I’m very proud of my title. I earned it after all, not like these sportsmen, grocers and ‘chat show’ hosts that get handed them nowerdays. In 1701 the Emperor of Persia had the enchanting title of ‘The Sun of Glory and the Nutmeg of Delight’. Tsar Nicholas II’s titles were far grander. They were; By the grace of God,Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, of Moskow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, Tsar of Poland, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Tauric Khersones, Tsar of Georgia, Lord of Pskov, and Grand Duke of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia and Finland, Prince of Estonia, Courland and Semigalia, Samogitia, Bialystock, Karalia, Tver, Yugra, Perm, Vyatka, Bulgaria and other territories; Lord and Grand Duke of Nizhni Novgorod, Chernigov; Ruler of Ryazan, Polotsk, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Beloozero, Udoria, Obdoria, Kondia,Vitebsk, Msislav and all the northern territories; Ruler of Iveria, Karalinia and the Kambardinian lands and Armenian territories; hereditary Ruler and Lord of the Cherkess and Mountain Princes and others ;Lord of Turkestan, Heir of Norway, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Stomarn, Dithmarschen, Oldenburg and so forth, and so forth, and so forth. Introductions at parties must have been a nightmare!
Feb 06