Whether or not you are a duke seems to be merely a function of how many other people believe you are a duke, and perhaps how ardently they believe it.
Does a virtual Duke count?
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1581904/Ban-this-madcap-society-menace.html
Ban this madcap society menace By JEFF PRESTRIDGE FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY UPDATED: 00:00, 25 April 1999
His withdrawal note read: 'To Lord Leek, secretary Britannia building society, I Michael Hardern being of sound kind do hereby irrevocably withdraw from the current election for directors of the Britannia building society. Queen's Birthday 21st April 1999 at Holborn signed The Duke Scillonia.'
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Errors+and+%27The+Duke%27+put+lenders+in+turmoil.-a060543196
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/325373.stm
Mr Hardern, who claims sovereignty over the Scilly Isles and uses the name, The Duke Scillonia, was not available for comment.
Okay so you are mildly famous it seems.
I read up briefly on “Carpetbagging” and building societies. So did you make any cash from all this? Did you manage to hang on to it through the manic episodes?
Feel free to message me if you want to tell me privately or discuss your recent vacation.
Are you from Scilly?
Our Clemencies The Duke Scillonia Emperor Silina
BurninHelena
Greeting!
I love you serendipitously.
You R The Universe watching Our Experiment, our Enchantment.
How can I help? Is there anything you need? You should attend to your own wants. Most easily done by not wanting!
I am concerned about your name. Brightly like a star or in the conflagrations of Hell?
The Ultimate Quest question. The difference between Good and Evil. [Hint: Eye of the Beholden]
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