My neighbour is officially a plonker....

[Mrs Magpie]

No, the Brits don't have Counts...we have Viscounts though. I know Lord Mountbatten of Burma's wife was Countess Mountbatten.

 

[Pip]

Is there such a thing as a grand duchess and if so, what's the difference between that and a standard duchess?

 

[mrs quoad]

Is there such a thing as a grand duchess and if so, what's the difference between that and a standard duchess?

Grandness, obv

Like with the pianos, see.

 

[lang rabbie]

The software that several political parties used to use to turn the electoral register into direct mailshots used to have a filter that excluded anyone in the House of Lords, who wasn't entitled to vote in General Elections.

In Brixton, it had the bizarre effect of excluding lots of middle aged Jamaican guys called Earl.

No, the Brits don't have Counts...we have Viscounts though. I know Lord Mountbatten of Burma's wife was Countess Mountbatten.

Because he was actually 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma