{"id":8794,"date":"2021-01-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=8794"},"modified":"2021-02-16T08:13:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T13:13:08","slug":"the-most-expensive-tv-series-ever-made-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=8794","title":{"rendered":"“The Most Expensive TV Series Ever Made” – Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last week, Part I of this post<\/a> described the several British sites that stand in for the (reportedly much less elegant) Buckingham Palace in the Netflix tv series, The Crown<\/em>. In addition to the three properties mentioned, Lancaster House<\/a><\/strong>, built in the 19th<\/sup> century for the Duke of York, offers the Picture Gallery where Diana roller-skated. It also was used in Young Victoria, The King\u2019s Speech<\/em>, and the episode of Downton Abbey<\/em> where the Crawleys are presented to the King and Queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interiors of the French chateau in Buckinghamshire called Waddesdon Manor<\/a><\/strong> (pictured above)\u2014the only one of the forty-some properties once owned by the Rothschilds that remains intact\u2014also are used and have appeared in The Queen, An Ideal Husband<\/em>, and the Lovejoy<\/em> series. Goldsmith\u2019s Hall<\/a><\/strong>, much fancier I trust than U.S. union halls, is where Diana\u2019s grandmother began schooling her on being part of the royal family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windsor Castle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Windsor is the largest occupied castle in the world. It\u2019s portrayed by a number of locations: Audley End<\/a><\/strong> in Essex (especially the great hall with heraldry in the coffered ceiling, pictured); Burghley House<\/a><\/strong> in Lincolnshire (seen in Bleak House, The Buccaneers, <\/em>and Pride and Prejudice<\/em>); and Belvoir Castle<\/a><\/strong>, in Lincolnshire, which belongs to the Dukes of Rutland. Viewers of The Crown<\/em> saw Princess Margaret there. Also filmed at Belvoir Castle: Young Sherlock Holmes, The Da Vinci Code, <\/em>and The Golden Bowl<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kensington Palace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one requirement for stand-ins for Kensington Palace is that they display a lot of red brick. IRL Princess Margaret and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Kate and William) have lived there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kensington\u2019s stand-ins have included Brocket Hall<\/a><\/strong> in Hertfordshire, which is a popular location for shooting ballroom scenes, and has appeared in The Scarlet Pimpernel<\/em>, Love in a Cold Climate<\/em> and an Inspector Morse<\/em> episode. When Princesses Margaret and Diana meet in a courtyard, they are actually at Wellington College<\/strong> in Berkshire. Another Hertfordshire shooting location is Wrotham Park<\/a><\/strong>, location of the room where Queen Elizabeth meets with her Prime Ministers. Its exteriors, staircase, and several rooms were used in Gosford Park<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balmoral Castle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the only royal residence that uses only one filming location. The Ardverikie Estate<\/a><\/strong> in the Scottish Highlands (pictured above). Balmoral was constructed under the direction of Queen Victoria\u2019s husband, Prince Albert in the Scottish Baronial style. It also was used in the filming of Mrs. Brown <\/em>and No Time to Die<\/em>, the new James Bond movie whose release has been postponed, yet again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the sites used to give us a more glamorous Buckingham Palace here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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