“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams...........

I live 5 miles from chatsworth and often visit debos and Andrews resting places in the Edensor churchyard. Lovely lady.

What an extraordinary person. Surely one of the most beautiful woman in the world. How lucky were the people who knew you. I feel life is so sad. One minute I too was young and enjoying life. Now I am old, my husband died 9 months ago after 58 years together. I am unable to walk but am blessed to live in the country. It must be wonderful to come from a large family. I watched a video on utube about how the Duchess started decorating an old vicarage and started a new garden in her 80s. She was very special. ❤️

This interview is a gem. The last living Mitford sister. Such a graceful lady.

This women is my great aunt. I currently live in nyc. I was left a great inheritance from her. Considering I met the women no more the 10 times my whole life.

Her hearing at 90 is much better than mine at 64. She picked up the questions from the audience which I couldn’t hear at all.

Did you know that Debo was a huge Elvis fan and had his music played at her funeral.

@michaelmontagu3979

9 ай бұрын

She had an Elvis telephone in her sitting room and loved visiting Gracelands. She also enjoyed going to an Elvis tribute show.

Charming. Tales of a lost era.

Absolutely, fantastic, and interesting woman Debo! I did get to me the Dowager Duchess at Chatsworth about 10 years ago. I was 15 and she was such a wonderful conversationalist. We talked about the grounds of Chatsworth, about the artworks, and about her enormous Devonshire tiara. All in all about an hour was spent just talking. She was so obliging and was very quick to put me at ease. I liked her very much.

@GavinsMarineMom

5 жыл бұрын

What a precious, treasured memory that must be for you!

@KDL861

4 жыл бұрын

LaDivinaLover Must’ve been exhilarating and fabulous!

I was pleased to find out that the woman interviewing the Duchess is Charlotte Marten Mosley who is the wife of the Duchess’ nephew Alexander Mosley. His mother was Diana Mitford, the Duchess’ sister. Charlotte edited the Mitford sisters’ letters that she is referencing at times.

So happy to brag that I knew her.

@sandibenedum4413

9 жыл бұрын

bryantppierce I am staggeringly jealous!!!

Chatsworth was wonderful the first time I visited ten years ago ...and justly so last Christmas all decorated up for the season. A wonderful place to visit wit so many beautiful artefacts.

I love how she says, "Oh Jack"

fabulous....The Duchess is so droll and amusing....not many people like this left now.R.I.P.

@KDL861

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Wardel I love how much she is so endeared to her father and sister, Jessica. And I loved her description of her mum being so fresh in her food choices. It seems her sister Nancy was horrid to her. Reminds me of how I and my brother treated our baby sister. I regret that.

@banjopete

3 жыл бұрын

@@KDL861 ,don’t feel that way, it’s character building evidently!

We can NEVER get enough of history!

She was witty, intelligent and understated. She was elegant and self-deprecating. I wanted to know her.

@mscott3918

4 жыл бұрын

I did, slightly. You are absolutely correct in your assessment. A lady of decided views, with no patience for the extremes of political correctness that get bandied about. Always direct and scrupulously honest. I believe that the world is a poorer place since her death.

@madeleinedeburgh7016

2 жыл бұрын

She is England, she is elegance, she is what I adore about England ...witty and unassuming very English

I had great fun thanks to this lovely lovely woman

That wonderful Mitford drawl - how we’ll miss it!

She's so humourous

WHAT A VOICE THIS DUCHESS HAS.

This is wonderful. Debo has a beautiful voice and is such a gracious lady. The Mitfords are such a fascinating family.

Thank you so much for this wonderful interview, The Frick. Wonderful to hear.

So very Brilliant. A Star was lost, but you captured it for us❤️. Thank You.

Happy belated 94th birthday Debo!!!

Her timing is marvellous.

She was a bit of giggle unlike many on this planet.

Patrick Leigh Fermor RIP. Thank you from Greece.

I had read all the books on The Mitford Sisters , so fascinating .

All day I've been reading DDD's memoir "Wait for Me". The chapters on World War 2 brought me several times to tears. It isn't just the sorrow of those days, the loss of so very many loved ones, but also her unpretentious, beautiful, evocative style which barely veils the personal tragedies she endured. Interesting that the Duke warned in the 1980's of the danger of the rise of militant Islamism.

@busterbiloxi3833

5 жыл бұрын

She aided Hitler and is a traitor to Britain.

@heartpursuer

5 жыл бұрын

The brutal Islamic invasion of Europe which triggered the Crusades certainly set the tone, and their violent expansionist ideology remains, although largely ignored by their enablers in the media.

Fascinating. I love her. Thanks so much for the upload! I learned so much. And her writing style is magnificent.

'Counting My Chickens' is a delightful read. Also, don't miss her letters to and from Patrick Leigh Fermor, 'In Tearing Haste'. I think she may have been one of the best writers among the Mitford sisters.

@michaelmontagu3979

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. What is interesting is that she rarely read a book, despite writing such good ones. One of her friends was Evelyn Waugh. He sent her a copy of his book about John Knox. The Duchess read the inscription, To darling Debo. You won't find a word in here to offend your Protestant sympathy. She read no further. A friend picked up the book, flicked through it, and found totally blank pages.

Wonderful. Thank you for uploading. “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” - L.P. Hartley One only wishes it possible to return to that 'country'.

@ata5855

5 жыл бұрын

The Blytonian You don’t miss it until it’s gone.

An extraordinary woman, I visited Chatsworth for the first time a few weeks ago, her presence permeated the place although I had never, until later, researched it, the Mitfords were an example of the gradual change that occurred in the political thinking of the newer, more enlightened, less shielded, members of the aristocracy, Fascists, Communists, Capitalists, what fun evening meals must have been.

@jccurran9327

4 жыл бұрын

Tommy Hall - I read the biography of the family (maybe 3 books in total). Their stories were fascinating. However, they did go through bad times too. It was not the best of times. Although good reading, I would not have traded places. I really ẹnoyed this interview. Thanks much for the upload. 🐱🐕🐇

Great interview

What a pleasure to listen to this grand lady!

Fabulous Lady!!!!

"In Tearing Haste" is a wonderful book. Paddy and Debo had a marvelous correspondence lasting decades that is such a delight to read. Highly recommend this book and any of The Duchess's memoirs.

How I would have loved to be her friend! RIP Debo. What a gem. So glad I got to visit Chatsworth House last year. Extraordinary! Update 2019: I just have to watch this now and then. Laughed until tears rolled again at the "Hubbling Bubbling Gland!"

A wonderful, beautiful woman . Thank you for sharing.

Simply wonderful.

Beautiful

Regardless of Politics. How many people of the 20th Century can profess to have had tea with amongst others Winston Churchill, Jack and Bobby Kennedy. The Queen. George Vl, Queen Mother, Earl Mountbatten, Charles De Gaulle and ... Adolf Hitler However, not necessarily at the same time!

She was a real Lady! RIP! Noblesse oblige is a French phrase literally meaning "nobility obliges". The Dictionnaire de l’Académie française defines it thus: ⁕Whoever claims to be noble must conduct himself nobly. ⁕ One must act in a fashion that conforms to one's position, and with the reputation that one has earned. The Oxford English Dictionary says that the term "suggests noble ancestry constrains to honorable behavior; privilege entails to responsibility." Being a noble meant that one had responsibilities to lead, manage and so on. One was not to simply spend one's time in idle pursuits.

The Duchess appears at about the 6 minute mark, for those who might want to spare themselves the introductory chatter

@barbarastepien-foad4519

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that, great tip x

@supershopper13

3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! All introductory spiels are so aggravating!

So enjoyable!

A wonderful interview, and very worthwhile listening to for anyone who is a fan of the Mitford family, the books that some of them wrote, and the history of that period in general.

just lovely

Her nature is revealed when she makes eye contact and thanks the anonymous assistant.

I do hppe that these distinguished families will prosper and prosper financially to defend and protect all the wonderful legacies.

@busterbiloxi3833

5 жыл бұрын

Are you crazy? These families are looters and parasites.

@brigittethurston6468

5 жыл бұрын

I hope we all survive... ❤️❤️❤️😘

so glad I found this! Paddy in the bath with his black socks on did make me laugh

Very charming lady ....and a very interesting life. Sad to hear she died yesterday

@harenrussel

5 жыл бұрын

😔 Sad.

What a wonderful interview - I love it.

RIP Debo

Bygone era. Class.

cannot believe no one made a series, along the production of The Crown style, about this entire family. starting w/ period piece & their strange ,various politics & social lives. while marching thru the 20th century. Here's "2010", Her father was born in 1878(!). g5, 25 Oct2022

I met her on a School trip many years ago and found her to be very down to earth but her husband the Duke was a bit stuffy, i belive she was the driving force behind 'Chatsworth' being more accessible

Simply wonderful, ausgezeichnet!

Another camera angle would have been nice. Would have been nice to have seen her face.

Jolly marvellous

I truly enjoyed this. thank you

Many thanks for this.

I never laugh at comedy or comedians , I am a bit weird, but this had me giggling.

Poor Debo. Such a mad, mad family. Her poor brother Tom gone as a very young man… her sister/ brother in law early deaths…Her dull marriage was full of drama sudden changes. Later later her husband a drinker who never got over his sudden succession ranting and barking the rest of his life. A very strange existence. The anecdotes are of course humorous yet the change of the political winds must had been so draining for her. Especially as she watched everyone die before her one by one by one from her palace window…

A remarkable woman for sure

A sparkling Grande Dame indeed. Never met her, but I once got lost in her yew maze at Chatsworth when I was a nipper, I still have this mild dislike of overly trimmed shrubberies. Didn't know she corresponded with Paddy Fermor for such a long time... my copy of 'In Tearing Haste' arrived today.

Old pre 1066 family! Wow!

RIP

Is this the sister who was neither a communist nor a nazi? How refreshing! Sometimes, though not often, there's something to be said for staid, conventional and unimaginative.

I want the book !

Very different life lived than us ordinary folk.

A wonderful interview! I noticed however that whenever the location of Chatsworth was mentioned (Derbyshire), the subtitles showed it as Devonshire...

So, why did that woman literally toss that blanket onto the Duchess' lap? How completely rude.

We use a missal and mine was £58 and I think I left in on a chapel pew on Sunday and I ask Our Blessed Mother to show me where I left it.

Jessica's nickname is not "Decker" but "Decca". Could you correct that in the captions? (15:13 and on)

The captions are wrong: 54:31, it's Lord Mountbatten, not Lord Mount Baton.

@frickcollection

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the edit. The captions have been amended to reflect your input.

I LOVE YOU,.

Cool, Frick

Correction: you got LISMORE and County WATERFORD wrong on the sub.

@frickcollection

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The captions have been edited to reflect your input.

God bless the Mosley’s and Mitfords.

At 24:21 caption should read "Dinky, her daughter with Esmond Romilly" not "Esmond, probably".

@frickcollection

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the correction. The captions have been edited to reflect your input.

@ginacrea7105

5 жыл бұрын

EFBensonFan Please tell me are there any descendants any children you seem to know a lot about it I would be very interested thank you

20:08 The poem goes "The hounds and the horses..." not "the hands on the horses".

Chatsworth. Best of the grand houses?

16:26: The Duchess is referring to cotton wool, not a cotton ball.

The subtitles refer t Drew Heims. It is rather HEINZ, as in the 57 varieties. (Not sure if it should be Drue and not Drew!)

@frickcollection

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The captions have been edited to reflect the correction.

@rns69

7 жыл бұрын

How unexpected but welcome and so civilised to be thanked!

It's Official: that vintage has gone FLAT.

She mistakenly thought that Horace was a G reek poet. Paddy carried with him the Loeb edition of Horace, a Latin poet of Augustan Rome.

The German general was Kreipe.

may i know he name of the anochour?

big lady....

Oh dear, it's governesses not "governances" at 19:05 and Esmond Romilly at 21:18. And so on.

@frickcollection

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the corrections. The captions have been edited to reflect your input.

@elisabethtimmons5904

7 жыл бұрын

There is also Paddy, not Patty.....

@elisabethtimmons5904

7 жыл бұрын

41:11 it should be Poste restante

@frickcollection

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the corrections.The captions have been amended to reflect your input.

Wow, that interviewer just threw that blanket at her. So rude.

What a ridiculously long intro, too bad

I enjoyed a very different kind of laugh which I have not had the fortune of experiencing for a long time. Those who speak against aristocracies are tasteless and thoughtless.

@p.g.j6323

4 жыл бұрын

Well said!

Why does she call Edmond (Romilly), Decca's first husband, Desmond?

She talks more posh than the Queen!!!!

I believe she means "El Rocío" not "El Rochero" in Spain.

@frickcollection

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the correction!

The same tone of voice than her sister Diana...

I am still a servant in service to the dollar It was the responsibility of the other servants to inform the new maid not to do her work. Therefore I view this story is one created by the knowledge of the others serving. To see the Lord upset at the expense of a girl to amuse their own needs ....???? Perspective from a servant in a position that is dependent on the servant hierarchy.

Anna. Mitford. Hael. New York What. Is. Middle. Initial. Of. Husband. Tomas. Hael?? Wedding date. Of. Anna. Mitford. And. Tomas. Hael.??

She has access to some of the best cream on the planet.

@GavinsMarineMom

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, how I'd love to try that cream.

@nancyhobson9710

4 жыл бұрын

I am Australian and was just minutes ago thinking it would be good dairy farming land there