The Total Annual Economic Cost to Maintain Highclere Castle From English Television Show Downton Abbey, the Reason Tweed Was Adopted for Hunting During the 19th Century, the Total Economic Cost of a High Society Dinner Party During the 19th Century, the Total Economic Cost of Hosting and/or Entertaining a Monarch Throughout History, the Reason English Earls Must Always be Ready for a Visit From a Monarch, the Person Who Controlled Highclere Castle in 1890, the Person English Earl George Herbert Married, the Financial Incentive Herbert Was Provided for Marrying English Socialite Almina Herbert (Herbert Wife), Herbert’s Affinity for Automobiles, the Location Herbert Experienced a Vehicular Accident, the Advice Herbert’s Physicians Provided Him Post Accident, Herbert Financially Supporting the Most Well Renowned Discovery Within Egyptian History, the Death of Herbert, Media Publications Sensationalizing Herbert’s Death, the Facility Almina Herbert Converted Highclere Castle Into During World War I, the Internal View of the Middle Socioeconomic Class Post World War I, Aristocratic Land Owners Forced to Pay Higher Taxes Post World War I, the Period When Many English Estates Were Demolished and the Location Estate Artwork Was Sold to, and the Collapse of Aristocratic Families Continuing to Hold Possession of Estates Within England

The Highclere estate at which Downton Abbey is filmed costs $1,000,000 ($1 million) per year to maintain. Tweed suits worn by hunters and gamekeepers were purposefully designed to blend in with the landscape as a sort of camouflage. During the 19th century, a typical high society dinner menu for 20 people would have cost $100.00 for an Earl of an estate, which was equivalent to a maids annual salary for 2 years. When accounting for modern inflation, the bill for entertaining a king or queen woul...


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