Villa Cetinale...Life Inside...

I have been posting this week about Villa Cetinale... If you would like to start at the beginning click here.

After seeing pictures of this magnificent estate in two other posts I thought you would enjoy some pictures of how the "gentry" who owns Villa Cetinale lives when in residence. I have to admit.......seeing this pictures...make me green- yes Tuscan green- with envy!

Here is "Ned"  (aka) Edward Richard Lambton, the 7th Earl of Durham with his new younger bride Marina Hanbury. They are officially known as The Earl and Countess of Durham.



Upon his father's death Ned inherited Villa Cetinale and 7,000 acres in England. He surprised his social circle in 2010 by marrying longtime family friend Marina Hanbury who is 20 years younger than his 51 year old self. She comes from an old brewery family in England and used to visit regularly as a young girl with her parents Emma and Timothy Hanbury, friends of Ned's.

Their daughter... Lady Stella.... on quite the grand bed ...(pictured in my first post) for such a little lady (pun intended)...




 (Remember? Here is the bed)





Here is a little "Downton Abbey" twist. Ned has 5 older female sisters (who based on the English practice of primogeniture) were all bypassed in this inheritance....as an interesting side note...three of his sisters are threatening to sue Ed at the moment to change this ruling. Can you blame them?


Countess Marina carrying baby Stella on the grounds...with her mother Emma.

Guests...British actress Lily Robinson and French model Leah DeWavrin jumping into the pool...

Lily in one of the bathrooms I also featured in my first post.

Here it is...

Here is Countess Marina Lambton (on the right) with former Prime Minister Tony Blair and her sister Rose at Villa Cetinale in 2005. 

Kate Moss touring the grounds in 1998...

Ned with guests in that beautiful dining room...

Here is that dining room featured in Part One.




The dining room ready for a dinner party...

Family and friends enjoying a meal within the portico at Villa Cetinale...

Countess Marina surveying the gallery of cypress trees from an estate window....SIGH...can I just say that I love that in Italy you don't need screens on your windows? What a lovely way to live....

                                        (Merci': All Images and Information: Vanity Fair Magazine)

I hope you enjoyed this three post tour of what has to be one of the most beautiful estates in Italy! Have a beautiful weekend no matter where you are! XO