Tanishka Parekh asked Robin Stevens:

I've been trying to work out the class dynamics between the main characters in the Murder most Unladylike series, and I've made a list of who I think is the wealthiest to the least wealthy: 1) Hazel 2) Beanie 3) George 4) Lavinia/Kitty/Daisy (it's hard to distinguish between them) The one character I can't figure out anything about is Alexander. His background is quite unclear, and I'm not sure where he would go?

Robin Stevens Super interesting question! Hazel is definitely the most wealthy (banker dad, owns a lot of land in Hong Kong), and I'd say Lavinia is probably the least wealthy. Beanie's dad was born fairly poor, and is self-made, so even though Beanie herself comes from a wealthy family, it's felt as precarious wealth. Daisy's family are actually less rich, but it's generational wealth that's tied in to land and title so she thinks of herself as very stable and important. Lavinia's dad is upper middle class, I think, and a bit like Beanie's has made a lot of himself, enough to send his three kids to private school, but his divorce and remarriage has knocked a bit out of him financially! George's dad is a surgeon and has made a lot of money (and reputation!) from his practice, but even though he came from an important Indian family he immigrated as a young man and so doesn't have generational security in the UK. Alex comes from a very wealthy Russian family, but they had to flee during the Revolution and so lost a lot of their assets. His dad came to America and was able to start again fairly successfully with his own mother's backing - I've never said what he does but I assume something in finance. Alex's parents live in Boston, and are very comfortable - enough to send their son to school in the UK!

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