"Would you care to wager on Lady Standfield being the future Duchess of Claymore?"
Under cover of the group's boisterous banter, Clayton leaned toward her and teased in a low voice, "Aren't you concerned about the future Duchess of Claymore, my lady?"
Genevieve, Marchioness of Wantresse and future Duchess of Langmarsh, would simply have to live with her nose and her silence.
It would be unfair, unkind and even superficial, however, to dismiss the future Duchess of Cornwall's sense of style as nonexistent.
The future Duchess of Storbridge could not be a thief, a woman who did not even know who her parents were.
Her other sisters included Élisabeth Marguerite, future Duchess of Guise and the Duchess of Savoy.
His sister was Louise de Bourbon, future Duchess of Longueville.
She also got on well with her two nieces, the Princess of Lamballe and the future Duchess of Orléans.
He also had two younger sisters, Dorothea, future Electress Palatine, and Christina, future Duchess of Milan.
His distraught mother was pregnant at the time with Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676-1744), future Duchess and regent of Lorraine.