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| Lord and Lady Carnarvon in their library |
Fact for the day: Lord and Lady Carnarvon, the owners of Highclere Castle, are neighbors with Broadway and West End superstar Andrew Lloyd Webber. In fact, before Downton Abbey showed up to film, Lord and Lady Carnarvon considered selling some of the estate's land to help pay the bills and Webber offered to take the whole place off their hands. He thought it would be a lovely place to hang his pre-Raphaelite art collection. Needless to say, Lord and Lady Carnarvon were not amused. Webber is part of the self-made rich, being able to afford his estate by writing musicals such as Evita, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Love Never Dies, Jesus Christ Superstar, etc. Very different from his neighbors. Anyways, the real question is whether Downton Abbey will become a musical. "Don't Cry for me Downton Abbey"... On second thought, I truly hope not.
