This week etiquette conundrum is from a reader asking how to handle uncomfortable political debate at a dinner party. A lady should know how to handle this minefield, so here are The Darling Academy’s best tips on how to be gracious, dignified and ladylike in the face of such awkwardness.
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Dry turkey, presents that disappoint, old grudges, and interfering relations. Oh joy, it’s Christmas time again! Rather than pressure ourselves into having the “perfect” holiday, use it as an opportunity to focus on our presence and poise. Here’s how a true lady or gent spends Christmas.
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For some women, feeling beautiful is deeply important, and they’ll go to great lengths to achieve their ideal. Others dismiss the pursuit of beauty as shallow and unworthy of attention. But when you uncover the essence of true beauty, you’ll realise it’s neither meaningless nor out of reach.
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It has been a decade since the world witnessed one of the most magical Royal Weddings in recent history, and I make no secret of the fact that I adore the Duchess of Cambridge. She will forever be a great example of a lady, and can teach us so much about what it means to live a graceful, regal life.
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We all have our favourite romantic heroine, Lady Mary, Elizabeth Bennet, Natasha Rostova and even Bridget Jones. Ladies with lives that we dream of, romances we fantasise about, and “having it all” in the end. But why do we adore them so, what sets them apart, and can this life only ever be fiction?
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They say everyone has a divine purpose. That every one of us is born for a reason, and many women may have felt at some point in their lives that it is simply to look pretty, have a successful career, catch a man, make a home and have babies – but it goes a lot deeper than you may think.
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