A princely seat

Arundel Castle, West Sussex

Glamis Castle, Angus, part 2 The seat of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Glamis Castle, Angus, part 1 The seat of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

When poet and painter William Blake penned the words ‘England’s green and pleasant land’, he was referring to West Sussex, living in the little village of Felpham at the time. Sitting on England’s sou

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Somehow, it isn’t hard to imagine the scene of battle here, even on a sultry July morning when only the distant growl of a motorbike interrupts the crooning of collared doves. Perhaps it is the quiet.