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The Real-Life Lady of Downton Abbey Shares How Similar Her Life Is To The Show
You likely don't know Lady Fiona Carnarvon, eighth Countess of Carnarvon. But you probably know a little bit about her life and her home of Highclere Castle thanks to a not-so-little show called Downton Abbey. Or at least you think you do.
Although Lady Carnarvon and her husband Geroge Herbert, the Eighth Earl of Carnarvon, are the real-life counterparts of Downton Abbey's Lord Robert and Lady Cora Grantham, she says that they're "truly not very similar at all."
"It’s much more hands-on, it’s much more pro-active," Lady Carnarvon tells Woman's Day during a recent press trip to the estate. "Cora is living in a different century. Today, I’m running events, marketing, branding, there’s a computer system, an accountant. I’m going on the bicycle to go walk the dogs, see the gardeners, down to the farm to see the pigs, feed the chickens, and then that’s the first part of the day before I’ve even started."
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Fiona Carnarvon
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Lady Fiona Carnarvon studied English and German at the University of St. Andrews before becoming an accountant. She met her husband, Geordie, in 1996 and, in 2001, they took over the tenureship of Highclere Castle, Berkshire, becoming the eighth Earl and Countess of Carnarvon. The Countess of Carnarvon is also the author of Carnarvon & Carter: The Story of the Two Englishmen Who Discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun.
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Series
Books:
Lady Catherine, The Earl, And The Real Downton Abbey, November 2013Real Downton Abbey #2
Paperback / e-Book
Lady Almina And The Real Downton Abbey, January 2012
Trade Size / e-Book
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Almina Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon
British peeress (1876–1969)
Almina Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (néeWombwell; 14 April 1876 – 28 May 1969),[2] was an English socialite, heiress, and philanthropist. She was the wife of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, and châtelaine of Highclere Castle in Hampshire.[3] After her second marriage, she became Mrs Almina Dennistoun, although she called herself Almina Carnarvon.[4] The illegitimate daughter of banker Alfred de Rothschild, Almina inherited a large fortune that funded her husband's estate and the search for Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt.
Life
She was born Almina Victoria Marie Alexandra Wombwell,[5] in Mayfair, London,[2] the nominal child of Marie "Mina" Wombwell (née Boyer), the French wife of Captain Frederick Charles Wombwell, a businessman and retired British Army officer. However, her biological father was the banker Alfred de Rothschild, of the Rothschild family, who provided her with considerable wealth.[6][2] This included
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