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From the family album, c. 1949

c. 1949

“My husband’s grandmother in the saloon, she wore this dress to every Christmas gathering, and would never say where it came from.”

Lady Carnarvon

From the family album, Summer 1936

Summer 1936

“The whole household on the south lawn. The little boy at the front left grew up to run the estate for forty years.”

Lady Carnarvon

From the family album, 1942

1942

“The evacuee children on the east steps. Some of them wrote to the family for the rest of their lives, and their letters are in our archive still.”

Lady Carnarvon

From the family album, June 1953

June 1953

“Preparing for the Coronation. The bunting in this photograph was found folded in the attics two years ago, we used it again.”

Lady Carnarvon

A few more pages are added to the album each season, quietly, and only here.

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