As far as the Magnum PI world usage of the word “Realm,” please take a look at “ Letter to a Dutchess,” the season four episode when Vivian Brock Jones, Lady Wilkerson, the Duchess of Whitt, reappears in Higgins’ life. Around 30 minutes into the show, as Higgins sits, sipping brandy being terribly B...

I realize this is a very old post, but I want to point out an interesting inconsistency that I discovered today. Higgins tells Blanche Raferty, Luther Gillis’ secretary, that “While the Higgins lineage is decidedly distinguished, it is not of the Realm.” This happens as they are tied up near the end...