And their eyes would meet, and silently say: if she was a car she'd be made by Ferrari, she's the kind of woman you'd expect to see as the beautiful consort to the corrupt generalissimo of a collapsing Third World country, and she hangs around with guys like us.

On May 12, 1924, Time had a piece titled "Henry The Democrat," "Henry" referring to a name adopted by Puyi, who, according to Time had a "beautiful consort" with the court name, Elizabeth (Wan Rong).

"I don't think you wanted to take some weird road and explore blah-bity-blah," said Trey Laird, the advertising director for Donna Karan, whose ads have involved Jeremy Irons and a beautiful consort sweatily navigating their way through dramas out of "The Year of Living Dangerously."

Mandu is a celebration in stone, of life and joy, of the love of the poet-prince Baz Bahadur for his beautiful consort, Rani Roopmati.

In terms of title and focus, "Nefertiti" may take advantage of the drawing power of Queen Nefertiti, the beautiful consort and perhaps co-ruler of the Pharaoh Ikhnaton (sometimes called Akhenaten), who ruled from 1353 to 1336 B.C.

With an elegant figure, regal carriage and a beautiful angelic face, she was regarded by contemporaries as one of the most beautiful women in Europe and probably the most beautiful consort at that time.

HONG, Madame Su Quan, beautiful young consort of Hong Antong, Leader of the Mystic Dragon Sect.

Brahma was, by and large, faithful to his beautiful consort, Sarasvati; however, an incestuous lapse with his daughter Vak resulted in the creation of mis-shapen godlings named Asuras, whom he ultimately had to destroy.

It was the home of Selim the Sot, who drowned in the bath after drinking too much champagne; İbrahim the Crazy, who lost his reason after being locked up for four years in the infamous palace kafes; and Roxelana, beautiful and malevolent consort of Süleyman the Magnificent.

She was ranked as the most beautiful consort (or first lady) in the world by Harpers and Queen magazine in 2011.