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Over the past eight years, Lady Carnarvon has also authored three books, two on the history of the Highclere estate and one on modern-day life inside the castle. Today, aside from the hospitality business, a majority of her time is spent running the blog, promoting her books and managing the social media and other marketing channels around them, as well as dealing with frequent visits by reporters and TV crews, who come into the castle on a weekly basis. Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images Debutantes and guests dance at the Queen Charlotte’s Ball at Highclere Castle on September 13, 2014. Lady Carnarvon relaxes in the music room of Highclere Castle. The castle was used for exterior and most of the interior filming of the show, but the kitchen and bedroom scenes were shot in a film studio.) In the wake of the show’s massive success, Lady Carnarvon even started a blog to document her day-to-day life on the estate in the form of videos, personal essays and recipes. (Fun fact: Lord and Lady Carnarvon lived in the castle throughout the filming of Downton Abbey. But it was not internationally known as it is now,” Lady Carnarvon told Observer. We might have had local or national recognition for Highclere. “What the TV show has done is that it helped give us international recognition. And unsurprisingly, tourism interest skyrocketed after Downton Abbey became a global television sensation. Pressured by the need to balance income and expenses, Highclere has been open to public visitors since the 1990s (back then, tickets were £5 each). Tony Harris - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images Lord Carnarvon (right) and his father Henry Carnarvon, seventh Earl of Carnarvon (middle), sitting in the 1922 family Red Bug Buckboard circa 1980. That’s the whole part of the Highclere life, really,” said Lord Carnarvon. They are meant for parties and gatherings, indoors and outdoors. But they are meant to be enjoyed by a number of people. “England is very specially lucky for its glorious heritage of large country houses. ” Special visits of more private areas, like the kitchen and bedrooms, as well as seasonal tours, can be purchased for extra fees. On most days, Highclere Castle accepts over 1,000 visitors coming from all over the world who pay a minimum entry fee of £25 for a tour of the real-life “Downton Abbey.
Today, besides the family-branded gin and cigars , Lord and Lady Carnavon’s most important business is hospitality on the Highclere estate itself. But the 6,000-acre ancestry estate, with a 300-room manor in the center, still costs a fortune to maintain. According to a 2013 New York Times article, the castle alone costs $1.5 million to run every year, and that doesn’t include any major renovations or repairs. The changing of times from the Industrial Revolution’s 19th century to the war-embattled early 20th century has largely diminished the noble family’s wealth. The Highclere Castle we see today has been the home for the Carnarvon family since 1842. Highclere Highclere Castle Gin debuted in New York on November 14. Lord Carnarvon says the Highclere Castle Gin is a form of paying homage to the estate’s rich history of farming and gardening.
In an interview with Observer, Lord Carnarvon likened running his family heritage to “running a small business.” “You have to work hard and make things happen,” he said.
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