### Old Money Luxury

All about "old money", luxury, and the lifestyles of wealthy families. Business inquiries: [theoldmoneyluxury@gmail.com](mailto:theoldmoneyluxury@gmail.com)

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**She Was the "Party Princess" of The 1980s Who Married a Prince 34 Years Older. By 30, She Inherited Half a Billion in Debt.**

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### The Pulitzer family lost the newspapers within two generations of the prize being named for them

Joseph Pulitzer founded the _New York World_ in 1883 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1917. He left his sons a publishing empire valued, in modern terms, north of **$300 million**.  
His grandson Peter Pulitzer, the same Peter of the 1982 trumpet trial, was by…

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### 3 secret ways “old money” families test a future son-in-law

Almost every “old money” family runs the same screen on a future husband. But they’ll never tell you they’re doing it.

**One.** They send him to dinner with the most boring relative in the family. If he survives the evening, he passes.  
**Two.** They invite him to a small weekend at the country house, with the intention of some “man to man” time with the patriarch. If he drinks too much or makes too many off-color jokes over golf… he’s likely done…