The couple took over the tenureship of Highclere Castle, Berkshire, where they continue to live with their son, Edward. After his father died in 2001, "Geordie" became the 8th Earl of Carnarvon, and Fiona became the Countess of Carnarvon. The two shared a love of World War I poetry, and three years later they married. In 1996 she met her husband, George Herbert, at a charity dinner. In 1995 she established her own fashion label, Azur, which operated until 2004. "But the family lost everything, so my father went to work in the city,” says Lady Carnarvon.įiona studied English and German at the University of St Andrews before becoming a senior auditor at Coopers & Lybrand. His father had been a general in the army and came from a family of generals and landowners. Her father worked in London in banking and rescuing companies. Currently-lives in Highclere Castle, Berkshire, Englandįiona Carnarvon is the eldest of six daughters born to Ronnie Aitken and Francis Farmer.This rich tale contrasts the splendor of Edwardian life in a great house against the backdrop of the First World War and offers an inspiring and revealing picture of the woman at the center of the history of Highclere Castle. ( From the publisher.) Throwing open the doors of Highclere Castle to tend to the wounded of World War I, Lady Almina distinguished herself as a brave and remarkable woman. Much like her Masterpiece Classic counterpart Lady Cora Crawley, Lady Almina was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Alfred de Rothschild, who married his daughter off at a young age, her dowry serving as the crucial link in the effort to preserve the Earl of Carnarvon's ancestral home. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowes’s Emmy Award-winning PBS show, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon.ĭrawing on a rich store of materials from the archives of Highclere Castle, including diaries, letters, and photographs, the current Lady Carnarvon has written a transporting story of this fabled home on the brink of war. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highcler Castle
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