They were the super
rich of their times, pampered beyond belief - the early 20th-century
Edwardian gentry, who lived like superstars, their every desire or need
catered to by an army of butlers, servants, footmen, housekeepers and
grooms. Class, money, inheritance, luxury and snobbery dominated every
aspect of the lives of the upper-crust Edwardian family. Below stairs
the staff inhabited a completely different world, their very dependent
on servicing the rich and pandering to their masters' every whim.
Rubbing shoulders with wealth and privilege, they were privy to the most
intimate and darkest secrets. Yet they faced ruin and shame if they
ventured to make even the smallest step outside the boundaries of their
class-ridden world. From manners and morals to etiquette and style, The
Real Life Downton Abbey opens the doors to this fascinating period in
British history.
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