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Article: OBITUARY : Caroline Beaufort
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 1, 1995
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The estate of Badminton after the Second World War was a world
apart, where time and tradition had stood still for many years. It
was best known to the outside world for the famous Horse Trials,
attended each year by the monarch. Its owners, the old Duke and
Duchess of Beaufort, were devoted to the chase and to the Royal
Family. On hearing that their future heir was marrying, they did
not ask: "Is she nice?" but "Does she hunt?"
David Somerset married Lady Caroline Thynne at St Peter's, Eaton
Square, in July 1950, in the presence of King George VI, Queen
Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. Queen Mary, the Duchess of
Beaufort's aunt, who had spent the war years - memorably - at
Badminton, ...
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