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Article: The 18th Earl of Pembroke: tradition with a twist: the Earl of Pembroke was just 25 when he inherited responsibility for Wilton House in Wiltshire, its estate and art collections in 2003. To mark Apollo's special issue on Wilton, he talks to Michael Hall about his plans for this great house. Portrait by Derry Moore.(Interview)(Cover story)
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- July 1, 2009
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A grand piano in the large library at Wilton House that Lord Pembroke uses as a sitting room and study is barely visible beneath a crowded display of congratulatory cards. A week before we met, he and his long-standing girlfriend, Victoria Bullough, had announced their engagement. He flushes with pleasure when I mention it: 'Everyone is so kind although it wasn't exactly unexpected, as Victoria has been living here for a few years.' There could be no better image of the domestic contentment that the news embodies than the way that Tate, an enormous lurcher--named after Lord Pembroke's maternal grandmother, a descendant of the Tate Gallery's founder--entwines himself at ...
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