Talk:Delilah Copperspoon/@comment-26120048-20161210224037/@comment-29664475-20161211012151

She was an aristocrat even before D1, as the seductress of fellow aristocrat Arnold Timsh – very similar to Vera Moray's attained nobility via marriage. Whether or not her claim to the throne is rightful is inconsequential. She is still formally crowned and serves as Empress, and is defeated as such.

And royalty is simply a specific, higher-standing case of aristocracy. The royal family is still of high society.