Hints and tips:
...Aston has her own version of the Earl of Dunmore’s make-do plum pudding....
...Among the highlights are a number of cars – a 1981 Aston Martin V8 (estimate: £500,000-£700,000), a Land Rover Defender (£300,000-£500,000) and a Range Rover Sport SVR stunt car (£80,000-£120,000) – but...
...He’s got two Aston Martins — one in LA, one in London. He has “a couple” of properties....
...Baroness Meta Ramsay orders a cup of Earl Grey tea and urges me to try a scone....
...A 1 was secured by Earl Russell and Buck House must have been seventh in the queue. It’s now rumoured to be owned by the brother of the Sultan of Brunei and worth more than £1m....
...The arch was originally built by Sir Aston Webb, the pre-eminent architect of the Edwardian imperial establishment, who designed everything from Dublin’s Government Buildings via Hong Kong’s Supreme Court...
...Americans already own a number of Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, Manchester United and Aston Villa....
...I have bought four Aston Martins since 1993. I have disposed of two of them but kept two....
...The car-mad Earl of March had a garden party where some old racing cars were allowed to sprint up the road that passes the front door of Goodwood House....
...I am guessing that Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon were not rabid football fans? “Not at all....
...People tend to read all sorts of things into being told they’re being given a ‘temporary’ desk …” 100% Design runs September 23-26 Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London SW5 www.100percentdesign.co.uk...
...If that is your reaction (one likely to be very widely shared) then tap the shoulder of Charles, Goodwood-owning Earl of March, and ask him what a Chevron is....
...Among the latter is a 1952 Aston Martin DB2 that began life as the firm’s Earl’s Court motor show car before being used in competition at some of Britain’s top circuits, including Goodwood....
...Ffifteen years ago it was just a driveway past the front door of Charles, Earl of March and Kinrara. Today, it is 1.16 miles of the most hallowed Tarmac – at least to car nuts – on earth....
...The product, launched at a furniture trade show at Earl’s Court last summer, has sold to every possible type of customer except the elderly....
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