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"We do dress for dinner whenever we dine in the dining room, " says Lady Carnarvon.
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Now, the current Lady Carnarvon is busy researching another predecessor, Catherine Wendell, the 6th Countess of Carnarvon.
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Lady Carnarvon says the cast and crew arrive in February and leave at the end of June, returning for a few days of extra filming in July.
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In discreet cupboards nestled between the double doors of the drawing and smoking rooms, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon once stashed Egyptian artifacts sourced from his archaeological adventures.
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With her husband, the 8th Earl of Carnarvon George Herbert, the couple call Highclere home, employing a roster of domestic staff, hosting royal guests (as well as commoners) and gleaning income from the surrounding farmland.
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Another 200 miles north is Carnarvon, where we lingered only long enough to hear local boosters tout the thrill of driving the Kingsford Smith Mail Run, a route starting at the town's fully automated public toilet and ending inland some 500 miles farther on at Meekatharra.
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