What are Plus Fours Anyway?
Photo from Daily Mail article cited below The media coverage of the late 11th Duke of Marlborough’s death made much of the fact that his pallbearers were Palace gamekeepers, or maybe groundskeepers,...
View ArticleConsuelo Vanderbilt to the Rescue
La Duchess de Marlborough, Helleu, 1901, Public Domain Julian Fellowes, creator of the television hit Downton Abbey, did not invent the story of an American heiress bringing her fortune to the rescue...
View ArticleA Cradle Fit for a King (or Emperor or Duke)
When Consuelo Vanderbilt did her duty and produced the required “heir and a spare” for the 9th Duke of Marlborough, she rocked her boys in a regal cradle, which is still on view at Blenheim Palace....
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