Chapter 536： Duke of Norfolk (1/2)
The next day, Xia Yu first went to Jumbo Pavilion and gave Hualao a bank card worth five million pounds. After Hualao took it, he happily went to buy antiques.
Xia Yu returned to Huashang Bank. After busying for a while, he suddenly asked Wu Hongyi: ”Hongyi, let me ask you something. Do you know anything about British noble families?”
Although Wu Hongyi wondered why Xia Yu suddenly asked this question, he didn't ask it either. He nodded and said, ”I still know it, but it is mostly superficial information, and the deeper information is not well understood.”
Xia Yu must have heard this, and asked: ”Then do you know the Howard family?”
Wu Hongyi frowned, thought for a while, and asked Xia Yu: ”I know there are four Howard families. I don't know which one you are talking about. Is there any other information?”
”By the way, it should be the Howard family in Norfolk!”
Xia Yu thought about it for a moment and prompted.
”Norfolk?!”
Wu Hongyi was taken aback, blurted out, looked at Xia Yu up and down, and asked nervously, ”Xia Yu, did you have any conflicts with them?”
Wu Hongyi's strange performance surprised Xia Yu, and he secretly said that Elena's brother and sister were of extraordinary origin.
He chuckled and said: ”There is no conflict, that is, I know someone. I hurriedly didn't ask more yesterday, so I came to ask you.”
Wu Hongyi breathed a sigh of relief immediately: ”That's good, otherwise there will be trouble.”
Then, he began to explain: ”In Norfolk, there is only one famous Howard family, and it is also the most prominent in the entire British Howard surname. A large part of Norfolk is the fief of the Howard family, and the Howard family is hereditary. The Duke of Norfolk, in addition to the earl.”
”The current Duke of Norfolk is Carter Howard, who has a very important position in the entire British aristocracy, and the family strength far exceeds our Wu family.”
”Of course, I also heard my grandfather say that this Duke Carter Howard is an alternative among the British aristocracy. The romantic style is obvious. Originally, the dukedom was not his turn. It should be his brother, but he resisted the pressure. Married the daughter of a commoner.”
”It's just that Carter Howard's brother died unexpectedly later, and the Howard family had to let Carter Howard inherit the duchy title. At that time, the entire British aristocracy was dumbfounded and regretted not marrying Carter Howard.”
”By the way, I also heard that Duke Carter Howard has a close relationship with the Conservative Party.”
”That's all I know, but I'll find out for you when I go back, and I'll tell you when the time comes!”
”Then trouble you!”
Xia Yu said gratefully.
It's just that his heart was shaking secretly, he didn't expect Elena to be the daughter of the Duke of Norfolk.
Although he guessed that Elena had an unusual background and must be from a British noble family, he did not expect it to come from the top duke family.
The Duke’s daughter can be called a princess.
After all, her father Carter Howard is a Duke. According to the level of the ancient family in Europe, it is at the same level as the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The difference is that the United Kingdom has a queen, so the Duke of Britain cannot hold power.
However, according to ancient European traditions, when the United Kingdom splits again, Carter Howard is fully qualified to establish a duchy and can be recognized by other European countries.
Of course, it is too difficult to expect Britain to disintegrate again, even if Scotland holds referendums again and again, it has never succeeded.
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Three days later, while Xia Yu was staying at home, he received a call from George Berkeley, saying that a group of people had come from the company. The two headed by them were a girl named Elena and a little boy named Henry. Outside is a group of bodyguards.
Knowing that Elena was here, Xia Yu asked George Berkeley to entertain them, and then he called Li Wuming and others to leave.
Because Li Qian happened to have relatives here yesterday, she did not follow her to recuperate at home.