‘My ancestor lost a fortune – now we’re selling Napoleon’s telescope to fund the estate’
Great Estates: Lord Anglesey has taken on what is left of the family’s Plâs-Newydd
Great Estates: Lord Anglesey has taken on what is left of the family’s Plâs-Newydd
Great Estates: welcome to Wentworth Woodhouse, so big its guests were given confetti to find their way back to their rooms
Great Estates: John Rous welcomes visitors to Clovelly on one condition – they contribute to its upkeep
Discover how to use bursaries, scholarships and other tricks to keep down costs
Major Malcolm Macrae says Orkney’s Skaill House, which he unexpectedly inherited in 1991, is undoubtedly haunted
William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr, and his wife have opened an online butchers and a pub in their attempts to keep their estate afloat
Angus and Zara Gordon Lennox reveal how they keep Gordon Castle going by selling their own gin and running shooting weekends
Philip Sidney reveals life at Penshurst Place, home of his family for nearly 500 years
As one aristocrat puts his land up for sale, we reveal the challenges of running a great estate
Ahead of London Now's season of accessible events, Christie's notoriously private chairman reveals his plans to modernise the auction house
Here are five thrilling itineraries to turn your plans into a reality, from a grown-up Interrail trip across Europe to a tour of India
Lady Violet Manners convinced her mother the Duchess of Rutland to open Belvoir Castle for overnight stays as part of an exclusive new tour
It's easy to imagine the 1 per cent swanning around in unbelievable luxury, but the reality is often way more mundane...
It costs £1m a year to look after and the WiFi doesn't work – the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon reveal the true cost of Highclere Castle
As a new show opens at the V&A, Fabergé experts lead us through the history of the greatest symbol of ‘the excess of the ruling class’
The Duke of Rutland’s daughters have attracted their fair share of headlines but they're not like other aristocrats...