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[Roland F.]

In the Eighties president Reagan invited part of higher German nobility in the White House. Some of the Guest felt insulted because there was a prince among them, who received the title by bargaining with an old lady princess, a pour woman, abondened from her relatives, living of little more than social aid standard in a poor living quarter and we don´t know how this transaktion title-for-money happened in all details. We even do not get informed which kind of facilities could be helpful to make such transaction title for money a little bit easier. The self made prince however did not only bewitch rich people like the Begum with his title to be allowed to balance part of her fortune for a couple of years, he also sold his new title to all kind of people, not only to multiply the money he had invested, but reduce the reputation of it to a very low level. Reagans guests, among them Earl Karl von Württemberg with his wife, did not only feel insulted, they also argued about leaving the banquette, but they didn´t because they imagined the press, they would cause worldwide.
Does somebody know if the American president knew what kind of feeling he would cause?

[Roland F.]

[quote="Roland F."]In the Eighties president Reagan invited part of higher German nobility in the White House. Some of the Guest felt insulted because there was a prince among them, "Frederique", who received the title by bargaining with an old lady princess, a pour woman, abondened from her relatives, living of little more than social aid standard in a poor living quarter and we don´t know how this transaktion title-for-money happened in all details. We even do not get informed which kind of facilities could be helpful to make such transaction title for money a little bit easier. The self made prince however did not only bewitch rich people like the Begum with his title to be allowed to balance part of her fortune for a couple of years, he also sold his new title to all kind of people, not only to multiply the money he had invested, but reduce the reputation of it to a very low level. Reagans guests, among them Earl Karl von Württemberg with his wife, did not only feel insulted, they also argued about leaving the banquette, but they didn´t because they imagined the press, they would cause worldwide.
Does somebody know if the American president knew what kind of feeling he would cause?[/quote]
Sorry, nobody corrected my fault all the while: Karl von Württemberg´s title is of corse not "Earl", he is "Duke", probably even the houses of South-West-Germany did not remark this error!

[Roland F.]

[quote="Roland F."][quote="Roland F."]In the Eighties president Reagan invited part of higher German nobility in the White House. Some of the Guest felt insulted because there was a prince among them, "Frederique", who received the title by bargaining with an old lady princess, a pour woman, abondened from her relatives, living of little more than social aid standard in a poor living quarter and we don´t know how this transaktion title-for-money happened in all details. We even do not get informed which kind of facilities could be helpful to make such transaction title for money a little bit easier. The self made prince however did not only bewitch rich people like the Begum with his title to be allowed to balance part of her fortune for a couple of years, he also sold his new title to all kind of people, not only to multiply the money he had invested, but reduce the reputation of it to a very low level. Reagans guests, among them Earl Karl von Württemberg with his wife, did not only feel insulted, they also argued about leaving the banquette, but they didn´t because they imagined the press, they would cause worldwide.
Does somebody know if the American president knew what kind of feeling he would cause?[/quote]
Sorry, nobody corrected my fault all the while: Karl von Württemberg´s title is not "Earl", he is "Duke", probably even the houses of South-West-Germany did not remark this error![/quote]

Do you know more nobles who received their titles by clever calculation like the new ´Prinz von Anhalt´? I remember two in France, who were engaged in strange doings during the last 40 years. One´s family received his title as an extra payment dealing blank arms, the other family bought a castle in very awful condition which included a title. Funny anough, both were very ambitious contemporaries, one in spekulative industry-investment, the other as a politician and they pretended, ´there never was an interest to receve a title, it came just beside´!