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May 23, 2021 The Double Cube Room. The 9th Earl placed the painting by van Dyck of Charles I’s children Credit: Will Pryce/Country Life In the early 18th century, Wilton House in Wiltshire underwent improvement at the hands of the 9th Earl of Pembroke, an enthusiastic amateur architect. For a new book on Wilton — to this day the seat of the Earl of Pembroke — John Martin Robinson assesses his remarkable legacy. Photography by Will Pryce and Simon Upton. The splendours of Wilton today owe a great deal to the early 18th century and the figure of Henry, 9th Earl of Pembroke, (...

Philip Sinden After months deprived of our glittering social lives, the easing of lockdown ushers in the glorious return of the dinner party. In Tatler’s spectacular June issue, Associate Editor Sacha Forbes heads to the glorious Wilton House in Wiltshire, family seat of Lady Jemima Herbert, 31, and her sister Lady Alice, 29. The Palladian Bridge at Wilton House was designed around 1736 by the 9th Earl of Pembroke himself; copies of the bridge have been erected at Stowe, and at Tsarskoye Selo in Russia for Catherine the Great Philip Sinden Advertisement Growing up at Wilton, the Pembroke f...

January 12, 2021 Facebook/Bath World Heritage Site It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Regency period drama must be shot on location in the English city of Bath. And so, in opulent new Netflix series Bridgerton (the name of a family, not a place), Bath’s picturesque Georgian architecture stands in for London in 1813. All the exterior shots of “Mayfair” were actually filmed against the honey stone facades of Alfred, Bath and Great Pulteney streets, as well as Beauford Square and Royal Crescent. Based on the popular romance novels by Julia Quinn, the television series centres a...

With its scandal and sexual dalliances, raunchy Netflix period drama Bridgerton promises to keep viewers entertained when it premieres on Christmas Day.   The series focuses on the story of Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, as she dives into the social scene of Regency era London in search of a husband, and forms an alliance with dashing Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, who is played by Regé-Jean Page.  Dame Julie Andrews narrated the series' titillating trailer when it was released in early November, as the gossip-loving Lady Whistledown.  Ahe...