The Countess of Carnarvon has been speaking about the downsides of having Downton Abbey filmed in her stately home, including tripping over cables in the minstrel gallery and dogs finding paparazzi in the bushes.
Lady Fiona, the chatelaine of Highclere Castle, the setting of the popular ITV series, also said it was hard work getting up at 6am in the morning to let in the crew and staying up past midnight while stars such as Hugh Bonneville are filming.
Speaking at The Telegraph Hay Festival she gave an inside glimpse into some of the more stressful aspects of seeing cameramen move priceless furniture.
“I tell them to carry them like a woman,” she said.
Although the sets always look glamorous, behind the scenes she said there are constantly white vans in the driveway and coils of cables all around the house.
“I find it amazing they make Downton look so wonderful when there is all that detritus about,” she said.
But Lady Fiona and her husband the 8th Earl of Carnarvon, who are good friends of script writer Sir Julian Fellowes, take all the securiy and stress in good humour.
“It’s hilarious, the dogs find paparazzi in the bushes,” she said.
Lady Fiona has written a book about the history of the castle during the First World War and her husband’s great-grandmother Lady Almina.
She said the real castle would actually have been much busier than it comes across in Downton Abbey, with 60 staff at the end of the last century.
Full piece at The Telegraph
“I find it amazing they make Downton look so wonderful when there is all that detritus about,” she said.
But Lady Fiona and her husband the 8th Earl of Carnarvon, who are good friends of script writer Sir Julian Fellowes, take all the securiy and stress in good humour.
“It’s hilarious, the dogs find paparazzi in the bushes,” she said.
Lady Fiona has written a book about the history of the castle during the First World War and her husband’s great-grandmother Lady Almina.
She said the real castle would actually have been much busier than it comes across in Downton Abbey, with 60 staff at the end of the last century.
Full piece at The Telegraph
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