Have you ever seen The Real Housewives Of New York City on Bravo? To be honest, the women it follows are a bunch of snobby bitches who in no way represent a real New York City housewife. The absolute worst of them all is LuAnn de Lesseps.
LuAnn married Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, who’s family happens to have built and leased the land of the modern Suez Canal. So because of this, she considers herself to be an actual Countess. She LOVES this title, mentions it every chance she gets, and has even used it in her upcoming book Class with the Countess: How to Live with Elegance and Flair
Now that’s all well and good I suppose… until the actual Count decided to dump her for a younger woman. Hopefully they’ll be able to re-examine that ”Art of Seduction” chapter and get a ghost writer with a clue, since obviously her art needs a serious overhaul.
Of course, it’s easier to let go the man you’ve been married to for 16 years than the royal title he gave your commoner ass. She has reportedly told her friends that no matter what, ”I will always be the countess.”
But is she REALLY still a countess? While it is true that Diana kept the Princess of Whales title after her divorce from Prince Charles, she did so at the Queen‘s discretion. When Andrew divorced Sarah, he of course kept the title of Prince and she was relegated to Sarah, Dutchess of York. Different yet again, when the Sultan of Brunei divorced in 2003 he took away all his wife’s royal titles because she was born of no royal blood whatsoever… just like former Wilhemina model LuAnn.
So the truth is that while the Count himself will probably not care (because he’s too busy boinking the NEXT Countess) and she will undoubtedly claim otherwise, since LuAnn is not of actual royal lineage she is in fact probably no longer a Countess. I didn’t know that being a royal imposter could be considered classy and elegant.
It is truly sad to see the empty things these people place value upon.
