Chatsworth Part 2

You last left me in the Chatsworth library.  It was hard to tear myself away.  But down the hall we come to the dining room. 

Dinner at Chatsworth is clearly not a casual affair.  No TV trays with a bowl of Kraft mac and cheese for the Duke and Duchess.  Do you think they read at the table?

 The fork tines were turned downwards so as not to catch on the ladies fashionable long sleeves.

Next, the marble statue room.   We used to have one of these but my mother turned it into the laundry room.  

 There were so many different areas outside...this was taken from the top of the rock garden.

 This shot of the back of Chatsworth gives you some idea of the size although I didn't get the whole house in the picture.  The left side is the one that I originally posted.  They had rooms that were created specifically for the King and Queen to use on their visit...that never happened.  Redecorating can't have been a quick chore 200 years ago - I mean, they didn't even have IKEA!  So I'm sure that was months (years?) of preparation that were all for nothing.  By the time Victoria and Albert showed up those old rooms were out of date and they were put in other rooms (although Victoria did get a brand new bed.  We are not buying a new bed every time someone comes to see us in Eton.)

This is the pavilion and the view looking down at Chatsworth from the pavilion.

By this time the house was closing and Bill calling me from the links asking to be picked up.  Look how gorgeous the weather is at this moment - shortly after driving away I was in a downpour.  But maybe it wasn't raining back at Chatsworth?  I'd like to think it's always sunny there.