A millionaire duchess has left just £5,000 to her daughter in her will - half of the sum bestowed upon her surviving dogs.

Those who live orthodox lives — and adhere to conventional marriages — may be perplexed by the free-wheeling set-up at Belvoir, ancestral seat of the Duke of Rutland, where, since separating ...

Her mother was the scandalous Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, and it seems Francis, the Duchess of Rutland, has followed in the ...

The Duke of Rutland, who is reportedly worth £145m, has been criticised after actors were asked to work without pay at his stately home. Belvoir Castle, where the 11th duke David Manners lives ...

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were in Rutland for the first time on Tuesday to see a statue of the former monarch. The 7ft (2.1m) bronze statue is on display outside Oakham Library.

That cull apparently includes the well-scrubbed 11th Duke of Rutland — aka, David Manners, squire of the 365-room Belvoir Castle and sire of the properly rambunctious socialites Lady Violet ...

I ask as I hear that Viscount Garnock – the so-called Caledonian Cowboy who is engaged the Duke of Rutland's daughter Lady Violet Manners first dated her older sister Alice. A source tells me ...

Charles I ordered the Duke's burial in the chapel which had previously been ... Catherine, most glorious demi-goddess, daughter and sole heiress of the Earl of Rutland, was made by him [ie.Buckingham] ...

Mr Manners is the eldest son of David, 11th Duke of Rutland, who upon being asked if he was surprised his mother did not share her fortune between his sister and brother, said: “Not at all.” ...