From Queen Elizabeth II to Rudy Giuliani, here are 10 powerful, rich people who married their cousins
Several renowned figures have kept it in the family by (knowingly or not) marrying their cousins.
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Several renowned figures have kept it in the family by (knowingly or not) marrying their cousins.
A sheet of paper covered in the mathematics notes of renowned physicist Albert Einstein (pictured) is tipped to sell for £50,000 (€60,000) at auction in Malaga, Spain next week on November 30.
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Rare missive, sent to a friend in 1936, warns that prejudice in academia 'simmers' intensely below the surface; complains academic positions handed out through personal connections
Print Their early audiences called them “flickers,” and it was a better name than they realized. Because — as the lights going out on the Hollywood Cinerama remind us — almost everything about the movies can end up short-lived and elusive. Stardom is like that. Actors whose fabulous faces were celebrated on several continents and whose fabulous salaries were celebrated by their bankers could and did die unknown and broke. So were movies themselves — throwaway amusements, no more durable than a Ferris wheel ride. Whoever foresaw the immortality of cable TV syndication, cult following...