Life in a castle is not always a fairytale, as the Duchess of Rutland, the daughter of a Welsh farmer, reveals in her new autobiography.
The pony-mad Emma Watkins, from Heartsease, near Knighton in Powys, fell in love with David Manners, having no idea that he was heir to one of the most senior hereditary titles in the land.
At this time she was living with her brother, William, who discovered spring water on the family farm at Heartsease and started Radnor Hills Spring Water. When David succeeded his father, against all the odds, she became the chatelaine of Belvoir Castle, ancestral home of the Dukes of Rutland. Emma sought the advice of the doyenne of duchesses, ‘Debo’ Devonshire, meeting each challenge with optimism and gusto.
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