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Interesting tidbit: in the Netflix show The Crown, there's an episode[0] where the queen's mother buys a castle in Scotland where the owner is happy to get rid
by SilasX 6y ago
Interesting tidbit: in the Netflix show The Crown, there's an episode[0] where the queen's mother buys a castle in Scotland where the owner is happy to get rid of it because of all the pains of maintaining it.
Which is based on real-life event of the purchase of the Castle of Mey (1952):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Mey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Mey
[0] s1e8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crown_(season_1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crown_(season_1)
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