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Duke of Beaufort: our butler had to wrestle Prince Harry away from girls at pool party

Source: Dave Benett / Darryl Dyck

The Duke of Beaufort lit up yesterday’s Oldie literary lunch with anecdotes about the aristo party life. Of , he recalled: “He came to Badminton about 20 years ago for the 18th birthday of my niece and this was held around a large circular swimming pool which my father had just built.

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