Busy Duchess Inspired to Create Festive Wonderland with a Bit of Elvis Magic ; Despite Being in Her 90th Year the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire Is Not One to Rest On Her Laurels. In Fact, She Is Much More Likely to Be Found Among the Laurels and Shrubbery of Her Edensor Gardens Working On Her Latest Project - a Festive Flower Festival. The Duchess Invited Lynne Dixon Into Her Home to Discuss the Plans.

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If she isn't writing another book (which as it happens, she is), Deborah Devonshire loves nothing more than getting her teeth into an exciting and challenging new project.

This time her ambition is to bring a touch of magic into people's lives for Christmas - while at the same time raising money for the upkeep of her beloved parish church, St Peter's at Edensor.

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Busy Duchess Inspired to Create Festive Wonderland with a Bit of Elvis Magic ; Despite Being in Her 90th Year the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire Is Not One to Rest On Her Laurels. In Fact, She Is Much More Likely to Be Found Among the Laurels and Shrubbery of Her Edensor Gardens Working On Her Latest Project - a Festive Flower Festival. The Duchess Invited Lynne Dixon Into Her Home to Discuss the Plans.

"It's a wonderful historic building, completed in 1870 by Sir George Gilbert Scott and is one of the most handsome Victorian churches in Derbyshire," the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire told me as she enthused about the Christmas flower festival she's supporting at St Peter's in December.

Needless to say, the...

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