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Downton Abbey's real-life power struggle

Highclere Castle
Downton Abbey location Highclere Castle: electrifying issues. Photograph: Jeff Gilbert/Alamy

Straitened times at Downton Abbey, where the ITV1 show's location, Highclere Castle, has succumbed to its own battle against austerity. The Sun reports that the real-life Earl of Carnarvon has complained about electricity outages at Highclere Castle in Berkshire. "We lost revenue in the tea rooms and gift shop due to not being able to process payments," the earl reputedly said. And who says the Downton lot are out of touch?

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