'Last March, it was like falling off the white cliffs of Dover and hitting the pebbles rather hard before we had time to pull the parachute cord,' says Lady Carnarvon. They've also been forced to make a third of their core staff redundant, which upset Lady Carnarvon deeply. A sequel to the Downton Abbey film is expected to start filming in the summer, and, despite all the palaver, Lady Carnarvon is thrilled. Of course, Lady Carnarvon, or Fiona Aitken as she grew up, could have led a very different life, free from the pressures of this 6,000-acre estate. Sometimes I'd really, really like to be living in a cottage by the sea in Cornwall,' she says.

Source: Daily Mail March 10, 2021 22:40 UTC