The 11th Duke and the Dowager Duchess outside Blenheim Palace.Photo: Beauchamp Estates
Lily Spencer-Churchill, Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, is letting everyone see what it’s like to live like a real aristocrat.
Lily kept ownership of the property after relocating to the duke’s magnificent ancestral home, the 187-room Blenheim Palace in rural Oxfordshire, around 60 miles northwest of the British capital.
Lily’s $24million London townhouse.Beauchamp Estates
A lounge inside the London townhouse.Beauchamp Estates
“32 Eaton Place is a wonderful townhouse in the heart of Belgravia,” Gary Hersham from realtorsBeauchamp Estatessays about the five-floor, nine-bedroom home. It also comes with a family kitchen, two kitchenettes, two gardens and a private covered terrace.
“The townhouse provides extensive living space with flexibility if a buyer wanted to use one of the many guest bedrooms as a home study or library for instance,” he continues. “With beautiful original details such as ornate fireplaces preserved throughout, this townhouse is of an exceptional caliber.”
The home’s elegant dining room.Beauchamp Estates
Of the home’s two gardens.Beauchamp Estates
Lily was the fourth wife of the 11th Duke, who sadly passed away five years ago. The couple met on holiday in Sardinia in 2007 and married the following year when she was in her fifties and the duke - a direct relative of iconic WW2 leader Sir Winston Churchill - was in his eighties.
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Original 18th century staircase.Beauchamp Estates
A reading room.Beauchamp Estates
It features high ceilings and elaborate original cornicing throughout, plus a spacious dual-aspect dining room, and Georgian sash windows overlooking the street.
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In an indulgent twist, Lily’s principal bedroom suite occupies the entire second floor, with dual aspect windows and a luxury marble-clad en-suite bathroom.
source: people.com
