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Why are you so obsessed with them being aristocrats just because they are of high social rank? They can be of high social rank and well-respected without being aristocrats. In a world where Lords and Ladies and Dukes and whatever actually exist along with the common folk, a court member like Sokolov is still a commoner, a respected one, but a commoner.

And that phenomenon you describe as British did exist not only in Britain but in pretty much any country that had a monarchy. The only difference is that many of them are democracies by now, while Britain is still a monarchy.