Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey is filmed on location at Highclere Castle, home to the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon. The kitchen and servants' quarters scenes are shot in a London studio.

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Downton Abbey

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Lady Almina, Countess of Carnarvon, is the inspiration for Lady Cora. Her husband, Lord Carnarvon, discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen with Howard Carter in 1922.

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Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes also wrote the similar period film Gosford Park, and serves in the British House of Lords.

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