David Cameron is to read a lesson; Lady Thatcher had said whoever was prime minister at the time of her funeral should take part in the ceremony.
Oh, and also a lesson that Lady Gaga practising your exercises in her birthday suit is a handy publicity boost for a crowdfunding project as it enters its crucial stages.
While it can be difficult to embrace the workings of characters set in fictional continents in a fantasy world, there are still timeless leadership lessons these ladies teach us.
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To support his dwindling family, Palmer embarked on the dreary business of giving lessons to young ladies, bulking out this meagre income with hand-outs from his father-in-law, the highly successful landscapist John Linnell.
"My mom had me do a violin lesson, and the lady told her, 'Claire will never be able to play the violin, she's too bad.'" It wasn't until university in Montreal, when she was hanging out with friends – they were in bands, and one coerced her into singing backing vocals – that she began to suspect her music teacher might be wrong.
Here's another staircase story, although I remember this one with much less bemusement than the "young lady" lesson.
4 14 Life time) lesson, from one lady to another: "Look [14 year old], one day you'll find someone you're attracted to, and you'll have sex with him, and maybe even fall in love.
Yeah, so most guys don't love the idea of taking ballroom dancing lessons with their ladies, but if you're out at a bar or a club and the music is pumping, drag him onto the dance floor for a song or two.
It all got a little bit complicated, writing up the River Café pasta lesson for which the ladies generously gave their time and Ruth the use of her bijou Chelsea pied-à-terre.
