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Duke Gardens were the center of a controversy [58] over the decision by the trustees of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (now Doris Duke Foundation) to close them on May 25, 2008. [ 59 ] In 1963, Duke funded the construction of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 's ashram on land leased from the state forestry department of Uttar Pradesh in India. [ 60 ]
James Henry Roberts Cromwell (June 4, 1896 – March 19, 1990) was an American diplomat, candidate for the United States Senate, author, and one-time husband of Doris Duke, "the richest girl in the world". [1] He was the United States Ambassador to Canada.
Much of the remainder of Duke's approximately $100 million (equivalent to $1.74 billion in 2023 [6]) estate went to his daughter Doris Duke, who became "the richest girl in the world". [8] In 1927, Doris sued her mother for control of the family house in Manhattan and won. [9] Doris also successfully sued for control of the Duke Farms estate.
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Colacello was the magazine's authority on Doris Duke. [2] [3] The title of the series was derived from the book Too Rich: The Family Secrets of Doris Duke by Pony Duke and Jason Thomas. [4] [5] Manfield's book was the first to be obtained by CBS, which optioned it for a planned miniseries in early 1995. [6]
Time flies! Giuliana Rancic shared a rare photo with her family at Disney World — and her and husband Bill Rancic’s 10-year-old son, Duke, is all grown up. “To say our trip to Disney World ...
Queen Camilla may be a part of the royal family now — but she was already a queen in her children's eyes before her marriage to King Charles III. Camilla and the monarch were first introduced in ...
Her brothers were the American mountain climber Oliver Eaton Cromwell Jr., and James H. R. Cromwell, the American diplomat and first husband of Doris Duke. After her father's death her mother married prominent investment banker Edward T. Stotesbury in 1912. She made her debut in Washington, DC in 1910. Cromwell married four times. 1911