"The aristocracy is not dying," says the Duke of Devonshire. "It is dead. Coffin's nailed down, it's in the ground. It doesn't exist."
He was commenting on Labour's plans to axe the remaining 90 hereditary peers before the General Election. If Labour manages to get the proposal through Parliament in the next few weeks, the Duke has promised to drop his title. “Because then it would be clear-cut what the people wanted, and it would be confusing to maintain hereditary titles," he says. "So, finish that, go back to being called Cavendish.” (To read more, click here.)
