lord) or Milady (My Lady), or simply Lord and Lady. You can also use the address directly in the form of rank and title (for example, Marquess of Queensbury).

Ex-wives of peerages of any rank are addressed as follows: the woman's first name, then rank and title, without using the definite article "the" before rank (eg Diana, Princess of Wales).

Baronets and untitled persons are addressed with the words "sir" and "lady".

Getting the title

The real title of Lord in England can be awarded by the Queen for special services to the country. But you can also get it by workarounds, for example, by purchasing a medieval estate for a huge price along with the title, for example, of a baron. At the same time, they receive a certificate of belonging to a certain noble rank.

Title Features

Most often, the holder of any title is a man. Sometimes the title could also belong to a woman, if it was supposed to be inherited. In other cases, the woman was awarded the title of courtesy as the wife of her husband. At the same time, the woman did not have the privileges that the husband had.

The title of a woman was inherited in two cases:

If the woman was only the custodian of the title, in order to transfer it to the male heir in the future;

When a woman rightfully received a title, but could not sit in the House of Lords and hold certain positions.

Moreover, if a titled woman got married, her husband did not receive her title.

If a woman who received a title thanks to her husband turned out to be a widow, she kept it, while the word “widowed” could be added before addressing her. If a woman remarried, she acquired a new title corresponding to the title of her new husband, or even turned out to be an untitled person if the new husband did not belong to the nobility of England.

Another feature is that illegitimate sons did not receive titles under any circumstances. Therefore, often titled persons sought to marry pregnant women in order to ensure their son the right to inherit his title. Otherwise, only the youngest son had the right to receive nobility, if he was already born in marriage, and in the absence of other sons, a distant relative.

Privileges of titled persons

Previously, the privileges of peers were very wide, but now there are very few rights left for titled Englishmen:

The right to sit in parliament

Access to the Queen and King, although this right has not been used for a long time,

Right not to be exposed civil arrest(it has only been used twice since 1945).

In addition, all peers have special crowns for use at coronations and distinctive robes for sitting in the House of Lords (if they are members) and coronations.

Olga Vandysheva

“She doesn’t want to be a peasant anymore, she wants to be a pillar noblewoman,” the old man lamented in Pushkin’s fairy tale about a goldfish.

AT modern Russia Peasants are also not respected. Today it is fashionable to be a prince, a count, or even a baron.

So it turns out: wherever you spit, nobles are everywhere. And in the State Duma, and in the government, and even in the General Staff ...

How Yeltsin was demoted

Whether the ancestors of the newly-minted Russian nobility were from the nobility is not important. To have special merits before the Fatherland, as in tsarist times also not required. And you don't even have to fish for goldfish. It is much easier to get a title of nobility in Russia today. The main thing is to have desire and connections, but if there are no connections, there is enough money. After all, dozens of characters who have turned the distribution of titles into a profitable business are at the service of conceited persons.

Even 15 years ago, the most enterprising noticed that the new Russian elite had an interest in the nobility, and immediately realized that this craving could be put on a commercial footing. And - away we go.

One of the first to get involved in the fashion business was a certain Alexei Nikolaevich Brumel. He declared himself regent of the Russian Empire and began distributing titles of nobility. With a generous royal gesture, he elevated both Ruslan Khasbulatov and Alexander Rutskoy to princes, and named Boris Yeltsin the Grand Duke. But after some time, Brumel decided that Yeltsin did not justify the high honor, deprived him of the title of prince, and, as compensation, granted the title of count.

However, no one took Brumel's eccentricities seriously. Another thing is the awards of the famous healer, academician of 129 academies of the world, Evgenia Davitashvili, known as Juna.

The breed of Ksenia Sobchak can be seen on the ankle

At the end of the last century, Juna declared herself either an Assyrian queen, or a great-granddaughter of Nicholas II, or a direct descendant of Princess Olga. And at the same time, she was in favor with the most influential people in the country, to whom, on behalf of the Regency Council of the Russian Noble Society, the New Elite of Russia generously presented letters of nobility. And quite serious people, oddly enough, accepted them with gratitude. So, the former chairman of the State Planning Committee of the USSR Nikolai Baibakov became a prince, and senator Lyudmila Narusova became a princess.

I will not hide, it is very pleasant to receive a letter from the hands of Juna, - the widow of Sobchak boasted of the acquired title and said that she really had noble roots. And the noble breed is especially felt in her daughter Xenia, who has a narrow ankle.

Proud of Juna's gift and State Duma deputy Alexei Mitrofanov, who became a count. He hung the corresponding diploma on the wall in his dacha and now receives dividends.

Here girls come to me, - Mitrofanov explains the advantages of the title, - they see the diploma and are completely shocked. After all, they do not communicate with any LDPR deputy, but with a whole count.

Well, how can you be called now?

Your Excellency.

Are you kidding?

Well, why not. I take Juna's title very seriously. Members of her society Yuri Luzhkov, Zurab Tsereteli. And somewhere in the 89th year, Juna awarded Yeltsin himself with the Maltese Cross. And he accepted it with gratitude...

However, recently Juna has been trying not to advertise her hectic activity in distributing titles. She does not communicate with journalists, the phones of her office are suspiciously silent.

Meanwhile, curious announcements appeared on the Internet. An unknown company, on behalf of the Russian Nobility Society founded by Juna, offers everyone the registration of noble titles, referring to the permission of the Ministry of Justice.

"Blue Bloods" is not cheap

Of course, you have to pay for the service. So, for the title of prince, you need to pay 12,000 euros, for a count - 8,000, for a baron - 5,700. It is also reported that the package of documents includes an official letter with the Coat of Arms of Russia, a crown and a Monomakh's cap framed by portraits of 19 Russian tsars.

Among the advantages for the buyer of the title is the opportunity to communicate with people of the noble circle, including Boris Berezovsky, Pavel Bure, Zhores Alferov and Alla Pugacheva ... And on top of everything else, the title holder has the right to demand that he be addressed as “Your Excellency”, and served at airports "Lincoln" and honorary escort: security and girls with good manners.

But the phone numbers of this miracle company are not listed in the ad. Only the email address to which I sent the request: "I want to become Princess Olga." And soon I received an answer with a questionnaire and completely new prices. The cost of a count's title rose to $125,000, while the price for a baron ranged from $45,000 to $100,000. But I was offered to buy the title of a British lord for only 15 - 25 thousand dollars, and for a knight they asked from 8 to 14 thousand.

Well, in the next paragraph, apparently so that I would not faint from the swing of prices, it was reported: “Our titles are real! We don't offer fake ones for a couple of hundred dollars!"

Order of knighthood to Putin

And soon I had the opportunity to become a noblewoman for free.

If you bring some rich person to me, I will grant you the title of a countess or even a princess, ”His Serene Highness Prince Arkady Lvovich Bugaev-Poniatovsky hinted, aka grand master International Order Chapter of the Monarchist Court, which he himself established.

The master appointed an audience at his home - in a cramped two-room apartment, stuffed with orders, coats of arms and letters. Before the meeting, he asked me to wait outside. The prince had to change his clothes. After about 10 minutes, the head of the Monarchist court was already at the parade: in a tailcoat, with a bow tie and a sword. On the neck - a chain, chest - in orders, on the head - a hat in red and white feathers.

It was hard not to laugh. But I held back. And the prince took out his main relic - the Knightly Order of Unity, which he also invented himself.

I have prepared this award and a princely title for Putin,” Poniatowski said and assured me that he had already negotiated with the president’s entourage. - I was told that if the order is in diamonds, it will be sent to the treasury.

By the way, Poniatowski also has views on the president's family. It turns out that 17-year-old Nikolai from the Romanov-Dolgoruky family lives somewhere in Spain - one of the contenders for the Russian throne. Poniatowski dreams that this boy would marry Putin's daughter...

And the Terminator who joined them

Personally, I immediately thought that Poniatowski would not be allowed into the Kremlin. But he, apparently, guessed my doubts and took out a photo album with evidence of his victories.

Here is Luzhkov. I granted him a knightly order of honor and the title of prince. Ayatskov received the title of count ... He gave two orders to cosmonaut Leonov. Chess player Karpov - count. And Pugacheva passed the title of count through Kirkorov.

Free or for money?

It's not the same for everybody. They paid a little for the former mayor of Vladivostok, Kopylov. Although Chernomyrdin asked, I haven't given him anything yet. And on his 50th birthday, he presented Nikita Mikhalkov with a prince.

And why should he? Everyone already knows that he is from the nobility?

Have mercy, girl! His ancestors are not from the titled nobles. They were bedridden. Nikita Sergeevich was embarrassed by this. And now he is a prince! By the way, I also awarded Schwarzenegger.

And who is he now?

Count, - the most illustrious prince broke into a smile.

Do you know that in the Assembly of Nobility they call you an adventurer? I finally asked the prince.

They just envy me. They can't hand out titles, but I can. And it was only necessary to prescribe this item in the charter.

Order from the director of the cemetery

We are already accustomed to these eccentricities, - sighs Alexander Korolev-Pereleshin, Vice-Marshal of the Russian Nobility Assembly. - Here is the former supply manager of the Gnessin School, Nikolai Dalsky, declared himself Prince Romanov and even straightened out his passport. And the director of the Magadan cemetery, Lezhepekov, became a count and general-in-chief. Now he heads the League of the Revival of the Russian Monarchy and distributes orders. Surprisingly, many important people take these impostors seriously. We wrote to the Ministry of Justice with a letter to shut down their activities. After all, true titles of nobility are the property of the country, as well as works of art. But we were told that these public organizations are registered and have the right.

However, in the Nobility Assembly itself, there was also a scandal. Recently, a luxurious building in the center of Moscow was taken away from him, and the nobles themselves quarreled and split into two camps. The hereditary nobleman Dmitry Zhukov (by the way, the father of the vice-premier of the government Alexander Zhukov) severed all relations with the Assembly of Nobility. The old leader - Prince Andrei Golitsyn - created the International Union of Nobles, and Prince Andrei Obolensky headed the new Russian Assembly of Nobility (RDS), which huddles in the office of State Duma deputy Chuev on Varvarka. Nobles can be found here twice a week: on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the evening.

But we do not dedicate anyone to the nobility. Everything is strict with us, - Sergey Sapozhnikov, vice-leader of the RDS, announced to me. - Noble origin we need to document it.

Generals are also in the nobility

However, there is another way to obtain the nobility, which is accepted by the Russian noble assembly without objection. To do this, you need to get into the field of view of the head of the Russian Imperial House, Maria Vladimirovna. She lives in Madrid, but often visits Russia and bestows royal orders here.

A few years ago, the princess revived the Order of Nicholas the Wonderworker specifically for military officials. The first degree of the order gives the right to hereditary nobility, the second and third - to personal nobility. Thus, dozens of generals now go to the nobles. Including the former and current head of the General Staff Anatoly Kvashnin and Yuri Baluyevsky, ex-senator Valery Manilov, governor of the Moscow region Boris Gromov and former governor of the Ulyanovsk region Vladimir Shamanov, ex-commander of the North Caucasus Military District Gennady Troshev and Yeltsin's former bodyguard, now a deputy State Duma Alexander Korzhakov.

However, these gifts also have opponents. Among them is the chairman of the All-Russian Monarchist Center Nikolai Lukyanov (surprisingly, not a nobleman):

Maria Vladimirovna is not an empress, she is not recognized by any monarchy. It has no right to distribute royal orders. And the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker can generally be bought for $500. It was distributed to the generals for advertising, in order to tear money from the colonels. AT noble assembly also understood long ago that you can take money for searching for documents, and straighten the documents in the interests of the customer. Moreover, many archives have been lost. So the current alleged nobles are often far-fetched. it pure water self-employment and business.

However, be that as it may, this business is flourishing in Russia. And nothing foretells its collapse. There are a lot of vain gentlemen among the cream of our society. And not all of them have yet acquired the coveted rattle - the title of a nobleman.

If you have spots in your biography or your grandmother sinned with a diver, do not grieve.

We'll fix everything!

Here is an indulgence that will straighten your shoulders, straighten your back, sharpen your look and deepen everything else.

The document is official. An offer from the Russian Noble Society "New Elite of Russia".

"Our company offers its potential clients the legal registration of titles - prince, count and baron.

This opportunity is provided by our partner - the Russian Noble Society.

"New Elite of Russia", based on the authority granted by the Ministry of Justice Russian Federation, awards Russian titles of nobility.

Documents are legalized in the manner prescribed by the law of the Russian Federation.

Title cost:

Prince - EUR 12,000

Count - EUR 8,000

Baron - EUR 5,700

Document Package Includes:

Official Diploma 55x42 cm in size, which is an internal text space with the Coat of Arms of Russia, the crown and cap of Monomakh and inscriptions in Russian, framed by portraits 19 Russian tsars against the background of bay leaves, flowers Russian flag and St. Andrew's flag, sealed with signatures and seals of 5 princes, and the official seal of the Russian noble society.

The decision of the Regency Council of the Russian Noble Society "New Elite of Russia" on the award of the Russian Noble Title. Text on A4 paper, colorful.

A copy of the Charter of the Russian noble society "The New Elite of Russia", approved by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation (with an Apostille).

Benefits of These Titles.

The opportunity to communicate with people of your circle, which include famous bankers, politicians, scientists, artists. For example, Boris Berezovsky, Pavel Bure, Zhores Alferov, Alla Pugacheva and many others.

The owner of the title may apply to the Regency Council for the assignment of the appropriate title to the person recommended by him.

Upon arrival in the capital of Russia, the owner of the title, at his request, the Russian Nobility Society can arrange a meeting at the airport with honors, a Lincoln-type limousine and an escort (security, girl guides with good manners), to be taken to the hotel, of course, with pre-booking a deluxe room.

The owner of the title will be addressed - Your Excellency, etc. The owner of the title has the right to demand that when he appears, they announce: His Excellency Prince such and such.

Documents required for registration:
1. Copy of passport.
2. Autobiography.
3. Two passport size photographs.

Terms of payment:
1. Prepayment - EUR 750.
2. After all documents are ready (approximately 14 - 20 working days) - the rest of the cost.

Notes.
- According to Russian tradition and the Charter of the Russian noble society "New Elite of Russia", there are no reasons national character for registration of a title of nobility, including for foreigners.
- If the applicant wishes, the Diploma already received by him and all other documents can be solemnly presented in Moscow at the Nobility Assembly, in the presence of recognizable VIPs and hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the possibility of photo and video filming. The cost of this service is negotiated additionally.

Presentation of the princely title to Mr. Baibakov - former chairman of the State Planning Committee of the USSR.

Bonus.

Princes and princesses:

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December 13, 2017, 00:16

A little boring to start with.

True, it will be a little boring, I will tell you about the history of the emergence of the peerage, the types of titles, their receipt, features and privileges. Well, at the end, a little humor, in my opinion.

There are also differences in privileges between different parts of the peerage system:
- The Peerage of England is all titled Englishmen whose title was created by the Queens and Kings of England before 1707 (signing of the Act of Union).
The Peerage of Scotland is a title of nobility created by the monarchs of Scotland before 1707.
- Peerage of Ireland - titles of the Kingdom of Ireland created before 1800 (signing of the Act of Union) and some of them created later.
- Peerage of Great Britain - all titles created in the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800.
- Peerage of the United Kingdom - almost all titles created after 1800.
Older ranks are considered higher in the hierarchy. In addition, determining in the hierarchy is the ownership of the title:
- English,
- Scottish,
- Irish.

The emergence of the peerage - let's plunge into a boring story.
The history of the creation of the peerage system among the British began with the conquest of England by the illegitimate son of the ruler of Normandy, William the Conqueror. He created a single Kingdom of England and divided the entire territory into manors. Those Englishmen who owned manors were called barons; depending on the amount of land, there were "big barons" and "lesser barons".
The king collected the big barons for royal councils, and the smaller ones were collected by the sheriffs. Then the lesser barons ceased to convene. It was the meetings of the great barons that were then transformed into the House of Lords, which still exists today. Most titles of nobility are hereditary.
Times changed and various ranks began to form among the nobles, the privileges of which differed significantly.

Title hierarchy
At the top of the hierarchy is naturally the royal family, which has its own hierarchy. The British royal family includes the monarch himself and a group of his close relatives. Members of the royal family are: the monarch, the monarch's spouse or the monarch's widowed spouse, the monarch's children, his male grandchildren, the spouses or widowed spouses of the monarch's male heirs.

The next most important among the English are:
- Duke and Duchess (began to assign this title in 1337). The Duke is the highest ranking English title after the King and Queen. Usually dukes govern the Duchy. Dukes constitute the second rank of princes after the princes of the royal family.
- Marquis and marquise (they were first awarded in 1385). Marquis is an English title of nobility between a duke and an earl. It comes from the designation of the boundaries of certain territories. In addition to the marquises themselves, this title is awarded to the eldest son of the duke and the daughter of the duke.
- Count (earl) and countess (used from 800-1000). Earls - members of the English nobility, who previously owned and managed their own lands - counties, tried court cases in provincial courts on behalf of the King, collected fines and taxes from the local population. Also counties were honored: the eldest son of the marquis, the daughter of the marquis and the youngest son of the duke.
- Viscount and viscountess (the first such title was awarded in 1440). During the lifetime of the father, the eldest son of an earl or the younger sons of a marquis became viscounts as a courtesy title.
- Baron and Baroness (first appeared in 1066). Baron is the lowest noble rank in England. If the title is historically related to feudal baronies, then the baron holds that barony. In addition to the barons themselves, the following persons were endowed with this title in the form of a title of courtesy: the eldest son of a viscount, the youngest son of a count, the eldest son of a baron, then the younger sons of viscounts and the younger sons of barons followed the hierarchy.
- Another rank, although inherited, but not belonging to the English titled aristocratic persons, is the baronet (there is no female equivalent). Baronets do not sit in the House of Lords and do not enjoy the privileges of the nobility. The eldest children of the younger sons of peers of various ranks, the eldest and youngest sons of baronets became baronets.
All other Englishmen are non-titled persons.

Appeal to titled persons
The treatment of titled Englishmen is a rather complex issue. Everyone knows that addressing the King and Queen involves the combination "Your Majesty."

For dukes, the title "Your Grace" is used, as for duchesses, or the title duke-duchess is used along with the use of the title. The surnames of dukes are rarely used in circulation, those of duchesses are never used.
Marquesses, viscounts, earls, barons and their wives are addressed as Milord (My Lord) or Milady (My Lady), or simply Lord and Lady. You can also use the address directly in the form of rank and title.
Ex-wives of peers of any rank are addressed as follows: the woman's first name, then rank and title.

Baronets and untitled persons are addressed with the words "sir" and "lady".

Getting the title
The real title of Lord in England can be awarded by the Queen for special services to the country. But you can also get it by workarounds, for example, by purchasing a medieval estate for a huge price along with the title, for example, of a baron. At the same time, they receive a certificate of belonging to a certain noble rank.
Most often, the holder of any title is a man. Sometimes the title could also belong to a woman, if it was supposed to be inherited. In other cases, the woman was awarded the title of courtesy as the wife of her husband. At the same time, the woman did not have the privileges that the husband had.

The title of a woman was inherited in two cases:
- if the woman was only the custodian of the title, in order to transfer it to the male heir in the future;
- when a woman rightfully received a title, but could not sit in the House of Lords and hold certain positions.
Moreover, if a titled woman got married, her husband did not receive her title.
If a woman who received a title thanks to her husband turned out to be a widow, she kept it, while the word “widowed” could be added before addressing her. If a woman remarried, she acquired a new title corresponding to the title of her new husband, or even turned out to be an untitled person if the new husband did not belong to the nobility of England.

Another feature is that illegitimate sons did not receive titles under any circumstances.

Therefore, often titled persons sought to marry pregnant women in order to ensure their son the right to inherit his title. Otherwise, only the youngest son had the right to receive nobility, if he was already born in marriage, and in the absence of other sons, a distant relative.

Privileges of titled persons
Previously, the privileges of peers were very wide, but now there are very few rights left for titled Englishmen:
- the right to sit in parliament,
- access to the Queen and the King, although this right has not been used for a long time,
- the right not to be subject to civil arrest(it has only been used twice since 1945). (I searched, I was looking for who it was and what kind of cases, but I didn’t find it, if you know, poke, it’s interesting. We have, in my opinion, a personal acquaintance with someone or relatives in good positions, although you can sit in the State Duma :))))

In addition, all peers have special crowns for use at coronations and distinctive robes for sitting in the House of Lords (if they are members) and coronations.

There are a couple of reliable and proven ways to get the title.

1. By inheritance. If you have suspicions that your ancestors were real aristocrats, start looking for your roots. In Russia, this issue is dealt with by the Russian Genealogical Federation, in Italy - International Commission for the study of knightly orders, in France - the International Genealogical Academy. First, look for old photographs of your grandfathers and great-grandfathers. Maybe one of them will be in the photograph in the uniform of the General-in-Chief? Or, perhaps, your great-grandmother graduated from the Smolny Institute? Who knows, what if your ancestors were the Yusupov princes or the Duke of Marlborough? Or is your grandmother the seamstress of Nikolai himself?

2. On merit. In ancient times, monarchs granted a title of nobility for military merit. In our time to receive an order british empire received in 1965 by members of the Beatles, for a valuable contribution to culture.

This fact was greatly outraged by the British aristocrats, who did not want to put up with this circumstance and returned their orders to the Crown. However, the scandal soon faded away, and the title of nobility was also awarded to Elton John, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Elizabeth Taylor.

The British aristocrats took the news without criticism.

In March 1997, McCartney was knighted by the Queen. After she touched the musician who knelt before her with a sparkling sword, the vocalist and bass player, nicknamed Makka, turned into Sir Paul. From now on, they address him that way. The newly minted sir then admitted that he was constantly thinking about the first ceremony at Buckingham Palace and his Beatle friends:
I thought they were behind me. And they rejoice. After all, the queen honored me primarily for participating in our group.
Sir Paul dedicated this title to the Beatles.

Now this Order is being distributed almost to the right and left, but there are also worthy pies in my opinion:

By the way, in 2003 David Bowie refused become a knight.

3. Buy. For a few hundred dollars, you can buy a parchment on which your last name will be displayed, which traces back almost to the Rurikovichs. If you want a more powerful letter, for 5-10 thousand dollars you can buy a document that is almost identical to the documents of Art. 19. Of course, it will not be the original, but you can hang it in the living room and show it to naive guests. In Scotland, the Glencarn estate is for sale, which is divided into small plots of 30 pounds. Everyone can buy not only this plot, but also receive a title of nobility as a bonus. Many aristocrats claim that such a sale of titles has no legal effect, but the estate is being sold very quickly.

In my opinion, this is a chance for Meghan Markle's relatives to clean up their reputation.

THE MOST RELIABLE WAY!