The media and the public were in a frenzy over the death of the Earl of Oxford for nearly a week. Finally, they calmed down after the countess issued a medical certificate from the Oxford Medical School.
Since there was no hint of a conspiracy, the focus of the people and the media returned to William's inheritance of the title of Earl.
After confirming that the death of the old Earl was an accident, the Aristocratic Parliament delayed for a few days and finally sent a notice to William, asking him to go to the Aristocratic Parliament at 10 a.m. three days later to register and officially inherit the title of Earl of Oxford.
Within half an hour of William's arrival, the news was broadcasted by the media. For a time, titles such as the richest earl in the world, the most handsome aristocrat in the world, and the aristocrat with the most land in England were all placed on his head.
Even the news that Castle in Devonshire had built a horse farm with more than 230 pure-blooded Ferghana horses covering an area of 140 acres broke out.
From the people in the horse industry, it was learned that to buy more than 230 of the best Ferghana horses on the market this year, the cost would be at least 50 million pounds. In addition, William had also spent another 50 million pounds to build a super five-star horse farm for these horses. Everyone who heard the news that day looked like they had seen a ghost.
In this day and age, people who owned more than a dozen pure-blooded horses were considered big horse owners, not to mention people like William who bought hundreds of horses at a time and did not treat money as money at all.
However, what the English people could not accept was that there was not a single pure-blooded English horse in the entire Devonshire horse farm.
The only horse that was not a Ferghana was a pure black Arabian horse that William's mother privately owned. Many people cursed in their hearts how much William loved Asian horses.
As soon as the news came out, William immediately became the world's most fanatical Ferghana horse supporter.
Without waiting for the people and the media to mock William for not knowing anything about horses and only looking at the appearance and not the results, the English media dug up the matter of the Red Hare winning two Grade 1 speed races consecutively during this period of time and made a big deal out of it.
For a time, Red Hare, which was only known in the English racing world, quickly became famous in the world of horse racing. When the horse fans learned that Red Hare had broken the record in the St. Leger Stakes in September,
The value of the Red Hare immediately increased by more than ten times. Only a few days later, a prince of a desert tycoon tried to contact William. He even jokingly told the reporters that if William was willing, he would immediately offer 20 million pounds to buy the Red Hare.
However, in the end, the prince shrugged helplessly and said that no one could buy the beloved item of a super-rich man with a net worth of more than 30 billion USD.
As soon as the interview was broadcasted, people immediately shifted their attention away from the horse, because 99% of the people were deeply attracted by the prince's claim that William's net worth was over 30 billion US dollars.
Many people dug out the newspaper from two months ago, which clearly stated that William's net worth was only about 14 billion US dollars, and then looked at the newspaper in their hands that they had just read. A sense of powerlessness involuntarily spread throughout their bodies.
Of course, people who knew a little about the industry knew that the figure of 14 billion was definitely not accurate, but even if it was not accurate, they could not accept it. Only two months had passed, and there was actually a tycoon prince who stupidly told them directly that William had earned 16 billion US dollars in two months. Were they crazy or was this idiot prince a fool?
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Time quietly passed by in the outside world's discussion about William's net worth.
Three days later, at 8: 30 in the morning, William, who was wearing a black tuxedo, white shirt, black vest, and black bow tie, let his mother, who had returned to London for a few days, hold his left hand.
He waved goodbye to Abigail, who smiled reluctantly, walked out of the main building of the manor and got into a four-horse carriage marked with the deer head emblem of the Devonshire family.
Not only was there a carriage, but there were also dozens of knights on horseback in front and behind the carriage that Philip had specially prepared for him. They were wearing knight attire, bright golden metal helmets, and carried the Earl of Oxford's flag.
William did not have to worry about these honor guards at all, as they were all handled by the professionals of the royal family. All he had to do was sit in the carriage and sign the papers.
These days, there were not so many red tape when inheriting a title. One only needed to go to the Noble Parliament to register, and then go to the Platinum Khan Palace to see Philip. After the official documents were issued, the inheritance ceremony would be completed. If one wanted to parade in the streets to celebrate, they would have to return to their own fief.
However, the fief of the Earl of Oxford was the 3,000 acres of land that William had bought back previously. He had sold it once and bought it back again, so of course the land was his. However, if he wanted to collect taxes on the 3,000 acres of land again, he would have to wash up and go to bed early.
Nowadays, the fief of a noble was no different from private land except for some insignificant taxes, so William did not care about the fief.
The most important thing was that it was not something he could have just because he wanted to. Thinking too much about it was completely asking for trouble. He did not rely on the taxes on the fief for a living.
Moreover, if he could really be promoted to a duke, he would definitely have to give up the rights to collect taxes on the 34,000 acres of land. Otherwise, it would add a lot of trouble to the promotion.
As for wearing the full set of an earl's attire, the experts of the royal family told him and his mother Lena that unless it was a group celebration, they would definitely be laughed at and hated if they wore it out.
Everything was ready, and the entourage began to set off. It was not far from his house to the Noble Parliament. It only took 20 minutes by carriage.
To William's surprise, after his carriage left the manor, he saw London citizens and tourists waving at him from both sides of Kensington Garden Street all the way to the Noble Parliament.
Looking at the smiles on the faces of the citizens and the flags they waved, William did not feel like a monkey.
This made his mother Lena, who was by his side, very excited. Her hands that were hugging William's arm were trembling. To her, she had been waiting for this moment for almost 10 years.
Thinking about the risk his mother took to let him inherit the title, William was touched and grateful. He patted Lena's hand and comforted her, "Mother, don't be so excited. There are many people watching."
"I know, I know, I'm just too happy," Lena took a few deep breaths and calmed herself down. She smiled brightly, "I'm proud of you, my child."
"Haha, I'm the one who should be thanking you, mother. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am now," William grabbed his mother's hand and said gratefully.
The two of them waved to the audience along the way. When they arrived at the Noble Parliament, William and the other attendants in traditional English attire opened the carriage door. They got off the carriage first and helped his mother down.
They waved at the cameras and the audience on the street not far away. Then, they were led into the Noble Parliament.
They swore an oath, signed, and kept signing. However, William let his personal lawyer, Anthony, and his team look at all these documents before signing.
After all the procedures were completed, they thanked the staff of the Noble Parliament and some people who came spontaneously.
William let his mother stay with Anthony and the others. He walked to the widow of the earl who looked to be in her thirties and said, "Thank you for everything, Madam Margaret."
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