Monsieur X: The incredible story of the most audacious gambler in history

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Mr X told the council he had been sleeping in his car for three months and that his 16-year-old son sometimes had to sleep in the car with him. He said he had been removed from the housing register and could not rejoin and could not rent a property privately as he received Universal Credit. a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Charles X. (King of France)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.5 (11thed.). Cambridge University Press. pp.921–922. Patrice des Moutis was a handsome, charming and well-educated Frenchman with an aristocratic family, a respectable insurance business, and a warm welcome in the smartest Parisian salons. He was also a compulsive gambler and illegal bookie. This led the father-of-four to get ill from sleeping in his car for eight months. Documents released by the ombudsman said the authority’s delays to resolve the issue - in which a teenage boy was also forced to sleep rough - caused “serious distress, uncertainty, and difficulties.” The council has since apologised. Find sources: "Monsieur"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( October 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Monsieur X: The incredible story of the most audacious Monsieur X: The incredible story of the most audacious

Hercule François, Duke of Anjou and Alençon (1555–1584), was the first notable member of the royalty to assume the title without the use of an adjoining proper name. [2] In 1576, Monsieur pressured his brother King Henry III of France into signing the Edict of Beaulieu and effectively ending the Fifth Religious War of France. The resulting peace became popularly known as the Peace of Monsieur. [3]In June this year, Mr X made a formal complaint to the council. He also asked the Ombudsman to investigate his complaint who exercised discretion to consider Mr X’s complaint even though he had not completed the council’s complaints process. The title was restored in 1775 for Louis Stanislas Xavier, Count of Provence, the oldest surviving brother of the reigning Louis XVI and the future Louis XVIII. After his coronation in 1814, the title passed to Charles Philippe, Count of Artois, his younger brother. [6] Charles Philippe, who led the ultras during the Bourbon Restoration and became King Charles X in 1824, [7] was the last royal sibling to officially hold the title of Monsieur. His successor, Louis-Philippe I, the next and last king to rule France, had lost both his brothers, Louis Charles and Antoine Philippe, many years before he succeeded to the throne. Patrice des Moutis was a handsome, charming and well educated Frenchman with an aristocratic family, a respectable insurance business, and a warm welcome in the smartest Parisian salons. He was also a compulsive gambler and illegal bookie. a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Monsieur". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.18 (11thed.). Cambridge University Press. p.739.

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This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. There is no record of any further action until February this year when the council closed the case. This was done automatically as it had been incomplete for more than three months. Acton, Lord; Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley (1918). The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 3. p.30 . Retrieved August 20, 2009. In its decision, the Ombudsman said it was clear there were delays in accepting and considering the homelessness application by Liverpool Council, as well as failing in its communication.This true story of 1960s and 1970s French racing life through the lens of Patrice Des Moutis - named Monsieur X in court documents - as he took on the PMU, the monopoly betting pool provider who went to war with him, was quite enjoyable. In modern French, monsieur (plural messieurs) is used as a courtesy title of respect, an equivalent of English " mister" or "sir". [2] It can be abbreviated in M. (plural MM.), Mssr. (plural Mssrs.), [9] and rarely M r (plural M rs), but never Mr., which is only for Mister.