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Dame – Damsel

“L’imperatrice Eugenia e le Dame di Corte”, F. Winterhalter

01 The ‘Lady’ (LA) - a form of address to any woman of rank or authority - the legal title of the wife of a knight. 

02 Damsel: a woman of noble birth - a young woman - a maiden. 

03 Dame Stella Rimington was the first female Director General of MI5 and the first to be publically named.   Her duties included the protection of the realm against spies and saboteurs, etc.   She was offered a job by Channel-4 (England) to front a game show with former Soviet double agent Oleg Gordievsky! 

 

 

 

 

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