Noble Gifts

The Royal Masquerade at Somerset House.

A House of Lords Reform: 'Please do not take shotguns or dead game into the chamber.'

Although less physically imposing than his famous uncle, Baron von Munchkinhausen was no less formidable.

'Touch my toes? -- I have servants for that sort of thing!'

cayetana de alba

"...We've traced your lineage all the way back to a 15th-century East European Count."

"His Excellency the Lord Premier Gooboy."

"It's badly sprained, McElroy, and you know as well as I do that I'd only slow you down. Go on without me—and that's a direct order!"

'Under blood type, sir, could you be a little more specific than blue?'

'Ah, Garbanzo, truly you are a noble bean.'

'But sinister gales - with that armour?'

Father changing nappy, "Heir freshener"

"Even after all that's happened, I feel no less regal."

'He calls himself a philanthropist, but would prefer Lord Philanthropist.'

Duchess

'I used to have serfs, but I've found that free-range peasants are more efficient.'

'Well it's a ransom, sire, but I wouldn't call it a King's Ransom...'

'The problem with being a Chihuahua is that everybody calls me 'Pepe'... My name is actually Humphrey Reginald Windsor the Third...'

'Of course, times have changed. The Earl and Countess now live in that folly!'

Blue blood

"It's the price we pay for living an alternative lifestyle."

Baron de Munchausen

Some gentlemen preparing for a hunt

'Denson, I want this view moving so that we can see it from the West wing.'

God save the Queen.

'I have your blood test results here. It's bad news I'm afraid. It isn't blue.'

Grandfather and Grandson go Hunting

'Nobility vehicle'

huntsman on horseback

Two porters carry a king

"....but it doesn't half get in the way on the bike."

Prince Charles

'I think we got bad directions, my liege.'

Mountain Climber with a Butler

"I can't talk now - he's right here."