. tonight on "20/20," mysteries of the castle, beyond "downton abbey." it was a busy community with the upstairs and the downstairs. the butlers and the valets. >> tonlts, we bring to you the rich and aristocratic. a world sometimes frozen in time. and wonder how you would feel in white tie and tails? living it up with a real life earl and countess. we have the real "downton

abbey." plus, other opulent homes. dukes. >> i became captain of the scottish elephant polo team. >> race doesn't determine who are you. >> tonight, her overthe top wedding. >> i think every girl dreams of a fairy tale wedding. >> tonight, till the butler he can retire for the evening. you're watching "20/20" mysteries on of the castle, beyond downton abbey. >> good evening. it's a word frozen in time so so many parts in the country are frozing too. and what better place to tune in than "downton abbey yts.

millions of you can't wait for the finale tomorrow on pbs masterpiece. and tune in for the real "downton abbey." 70 miles outside of london, in the rolling hills of rural england, is highclere castle, home of the hit series "downton abbey." who knew that this castle, with its high priced decor and high toned staff, would give birth to a tv smash? was highclere castle the inspiration for "downton abbey"? >> i've always loved it as a house, i find it very intriguing. >> reporter: highclere castle is far more than just a fictional set on "downton abbey." the carnarvon family has lived here for 300 years. but in the 21st century, this is still the home of a real life earl and countess. >> it's the center of our lives. >> reporter: how many rooms are there? >> i don't know. there's two or 300 rooms in the house and 50 to 80 bedrooms. >> reporter: give or take 30. >> yes. >> reporter: the house has always welcomed people, from prime ministers, kings and

queens. the carnarvons have lived here for centuries. but it's the aristocrats, the crawleys, that fans of the show have grown to know and love. >> welcome to downton. >> reporter: the earl of grantham, his wife lady cora and their three daughters. a mash-up of period drama and pure soap opera. >> i'm not who you think i am. >> reporter: "downton" was the surprise pbs hit that dished the dirt about an earl's family struggling to keep family and fortune intact. >> oh, good, let's talk about money. >> reporter: the series, set in the early 1900s, has lords and ladies of the manor dressed to impress. historically correct? how important is to you to have it be as historically accurate as possible? >> oh, it's very important. even if you don't know anything about that period, there is something about it that, you -- you sort of think, i can believe this. i understand how it works. >> reporter: of course, downton's decadent way of life requires an army of servants.

cooks and kitchen maids, footmen >> people who lived the upstairs life grew up with these servants, but they were like -- they're like from another planet. they weren't exactly human. >> reporter: upstairs, they're invisible. downstairs, they're the main event. if you've ever wondered how a house maid would get to donton, the lady magazine was the linkedin version. >> the ad is a place to start. >> reporter: employment ads for wealthy families since 1885 and they're still going. from cooks to housekeepers, like mrs. hughes. here's a real ad from 100 years ago. >> she will require great judgment to bear herself prudently courteously and with tact. she may find it difficult to overcome the jealousies and bickering of the household. that just goes to show that

these households were full of bickering, backstabbing and people trying to get one over on each other. >> what's interesting is that in the servant's hall, the hierarchy was just as strict as it was upstairs. so butlers at the top. >> reporter: at downton abbey, carson, the starchy butler, rules the crawley household with a prim and proper fist. >> downton is a great house. >> reporter: his real life counterpart is colin edwards, who's served three generations of earls. >> i'm the castle butler. i look after the family, the dinners, the lunches, the breakfasts, generally just make sure they have everything they require. >> reporter: and who taught him how? the butler to the queen. >> you need a lot of practice to be able to set out a table or present yourself to the guests, i don't lay a table like this at home. >> reporter: once upon a time, colin served only the private needs of the carnarvon family.

today, highclere rents itself out for parties, corporate events, and weddings. yes, for just $25,000 anyone can get married just like lady mary. >> can you imagine what the dowager countess of grantham would say at the idea of you know a house maid, or you know someone you know from the village getting married in downton. at the very idea! >> reporter: one new revenue stream, tourists chasing downton dreams. >> welcome to "downton abbey" tour. remember you can't take photos inside the castle, but they do have a guide book that you can purchase. >> reporter: so during the tourist season, colin's white gloves are off. >> 28 pounds 50 please. thank you. in one way i prefer it if it were more family orientated, but the family wouldn't survive without all the corporate work that we do. this is now a business.

>> reporter: a business without some traditional perks for the current lord carnarvon. you don't have personal butlers dressing you each morning? >> right, i'm afraid it doesn't really -- really work like that. today, they're not waking us up with cups of tea and breakfast in bed and all the rest of it. >> reporter: but living here's still a gracious form of time travel. >> you can feel as if you're miles from london, and it's a magic place to go riding. views through the trees, views of the landscape. it's about eating well, riding or playing tennis or croquet or shooting. and then meeting up for lunch and conversation. pretty lucky. >> reporter: in downton days, with 50 plus bedrooms, double library, formal dining room, i could go on, highclere needed a staff of 60. now, it's down to 20.

>> because we do it everybody day, it's not as complicated as you think. >> reporter: ana dominguez is the housekeeper. >> obviously we want to maintain the standard of the house on a daily basis. >> reporter: and housework turns out to be a timeless chore. 120,000 square feet of space, all spotless, without pledge or any of that modern stuff. >> we use dusters and natural beeswax, nothing else. it's the only way to maintain and preserve its natural qualities. >> reporter: ana's fictional counterpart on "downton" is anna bates. >> i'm anna, the head houses maid. >> reporter: actress joanne frogrett has the inside scoop on what may have been the toughest part of being a maid. >> the worst thing of filming the first two series was the corsets, especially for a housemaid. how people used to manage doing manual tasks and cleaning a house in these things. >> reporter: in the series, viewers cheer for the downstairs folks. but let's face it, we dream of

being the ones drinking the champagne, not pouring it. >> when you watch something like "downton," you know, you might imagine that you are lady mary, or the earl of grantham or, you know, upstairs. i don't think anybody watches it and think, "oh, i really wish i was mrs. patmore," or "i really wish i was the kitchen maid." or "oh, i long to be a footman," >> when mysteries of the castle beyond "downton abbey" continues, a glittering jewel in the crown. >> i think every girl dreams of a fairy tale wedding. >> she is the first black marchness in england. first, have you wondered how much it would cost to live it up in today's crowd? with gas and electricity, oil, water, insurance, maintenance, all the staff, security, and every other incidental, according to one estimate, the grand total comes to almost $700,000 a month. that's over $8 million a year.

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it's one of the most scandalous story lines this season on "downton abquooe v bee," the black housekeeper who shocks and romances lady rose. now, a real life romance is breaking the race barrier on a walk down the aisle. emma mcquiston is not unlike many young women, hoping one day to find mr. right. >> i think every little girl dreams of a fairytale wedding. >> reporter: but emma's dream is coming true because that diamond tiara is made of real diamonds. >> when you have diamonds, you should wear them. >> reporter: her mr. right -- is a real aristocrat. >> it's been surreal. >> reporter: this summer when the glamorous emma married ceawlin thynn, the viscount weymouth, she was making

history. >> i emma mcquiston -- >> reporter: why? well, the wedding was what you might call big. 355 guests, a staff of almost 200, the affair taking place on his estate, called longleat, the biggest private home in england. grand? yes. but what made it historic is the fact that emma is breaking the race barrier about to become england's very first black marchioness. that's the wife of a marquess, just one step below duchess. the match made news. emma understood why. >> it is noteworthy that i will be the first black marchioness. >> reporter: she told "tattler" magazine back in may just before the wedding, "there's class and then there's the racial thing. it's a jungle, and i'm going through it and discovering things as i grow up." but today she seems more at ease. as she told us in her first american television interview.

>> hopefully race doesn't need to determine who you are, what you're like or where you need to be. of course, it should be irrelevant. if we're going to think about it, i think we'll have to think it's a good thing, surely. >> reporter: royal watchers agree. >> i think everyone who saw the pic of the first black marchiones -- i think everyone was thrilled because at last the aristocracy was beginning to represent the country as a whole. >> reporter: it was at another family wedding that the two first met as children. she was just 3 years old. >> in my mind, emma was always a child or a teenager, you know. and we re-met and emma was an adult and a new dynamic ensued. >> reporter: the little girl he remembered had blossomed into a bombshell. >> it was like, wow, you're definitely not 15 anymore. so, yes. yes, there was -- there was that wow moment. >> reporter: though a commoner, emma comes from wealth. her mother is a british

socialite and her father an oxford educated nigerian oil tycoon. things get really interesting on ceawlin's side of the family. his father is alexander, the notorious marquess of bath. >> he's quite a flamboyant character. he basically looks like something out of "harry potter," long hair, beard, robes. guady clothes. a cross between dumbledore and gandalf. he's had a series of wifelets he calls them which are basically mistresses who live in various parts of the house. he's covered longleat with these very lurid, sometimes quite pornographic murals that he's painted himself. so here you are in your new stately home and your dad has painted naked women all over the wall. you can see where that could be quite challenging. compared to their parents generation, emma and ceawlin seem, well, down right traditional.

>> i think we just want it to be classic and timeless. >> reporter: and although they do have staff, it's nothing like the days of "downton abbey." >> these are the original bells they would have pressed, like "downton abbey." we don't use them anymore. >> reporter: but they do have help, and emma needs it. now that the wedding is over, it's time to redecorate. >> we need to find side tables. >> reporter: for most of us that might mean a trip to ikea. for emma it involves a journey through the huge house to find what's been stored away. >> it feels quite magical up here. sort of makes you feel like alice in wonderland. cause there's lots of doors, all locked all the time, but when you open one all of a sudden there's lots of treasures. >> ooh, ah, ah. >> this is all the reserve porcelain and glass, some to be conserved. >> there are 610 paintings in the inventory. >> wow.

>> reporter: is this really a home? it looks more like the metropolitan museum of art! >> okay, we need to move a large painting, which is just inside this room. >> reporter: emma is replacing some of her father-in-law's favorite lurid frescos with some more conventional artwork she found in the attic. in this place, it takes a village to hang a painting. >> it's the battle of the amazons, so it's quite a dramatic picture. i just love the collection of horses and people and soldiers and armor and flags. there's a lot going on. >> this is where ceawlin works. >> reporter: when emma married ceawlin she not only married a man, she married a business. >> and ice cream shop. >> she's really marrying a house couple of restaurants. it's a wedding venue. it's a conference center. you know, they have an amusement park, i mean it's like you're marrying into, into disneyland, basically. >> reporter: believe it or not there's an actual safari park right on the estate. it was the first of its kind in

the world outside africa and today attracts almost a million visitors a year. the new leading lady of longleat loves being with the animals, small and large. >> oh, cold. >> reporter: so we had to ask the obvious question. tell the truth. did you marry ceawlin for his animals? >> no. obviously not. >> reporter: the glamourous 27-year-old actually has career plans all her own. >> quite vampy. >> reporter: she's interested in fashion, posing for the cover of "you" magazine just a few months ago. she has a food blog, and ambitions of having her own cooking show. while we were there, she whipped up one of her specialties. >> hi, i'm making some ravioli for dinner. i'm using crab. it's best not to overfill them and put them in boiling water.

there you go. tada! >> reporter: while she's hoping to win over the food critics, emma's new husband is sure she has all the ingredients to be a success. >> here's an individual who's extremely clever, extremely bright, extremely beautiful and extremely responsible. and yet, extremely fun-loving, to boot. so you really have a package of all the qualities there. >> reporter: everything including love of tradition, found in this, one of britain's newest aristocratic couples, here in the land of downton. >> coming up on mysteries --

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and now, back to amy robach and mysteries of the castling beyond "downton abbey." >> reporter: this may look like a scene from downton abbey. but it's a real-life dinner at eight. top hats and tails, candle light and champagne, and those oh so lush and elegant rooms.

highclere castle. where lord and lady carnarvon still party like it's 1910. tonight's bash is a fund raising event held by galactic unite, a charity that helps provide science, math and technology education to children around the world. >> i'm waiting for carson to walk in! where is he? to find carson, you have to go to a place hidden deep beneath the castle. this is the command center for downstairs at highclere. and the maestro down here is head chef paul brooks taylor. >> i became a chef because i loved cooking, i love playing with food. started at 14 in butchery. >> reporter: i trained in france. >> god, i hate the french. joke. >> reporter: and worked in some of the best restaurants in the country. >> the greatest part of our job is you never know it all. you're always learning. people who say they know it all

are liars. >> reporter: chef paul runs his kitchen like a general. briefings, orders, precision. >> you've got to love it. if you don't love it, do a different job. please melt. >> reporter: paul and his team are busy planning a five course, period dinner for tonight's event. dinner at downton, if you will. often paul's cooking is inspired by old family favorites. >> this is one of the family recipes that lady carnarvon gave to me and i believe it came from lady armina. we kind of tweaked it. it used to be a chocolate sponge, quite rich. >> reporter: he wonders whether mrs. pattmore could ever serve a dish like this. >> is it fair to say women did most of the cooking back then? probably. were they any good at it? probably not. >> reporter: notice the difference? the kitchen, once ruled by women, has now been taken over by men! >> i think today's kitchens are run by men because we're committed, we're passionate and want to be the best we can be. that's what we do.

that's what we're paid for and so far it's never gone wrong. >> reporter: nine hours before the dinner guests are to arrive, the flowers do, carefully selected by royal floral decorator paul thomas. >> when you're working in a room like this you mustn't do something contemporary. for this night, the dining room table will become the centerpiece of highclere castle. >> the room is a soft gold color and it would be wrong to put more of that in. we need to put something to contrast, so red is a great color. >> reporter: while paul fawns over the flowers, the man ultimately in charge of all things upstairs is luis cuelo. >> i can serve a five course meal or pick the right wine to go with the right food, but i can't do a british accent, not just yet. >> reporter: a native of portugal, luis lives on the estate and has been with the canarvans for five years. he must ensure everything on the table is perfectly placed. every knife and fork. every glass.

>> what they do on tv, on downton abbey is something the family has been doing for 200 years. we like being perfect. we have a beautiful castle here so the standards need to be good. the food is good so the service needs to be just as good. we are very tough on ourselves. we triple check so lord and lady canarvon aren't hard on us. >> reporter: luis knows his job so well he was even telling the set designers for downton abbey a thing or two. >> we did give them some tips actually at the beginning. in the first series they always had the glasses the wrong way round. glasses wrong way around! can't have that! there's a tiny table setting crisis when luis and paul discover the candelabra is not exactly centered. >> no, no, no, the candelabra has to move a centimeter that way. >> reporter: a centimeter? seriously? seriously! >> i think we should be there. yeah. >> is the wine chilled yet? >> reporter: with time running out, downstairs in the kitchen chef paul is almost ready to go.

>> it's about an hour before the canapés go. >> everyone knows what their role is. so i don't interfere. i go down and check in the kitchen just to say hello. you've added some cucumbers in there. everyone is falling into their next role to perform. >> reporter:, luis reviews his troops. going over the menu. luis goes through the menu, >> we will then serve the venison and the red wine. >> reporter: and who is serving whom. at 7:00 p.m. sharp, the first guests arrive. >> it's going well. we have the butter on the table and just about to light the candles but we're ready. we've got about ten minutes before they tour then around 8:00 they'll be here so, looking good.

>> reporter: a few final touches. you have to admit this table does look absolutely perfect. >> ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to invite you to dinner room where dinner is served. >> reporter: the servers are key. >> veggie on three, please. >> reporter: everyone knows their job. the guests job, to enjoy! >> it's lovely. there is so much history here. wraps itself around you, it's spectacular. i'm so thrilled we had the opportunity to come. >> i think it went very well. wine was good and food was good, the service was good. i think all the guests are very happy. >> we did it. the team again made me look good, which is lovely but it's a team effort. >> it is good fun and hopefully a lot of laughter. and i love bringing people together and that is the joy of

a place like this. it's a phenomenal tradition. >> reporter: a phenomenal tradition in a timeless place called highclere castle. >> when we come back, he's a duke a dad. he carried the queen's train. >> i bought my first bicycle frnchts carrying the train? >> a duchess and duke roll up their sleeves to save the estate when we continue. but first, you may recognize this classic british village. but this isn't the real village by the real castle. >> to get to the town next to "downton abbey," you have to do more than stroll down the road, you have to walk 44 miles to here. >> recognize this church? this is where lady mary and matthew tied the knot.

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just how does the other half live? you might be very surprised. here in this beautiful castle called inveraray lives one of scotland's most prestigious and ancient families. the duke of argyll, as in "argyll" socks -- yes, he wears them -- is just one step below royalty. one of his ancestors commanded the army of mary queen of scots. he is the head of the clan campbell, the largest in scotland, a man of many titles. >> did you say 26 titles? >> 26 or 27, i think. i've lost -- >> reporter: you've lost count?

he's also a dad, the father of three small children. his wife, eleanor, who grew up a cadbury, as in chocolate, met the duke when she was 18. >> the first time i came here, i was like, "oh, my god, look at that house on the side of the road, look at it." and, and it's amazing. you come over the bridge, don't you, and that first glimpse you see of the castle is pretty impressive. >> reporter: and who knew you'd one day be living in those walls? >> who knew? certainly not me. >> reporter: it's a house that should look familiar to downton abbey fans. >> they came up here in their carriages. >> reporter: it's a grand entrance. nice to have two. >> i have three actually. hate to sound posh. >> reporter: every corner of inverary castle seems steeped in history. from the outside portico -- >> this porch here was put on for queen victoria when she was came to see her daughter so she wouldn't get wet when she got out of her carriage. >> reporter: -- to semi-secret places like these hidden stairs where staff could maneuver through the house unseen. the duke's family tree stretches back hundreds of years. >> that's a picture of my grandfather.

me being a page of honor to the queen. that's me there. >> reporter: page to the queen. not bad as a first job. and what was that like? >> terrifying. but quite fun at the same time. i mean, it was amazing. >> reporter: you carried the queen's train. >> you got paid. i bought my first bicycle with the money that i earned from it, you know. >> reporter: from carrying the queen's train. >> yeah, it was brilliant, you know. >> reporter: and it wasn't his last job. elephant polo anyone? >> i became captain of the scottish elephant polo team. >> reporter: who knew there was one? i didn't. while ancestors of the high born duke and duchess were regal, this couple consider themselves rather down to earth. in part out of necessity. >> i think people always assume we're going to be terribly old and grand and, you know, be wearing ermine and a crown or something. >> most of the time we'll be in, you know, jeans and a t-shirt or whatever, and we'll be working in the shop, or talking to people, and i think people, is

that the duke, is that the duchess? no, it can't be. >> reporter: wait a minute! did he say "working in the shop"? that's right. while the duchess sells souvenirs in the basement, the duke wipes up mud off the steps and lords over repairs to the electric gate. >> i think some water has gotten into it and it's decided to stop working. always something that needs to be fixed. never finished. on going. >> reporter: rather than a life of simply being catered to by staff, this couple has put themselves and their home to work. you are a working duke and duchess. i mean, you roll up your sleeves. >> i, you have to in a place like this. >> today we open from 10:00 in the morning to 6:00 at night, seven days a week and it's run has a business. we are here to keep the roof on. >> reporter: along with the daily tours costing about $16 per person, there's the gift shop supervised by the duchess herself.

>> i took it over from my mother-in-law two years ago and it's great. we try to sell as many scottish made things as we can. candles from the isle of sky. >> reporter: supporting the local e con mir. i still don't think it would get my husband to cook. just saying. every dollar counts so the duke takes the time to sign books himself. >> a few years ago we were wondering why they didn't sell, and someone said, why don't you sign a couple. and as soon as i signed them, people just picked them up. >> reporter: another revenue stream, giving guests a taste of one of the famous traditions on the estate, also featured on "downton abbey," deer stalking. >> it's quite a simple process actually. don't let them hear you, see you, or smell you. >> they run away into the trees.

>> that is stalking for you. >> reporter: while the duke and duchess here are especially hands-on, inveraray castle is hardly unusual. it's a tourist attraction. the duke would love to draw the producers here. >> i really remember this from "downton abbey". >> they came in, and came in there. >> reporter: there's no doubt the exposure on the series paid off. >> this was used for all of the publicity for the christmas special. >> i loved your idea though of possibly putting a cutout hole so you too could be among the cast. >> yeah, i don't think they would let us do that, but it would quite funny.

>> reporter: despite all the tourists wandering about day and night, the duke and duchess have managed to keep at least part of their castle a true home. this is not part of the tour. >> this is all completely private. now once you get onto the campbell tartan, you're in the private section. >> reporter: they took us on a very personal, behind the scenes tour. many things reminded you this is no normal house. like stair railings built to accommodate those big hoop skirts of days gone by. but there is the normal stuff of a normal house. coats and shoes on the floor. >> i love looking at the weaponry and then the kids bike helmets. >> we've got the spears and fishing rods, and then you have the princess stickers. very cute, model airplanes. i had to chuckle when i walked by because doesn't every home have a jar of change just in case? the lady of the house even does her own laundry. >> times have changed.

you don't need a maid anymore. i can load a washing machine, you know, so can he, so can the kids. >> reporter: at times the public and private do collide. >> at night time when you're having your supper, and you're engrossed in whatever is on the television at night, and -- you turn around and there's this, "hi." >> reporter: you're in a bit of an aquarium here. >> i think one of the things that we're very proud of is the fact that this is not a museum, it's a family home. this is where we live, where, you know, we're part of it. >> reporter: and those who say, do we really need dukes and duchesses in this day and age, you say what? >> i see myself as running a business. um, i just happen to have a name that i've inherited. so, um, you know, it's my duty and responsibility to keep to those traditions. >> reporter: and so the tradition of keeping up tradition continues. the land, the great house, the sounds of scotland. living on in the oldest son, the castle's young heir, who's just started learning to play the bagpipes. >> he's got to do 20 minutes.

>> reporter: that's a special treat, though, i imagine, for the visitors to know that a real family lives here. >> i think it might be more of a treat when he's learned a bit more. [ laughter ] he is limited with what he is coming it with. ♪ >> when we return, scandal, love, the real inspiration for downton's heart stopping romance. >> the women next door to her had smuggled one of the men from the house party into her bid. >> when mysteries of the castle, beyond downton abbey continues. some of them come from broken families where there's no father in the home. these are phenomenal young men that just needed someone to say that, "you can make it." being able to step in, and not even being their fathers, and being able to tell them that, "i love you. you know i care about you," is just a phenomenal, overwhelming experience.

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>> is it safe? >> trust me. >> reporter: sometimes these storylines get downright scandalous. are you actually taking real examples of what happened? >> i was staying at a house, and the host had just found the diary of his great, great aunt. and what had happened is the woman next door to her had smuggled one of the men at the house party into her bed, and he had died of a heart attack. that was the origin of the turkish diplomat. >> reporter: lady mary's one night stand with pamuk, a turkish diplomat, ends badly. >> he was alive and then he cried out and then he was dead! >> reporter: the scene of that scandal is one of the most popular attractions on the tours at highclere. >> they want to know where the bedroom is where the little incident with the turkish diplomat took place. >> they love it when we show them the very red room upstairs where he was dragged back to, and i would say serve him right, >> being a naughty boy. >> reporter: but one of the most

provocative stories in the series is the relationship between lady sybil and the family chauffeur. >> for that, god knows, it's enough that i can kiss you. >> reporter: it's fiction. once again based on real aristocratic hijinks. >> well, that really came from talking to a woman at dinner, and she said, well, my great aunt eloped with the groom and i thought, well, if you can go off with a groom, she can go off with a chauffeur. >> there was not that much mixing. i mean, you would of course have, you know the son of the house maybe having a dalliance with one of the maids and stuff. but it's very, very rare for those kinds of romances to end in marriage. >> can i kiss you before i go? >> reporter: there's been lots of soap operas going on in highclere through the years as well. there have been lots of stories. >> there are some that are definitely unprintable.

>> reporter: i believe some have been, you know, taken and used in the show, sprinkled in here and there, because it is quite a history. in the series, a maid sleeps with a convalescing patient when world war i turned downton into a hospital ward. >> ethel! >> we were only -- >> i know precisely what you were doing, major! >> reporter: same thing happened at the real highclere castle with the countess at the time, lady almina. >> well, funnily enough, during the hospital scene in the second season, an auburn-haired nurse did have a relationship with one of the patients, and almina walked in on them and walked out again. and she had to ask the auburn-haired nurse to go, which all the other soldiers found very upsetting because she was very pretty and a very nice addition. but along with all the downton scandals, true love blooms beneath the servants' stairs, the lady's maid, anna and the mysterious wounded valet, bates. >> with ring, i pledge thee my truth. >> reporter: we found a real-life anna and bates in a

tiny, rustic lodge on the estate. >> i'm tom hibberd and i'm a gamekeeper on the carnarvon estate. >> my name's kayleigh stevens and basically i work at highclere tea room, just clearing, waitressing, serving hot food and drinks. my partner is tom, who is one of the gamekeepers on the highclere estate. what i like most is basically just him as an overall person, his job. because obviously it just fits me, i'm a country person. you can't be a gamekeeper and be with some posh and prim, you know, lover, because it just doesn't work like that. i think the reason we connect so much is because we're so different, yet we still want to get to the same points. a quiet evening in watching tv with the wood burner going, and so it's just simple stuff like that, really. >> i cook, she washes up. >> they always say opposites attract. >> you know me and tom, we fight all the time, but it's just a

part of a relationship, you know? you have your ups and downs, but you got to go through it, and if you didn't have them there'd be something drastically wrong. >> reporter: 17-year-old kayleigh, like anna, is strong and modern. >> my dream is to become a jockey and race. i think my inspiration started when i was 13, seeing how race horses moved. and that's where my passion started, really. i've wanted this for so long. >> reporter: her very british boyfriend is a little more like bates. >> to be honest i probably am more of a traditional person. if someone says a jockey it's a male. if someone says a gamekeeper it's a male. someone says a nurse, it's female. >> it just makes me laugh the way that tom is. i've just got to say to myself i am right but, you know, who gives a monkey's? it's just what he thinks. >> reporter: while kayleigh dreams of ascot, doubting thomas raises pheasants for shooting parties at highclere. another source of revenue for the castle.

>> my job entails rearing game birds, feeding them, controlling vermin and controlling the habitat as well. >> reporter: though he's only 23, tom expects to be at highclere for life. why do you love this job? >> i must be mad. no, it's just a way of life for me. >> reporter: and you never wanna do anything else? >> nope. i wouldn't want to ever do anything else. >> reporter: you don't ever wanna live anywhere else? >> not particularly, no. i like it here, yeah. >> i'm really proud of him and what he does as an occupation. it's great that he can do that, and he can look after something that's been going on for many years. >> reporter: this real life anna

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