The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are looking forward to spending New Year's Eve in their Alnwick Castle home, after receiving no offers for the use of the castle for the millennium celebrations on the evening of 31 December. [The Castle] was available for the sum of £75,000.
Agents for the Duke's London home, Syon House, are also struggling to find 120 people ready to pay £56,000 for dinner, drinks and a band on New Year's Eve. - Northumberland Gazette (David Browning)
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