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This was a great and informative article, but one thing it misses is that there is in fact another way to purchase a 'legitimate' peerage title (though the cost
by mNovak 4y ago
This was a great and informative article, but one thing it misses is that there is in fact another way to purchase a 'legitimate' peerage title (though the cost is much much higher). I recall reading about it a while back here [1]. Basically, you pay a (broke) noble family to legally adopt you. Apparently there's brokers and everything to get you connected.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-02/even-if-you-weren-t-born-into-nobility-you-can-buy-your-way-in https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-02/even-if-y...
- Ichthypresbyter 4y agoThis doesn't really work in the UK. The rules of succession to a title vary depending on the specific title but they almost always include the phrase "heirs of the body" of the original grantee. In other words, they only pass to natural descendants not to adopted ones.
- Grustaf 4y agoI know a man who did that, he's now using one of the oldest German noble titles. It's also how the current house (Bernadotte) took over in Sweden, through (forced) adult adoption.
- slyall 4y agoFrédéric Prinz von Anhalt (who was married to Zsa Zsa Gabor) is well known for doing this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Prinz_von_Anhalt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Prinz_von_A...
- throwaway290 4y agoTo get peerage all you need is to be cozy with the current Tory leader. See Lebedev et al.
- shapefrog 4y agoHe also had to chuck him £10,000 - so it wasnt exactly free. The donation did probably cover a whole bunch or other favours than just a peeerage - cheap perhaps but not free.
- throwaway290 4y ago10 grand is basically free for the klept.
- shapefrog 4y agobasically free yes, but shows how desperate / corrupt the person being bribed by such a paltry sum is.