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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Laura Hampson

Downton Abbey’s real-life owner reflects on the Queen’s intimate burial at St George’s Chapel

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The real-life owner of Downton Abbey, Lady Fiona Carnarvon, has reflected on what it was like to attend the Queen’s intimate burial at St George’s Chapel in September.

The owner of Highclere Castle, which acts as the exterior of the fictional Downton Abbey in the hit show, was one of the 800 people to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s committal and burial service in Windsor following the late monarch’s large state funeral at Westminster Abbey.

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