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Aristocracy

The history of Kelburn Castle, the ancestral home of the earls of Glasgow

The history of Kelburn Castle, the ancestral home of the earls of Glasgow and the Boyle family, who've lived there for over 800 years.

"In the 1840s we were one of the richest families in the whole of Scotland...but from then on - and I'm not asking for sympathy - from then on, we've been struggling," says the current earl.

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29 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project