British Commonwealth of Nations: Sole Survivors

Last week the Knights and Ladies of the famed British Order of St. John of Jerusalem twittered and chattered.

One hundred Knights and Ladies decided to charter a special steam yacht and cruise to the Mediterranean—there to visit the ancient strongholds of the order at Corfu, Cyprus, Rhodes, Malta and of course, Jerusalem. Those in the know excitedly let fall that among the announced female pilgrims are the Countess of Cromer, the Dowager Countess of Airlie, the Countess Haig and Lady Nunburnholme. Stout Knights who...

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