1958-04-12 — Page 12

THE

MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1958.

PRACTICAL

HOMECRAFT

Miss Sweeny, your castle awaits...

If the future Duchess of Rutland is a stickler for authenticity she may be disappointed in tomantic Belvoir. 'It looks liku » flashback to tho Middle Ages—but was rastly bulir less than 150 years ago. There are no dungeons ... and all the 160 rooms hava central hosting,

A FEW minutes drive out of Grantham, on the Melton Mowbray road, brings you to the neat Ironstone village of Woolsthorpe. From there a rough two-mile road intersected by catile grids takes you to Belvoir Castle, the family seat to which the Duke of Rutland will presently take Miss Francea Sweeny as his bride.. Belvoir la a massive fortress-like house straddled on a wooded ridge overlooking three counties. In the sunlight its load of towers and turrets glitter like a cumbersome crown. From the battlements rows of cannon peer down on lawns patrolled by a herd of bronze deer.

The castle has 100 rooms, room could swallow up an bulli con an imperial scale. The ballroom WAS modelled Lincoln Cathedral: the guard-

8. ALICE KING Sheremembera Betrole before the chorabones.

"All the village gizle wanted to work in the castin in those times."

London Lapratia Verstre

BUT

on

WELVB CASTLE

inda Built on an

Imperial scale

THE MEAL THAT HE COULDN'T RESIST

THE lunch that the Great Old Man risked 'his life to get le 'worth a closer. Inspection. When Sir Wins ston Churchill felt a little better after his first bout of

lighten dia.....

large ́ontons, ́? aubete gines, a tomatoes, 8 | red- or green pimentos, à sloven of murlic, parsley, aliva ou, dor, grated cheese,

Chop the onions and stow pneumonia, he set his heart them in four tablespoons Of on going to a favourite olive oil Cut up the aubergings restaurant and eating a into squares, sprinkle with salt favourite meal. And caught and leave for half an hour. another chil

Wher the anions have cooked for 10 minutós “add the pimentos cut

A closer look at the aubergines, and

the guardroom

could swallow

restaurant and the

meal

吓 de entire regiment.

reveals why the risk

probably worth it......

the

Info small pieces

Was Cover the pan · and, simmer for, 40 minutes. Add the

chopped tomatoes, garile, Ball.

For the restaurant is one and black pepper. Cook until

of the most famous in the the tomatoes have melted, and.

if the mixture has become 100 world, built on a cliff over mushy, let it reduce a little,

stuffed

looking the lovely bay of + Put into Villefranche, with a gold-

A previously baked painted lift to take you up grated cheese, and brown under pastry case, sprinkle with the

entire regiment; 20 people can leading the way down a stone-

The Duke's private wifs, fac privileged tenants. Red-cheeked visitors bring a whit of town on to the terrace with Its the wil. Strew with parsley

peaceful castle sit down comfortably in the

passage flagged

past rooms ing south over trated lawns, Ms Mabel, Stubbley and her life to the

suntrap restaurant. ·

and serve. grand dining room. It is n

Aubergines lief to hear that the smallest marked Laundry, Still-roam will not be redecorated before husband, one of the gardeners grounds,

Like all the, Belvoir, tenants, Once. Store - toom, Butler's the new chatelaine arrives, "Not on the estate, have lived here

And the food it serves is mution. she has been following drawing-room is only 40ft, long.

Pantry.

These rooms are while there are tenanis coitagts for 20 years. The decor-gilt, Gobelins and

locked.

which need doing over. "The

4 anbergines, Klḥ, minora Mrs Stubbley, a sturdy pure Duke's romance with interest, world-famous too.... tharp Regency pastels-is as

very conscientious in gumboots and aproni, is not But she does not the Famous for the hot hors-mation, olive oil, salt, gurile, poke is a dazzling an a young Duchess Not enough staff to: that

landlord." said Miss Webb given to rentimentalising about much of the future Duchess." (and Miss Sweeny will become sort of

"This is a quiet place for a d'oeuvre — Provencal open, herbs. ....... thing now," said Mixs Britain's youngest) could nak Webb, quick to stamp on de- crisply. Belvoir does boast one the grand old days. She lets for. But if Miss Sweeny is a lusions of ducal maghinsence. stickler for authenticity she The Duke's personal staff naturally. But we have to pra- will be disappointed, in her dwindle: to six, including Lect the Gobelins," suit Miss romantic castle. It looks like housekeeper and butler. flashbuck to the Middle Ages, laundry is sent out to Grantham but it was built tess than 150 and all provisions except milk, years uns by the Afth Duke,

eggs and vegetables from the Home Farm, are delivered by

REGENCY FOLLY

The

luxury-the 180 rooms are all the air and bustle of the sum- young girl," she ways. centrally heated. "Expensive, mer months, when swarms of JOCASTA INNES

Webb.

SHE REMEMBERS

Two miles away in Wools- thomps, 00-year-old Mrs Allee var

Life under the 10th Duke is as the reminisces about her 20 King works busily at a rag rug Happily there art competica- tions for living in an up-to-date simple. When Miss Sweiny castle.

Miss Stately

Webb week-ends at Belvoir, she will years in service at the castle. housekeeper at Belvoir for 36 live in one 20-roomed wing. She remember it in the days "All the village girls wanted yeurs, would not exchange he: The "show-part" of the castle before trippers and charabancs.

the is reserved for summer trip- Regency foily

"They ked legend-encrusted dungeons in pers at half a crown a head. to work in the castle in those

Last year 06,000 visliers paid to times," she says. Britain.

Grace's family to see a bit of the grand life. "Life at Belvoir is exceedingly look at.

But it's different how. All the aid briskly, heirlooms. pleasant, she

young folk are moving to the towns."

HOW MANY

for oll

his

WOMEN COULD

KEEP SUCH A PROMISE“.

HE Duchess of Windsor's fact that it happened, then drop Theart, as we all know,

it for good.”

Admitting deep disloyalty to has its reasons and as the my sex over this I'd say that Woman for whom a King, not one woman in a hundred etc., etc, her pronounce- thousand can do as the Duchess

saggests, ments on LOVE have no doubt received the serious consideration they deserve.

up.

It simply isn't in their make-

Sure they'll promise... sure they'lly to keep their promise, but women have minda like clephants they cannot forget and wounded, they turn.

As one who has been

fall- ing in and out of love from the age of 10 onwards I read every word, of her last week's interview and I'l lako her inquest up on one point only.

?

She remembers the present Duke as n. handsome, serious ttle boy, passionately fund of 16,000-acre ahooting in the entate,

"It's right that the Duke is marrying again. They nced running about Bome children

Krandmother fout

their lives very much less that big place," says Mrs King. romantic but, no doubt, every blt as agonising.

proud times over.

Halfway up the castle ive! I wonder how many swore that, once everything was for-are the handrome King Charles given it was forgotten, never to 11 cotch-houses, now converted into flats for some of his Grace's. be mentioned again.

And I wonder how many can say in absolute honesty-"and I never have."

A MAN SAID

The Abdication over, the MY favourite quote of the

declares

week Lord Kilbracket on Princess Grace waiting for the birth of her baby. "radiant, smiling, at peace within herself,

Duchess hel, the

she that

and her "married couples should," husband made a vow never to as early as possible, promise discus it

Again "We never each other never to discuss a have." problem about which

nothing

Goodness knows how many

further can be done. Accept the women. have faced crises in

Prace withip indeed-only a man could have written it.

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The menu Sir stoked

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I hear there's a new version cosmetic Es, one

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