For fans of Downton Abbey, majestic Highclere Castle will be instantly recognisable as the home of the aristocratic Crawley family. But for anyone who didn't watch the hugely popular television series ...

Every star has a defining role in their career. For Highclere Castle, arguably the most glamorous featured player in the BBC’s extravagantly successful period drama Downton Abbey, that particular run ...

There are normal problems, and rich people's problems, and then there are aristocrats' problems. "The blacksmith hasn't turned up to shoe the horses, so I haven't got a single horse with four shoes," ...

In 2009, before Downton Abbey began its 15-year reign as the defining series on the post-Edwardian English aristocracy, it was just a television pilot in search of a filming location. “It was a year ...

For millions of viewers around the world, Highclere Castle is Downton Abbey: a Jacobethan palace home to riveting plots and beloved characters. But for Lady Fiona, the 8th Countess of Carnarvon, it is ...