EA Festival at the Jockey Club Rooms:
The Unlikely Duke - with Harry Beaufort
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
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In this fun and intimate event, the Duke of Beaufort will share some of the anecdotes and high jinx from The Unlikely Duke, the memoir of his extraordinary life, with his good friend, Anna Mathias. Considering that the book is filled with jaw-dropping stories acted out by a bold-face cast of characters including rock stars, royalty and eccentrics, it promises to be a memorable afternoon at The Jockey Club Rooms, full of humour and surprises.
“Very funny and touching, gentle, wise and unpretentious. This is a book I absolutely loved” ANNE GLENCONNER
“Beaufort chronicles his unusual and rarefied world with flashes of Wodehousian genius.” JOOLS HOLLAND
“So funny ... bristling with glamorous but eccentric characters.” JILLY COOPER
Harry Beaufort
The 12th Duke of Beaufort, Harry Beaufort was born in 1952 and educated at Eton and the Royal Agricultural College. Known to his friends as 'Bunter', he inherited his Dukedom and Badminton House in 2017, at the age of sixty-five. He is also a singer and songwriter with the rock group The Listening Device. Now he combines his responsibilities as Duke with his life as a rock performer. He has three children by his first wife and he lives at Badminton House with his second wife, Georgia.
The one-hour talk will take place at 12 noon, followed by a glass of champagne and lunch in The Dining Room.
There will be an optional free tour of the Jockey Club Rooms' art collection, arguably the world's finest collection of equine art including paintings by Sir Alfred Munnings and George Stubbs, at 11 am. Places for the tour are limited, so tickets for the tour are mandatory.
Tickets inclusive of a glass of champagne plus set lunch (with one glass of wine) are £75 and tickets for the talk alone are £20. The tour of the art collection is open to all ticket holders.
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