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Brooks Brothers isn’t reposting its photos or promoting its association with him, a spokesman said—though JFK Jr. was a longtime customer of the blue-blooded brand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The remaining ones then hold a by-election to bring another blue-blooded peer back.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024

Critics and journalists weighed in, too, including the Times of London’s chief art critic Laura Freeman, who asked, “Has a portrait of a blue-blooded British monarch ever been so very pink?”

From Salon • May 16, 2024

The book’s heroine, Irene Woodward, a blue-blooded New Yorker fleeing a soured engagement, stands in for Urrea’s mom, who came from a similar background.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

A blue-blooded American prince, who wore his black polo shirt with the collar popped under a matching cable-knit sweater.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken