Opera for All

A few years ago there was a fuss when the Royal Opera House was awarded a National Lottery grant of £73.5 millon. In an attempt to deflect criticisms of its elitism, there was talk of some attempts being made to make opera more accessible to 'common people'. Well, we can see how far this has gone by looking at the following titles which appear in a drop-down list on the Royal Opera House registration form:

Mr
Mrs
Ms
Miss
Advocate
Ambassador
Baron
Baroness
Brigadier
Canon
Captain
Chancellor
Chief
Col
Comdr
Commodore
Councillor
Count
Countess
Dame
Dr
Duke of
Earl
Earl of
Father
General
Group Captain
H R H the Duchess of R H the Duchess of
H R H the Duke of R H the Duke of
H R H The Princess R H The Princess
HE Mr Mr
HE Senora Senora
HE The French Ambassador M
His Highness
His Hon
His Hon Judge
Hon
Hon Ambassador
Hon Dr
Hon Lady
Hon Mrs
HRH
HRH Sultan Shah
HRH The
HRH The Prince
HRH The Princess
HSH Princess
HSH The Prince
Judge
King
Lady
Lord
Lord and Lady
Lord Justice
Lt Cdr
Lt Col
Madam
Madame
Maj
Maj Gen
Major
Marchesa
Marchese
Marchioness
Marchioness of
Marquess
Marquess of
Marquis
Marquise
Master
Mr and Mrs
Mr and The Hon Mrs
President
Prince
Princess
Princessin
Prof
Prof Emeritus
Prof Dame
Professor
Queen
Rabbi
Representative
Rev Canon
Rev Dr
Rev Mgr
Rev Preb
Reverend
Reverend Father
Right Rev
Rt Hon
Rt Hon Baroness
Rt Hon Lord
Rt Hon Sir
Rt Hon The Earl
Rt Hon Viscount
Senator
Sir
Sister
Sultan
The Baroness
The Countess
The Countess of
The Dowager Marchioness of
The Duchess
The Duchess of
The Duke of
The Earl of
The Hon
The Hon Mr
The Hon Mrs
The Hon Ms
The Hon Sir
The Lady
The Lord
The Marchioness of
The Princess
The Reverend
The Rt Hon
The Rt Hon Lord
The Rt Hon Sir
The Rt Hon The Lord
The Rt Hon the Viscount
The Rt Hon Viscount
The Venerable
The Very Rev Dr
Very Reverend
Viscondessa
Viscount
Viscount and Viscountess
Viscountess
W Baron
W/Cdr

If  I was registering, I think I would chose to be a Dowager Marchioness, just for the heck of it. 

(Via Ben Goldacre.)