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Its inhabitants are those of “there will always be an England” England: stern vicars, timid curates, lords and earls, penniless titled wastrels living on allowances from their uncles, imperious aunts, upper-crust twits.

The 29-year-old has never been the most precise performer, but it somehow works to her advantage - making her more "real" than the imperious perfection of her peers.

For Liverpool, this is a bitter disappointment among all their imperious Premier League progress this season.

Or was this more like a pre-emptive gesture of good will towards the American president, a gift to lay at Donald Trump's imperious feet?

McKenna stood a regal 6 feet tall, and could be snippy and imperious when annoyed, friends said.