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The Duchess of Rutland has opened up about the difficulties she faced when first moving into her stately home and joining high society after growing up on a farm where the ‘pennies were all collected very carefully’. Mother-of-five Emma Manners, 57, a church warden’s daughter, moved into Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, in June 1992 after … Read more
In northern Virginia, a secretive Army storage facility that holds hundreds of seized Nazi artworks has drawn comparisons to the warehouse from the Indiana Jones film Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Since the end of World War Two, 456 pieces of Nazi art and propaganda have remained under lock and key at the Army’s Museum … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Rutland’s glamorous daughters are taking advantage of having a Christmas at home, and have shared snaps of their low-key festivities. Lady Violet, 27, Lady Alice, 25, and Lady Eliza, 23, – stalwarts of the London social scene – have delighted their many Instagram followers with photos from their Yuletide celebrations. The … Read more
How the other half do Christmas! Stunning flower displays and a tree topped with an artificial PEACOCK… inside Belvoir Castle as it opens its doors to visitors during festive period The Duke and Duchess of Rutland have transformed the stunning Belvoir Castle The 15ft Christmas tree in the Regent’s Gallery has an artificial peacock on … Read more
The Queen’s moving home! Grade I-listed Belvoir Castle has lost its starring role in Netflix series The Crown in a row over money By Jo Macfarlane and Amy Oliver for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:54 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 5 September 2020 It has already lost £2.5 million after being … Read more
The Duchess of Rutland has unveiled new socially distanced camping pitches at The Crown’s Belvoir Castle as she prepares for the site’s Concert at the Castle weekend. Emma, 56, who is often recognised as one of the most business-minded aristocrats, announced earlier this month that the castle would host socially distanced concerts on 29 and … Read more
The Duchess of Rutland has paid tribute to her eldest son, the Marquess of Granby, as he celebrates his 21st birthday. Charles Manners, once dubbed one of the ‘world’s most eligible bachelors’ by Tatler magazine, is thought to be spending the day at the family seat of Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, which is famous as a … Read more
A stunning modern prairie-style mansion close to The Crown’s Belvoir Castle has hit the market at £2.25million. The impressive two-storey property, dubbed Belvoir Vue, sits on approximately 3.8 acres of land and designed to be environmentally efficient and friendly. It is located in the Vale of Belvoir – home to the famous castle occupied by the … Read more
Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor lost his job and home after false allegations of sexual abuse were made against him. Now, five years on, I can reveal that he has moved back into his former home on the Belvoir Castle estate owned by the Duke and Duchess of Rutland. Proctor resigned as the Duke’s £40,500-a-year … Read more
They are used to running their sprawling estates with the help of dozens of members of staff. But the Duchess of Rutland, of Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, and Lady Carnarvon, of Highclere Castle, the ‘real Downton Abbey’, in Berkshire, have been forced to streamline their operations to keep their businesses going – and staff safe – … Read more