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Magnificent duchess in her flying machine

Alone in a copse in the park at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, stands a Corinthian temple. Built in 1916 by the Duchess of Bedford, it honours a pet Pekingese.

A bronze effigy of the dog, by Paul van de Kerckhove, lies atop a stone plinth on which are inscribed both his dynastic and his familiar names, Che Foo

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