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'''[[Blue Blood|Hereditary Peerages]]''' (all titles have female equivalents):
* Duke (Duchess): The highest title of the lot. Address as "Your Grace" when you are talking to him. Prince Philip was the Duke of Edinburgh. Of course Prince Philip was a Royal Duke, which is to say a prince of the [[Royal Blood|Royal family]] who holds a ducal title. There are non-Royal dukes also, who feature lower in the pecking order. The overwhelming majority of Dukes (
** Parodied by [[Mark Twain]] in the story of ''The Million Pound Banknote'' where the owner of the note becomes so famous that the Times reports his doings above those of "Any duke not royal".
** The Grace bit is mentioned in ''[[Blackadder the Third]]''. Prince George in disguise calls the Duke of Wellington 'My Lord', who then proceeds to correct him with a blow to the head.
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