Life is tough all over.

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From the Wall Street Journal



By Max Colchester

CHÂTEAU DE PARENTIGNAT, France—For Count Dominique de Causans helping fellow aristocrats in distress is a noble cause.





It is not easy to be a noble in modern France, he said as he addressed a crowd of fellow nobles at a recent gathering at this 18th-century château. We have to carry the values of the nobility, set an example and prove [to be] irreproachable.



Seeking to offer a helping hand is the Association for the Mutual Assistance of the French Nobility. The Paris group helps down-and-out nobles rediscover some of the glory. It takes legal action against commoners trying to claim noble names, pays the school fees of promising young nobles and offers an informal meeting service to single nobles.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...88671505152108.html?google_editors_picks=true

 

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I'm starting to see why they chopped off their heads...