Tag: Highclere Castle

‘Downton Abbey’ Castle Stops Weddings Due to Brexit, Shortage of Staff

By David Matthews From New York Daily News Good help is proving especially hard to find at the real-life Downton Abbey. Highclere Castle, where the popular period drama was filmed, has stopped hosting weddings as it has been unable to hire enough workers because of Brexit. The Victorian castle — located in Hampshire in Southern…


The Lady of the Castle

The year 2022 is quite a busy one for Highclere Castle and its owners: The second “Downton Abbey” movie, shot on location on the lavish estate in Hampshire, England, debuted on May 20, 2022, in the United States. November 2022 will mark 100 years since Egyptologist Howard Carter and the fifth Earl of Carnarvon discovered…