[ABOVE] LONDON LAMP POSTSLEGEND HAS IT THAT THE SECOND DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, HUGH RICHARD ARTHUR GROSVENOR, WAS SO LOVE-STRUCK BY MADEMOISELLE 'COCO' CHANEL BACK IN THE LATE TWENTIES AFTER THEY MET AT A PARTY IN MONTE CARLO IN 1925, THAT HE ORDERED ALL THE LAMPPOSTS IN WESTMINSTER TO BE ADORNED WITH HER INITIALS, ALONGSIDE AN ORNATE W - THE DUKE'S CREST. POOR OLD HUGH WAS LEFT HEARTBROKEN WHEN, DESPITE HIS EXTRAVAGANT GESTURE, CHANEL TURNED HIS PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE DOWN SAYING: "THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DUCHESSES OF WESTMINSTER, THERE IS ONLY ONE CHANEL". THAT TOLD HIM....... SIGH. - SW
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