For millions of viewers around the world, Highclere Castle is Downton Abbey: a Jacobethan palace home to riveting plots and beloved characters. But for Lady Fiona, the 8th Countess of Carnarvon, it is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2009, before Downton Abbey began its 15-year reign as the defining series on the post-Edwardian English aristocracy, it was ...

Being a Crawley seems like a dream: A home in a sprawling castle, dinner parties, evening cocktails, a full staff. The list goes on. Now, to celebrate the release of the new "Downton Abbey" film (out ...

Fans around the world were distraught when “Downton Abbey” ended its sixth and final season. Aunt Violet, Carson, Lady Mary, Spratt and others left a sizeable hole when author Julian Fellowes decided ...

‘Downton Abbey’s Highclere estate and more unforgettable real estate, in time for the show’s finale. Highclere, the 1,000-acre estate in Hampshire that provides the setting for the fictional Downton ...

Have plans for November 26? If you consider yourself a Downton Abbey superfan, we have one suggestion: clear your calendar ASAP. For one night only, Airbnb is offering two lucky guests the opportunity ...

The backdrop of the Downton Abbey story is Lord Grantham's majestic estate. But in reality, the show's titular Jacobethan mansion is known as Highclere Castle, and serves as the home of the 8th Earl ...

In the runup to the new Downton Abbey movie, you’d be forgiven for imagining someone with the title of Countess of Carnarvon lounges around her 300-room castle all day sipping tea and planning ...

If you’ve ever fancied yourself as “Downton Abbey’s” Lady Mary, or have a hankering to be naughty footman Thomas Barrow, fly over the pond to Hampshire, England, and head to Highclere Castle, home of ...

As a huge Downton Abbey fan, I’ve been lucky enough to visit Highclere Castle – the “real Downton Abbey” – a few times, and have learned so much by talking to Lady Carnarvon, who calls Highclere home.