Filmed last year, An American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates takes viewers on surprisingly intimate tours of eight country homes: Beyond the requisite priceless treasures, exquisite gardens, and intrigue of the aristocratic families, we spend time with the people keeping these estates going, from the cooks, gardeners, horse keepers, fishermen, archivists, and conservators to the surprisingly relatable owners and their families. (Only one butler appears in the episodes I watched, and it’s noted that he’s doing the job a staff of 10 would have done back in the house’s heyday.) Montagu, a mother of four, emphasizes the challenges of making a family home within a national treasure, and the creative ways owners keep their estates running.

“We have to save these homes again,” Montagu said. “We still have the most preserved homes in the entire world.

Actually I think Britain needs to demolish its hives of pedos

    • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Coincidentally I found an english reality show about people who buy old castles and fix them up.

      All I can think about is how bad billionaires are with their money. Why are they not buying old Scottish castles and hunting quail all day long. wtf is wrong with them.

      • CatherineTheSoSo [any]
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        4 years ago

        Well, it seems like soon there will be 300 more castles for Bezoses of the world to buy.

        • skollontai [any]
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          4 years ago

          Bezos and his generation of billionaires are such sick bloodless fucks, I bet they don't even want a castle. They'd rather boof Soylent in an empty Apple Store or something.