The castles of Yorkshire

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Harewood House is the home of Lord Harewood, first cousin to Queen Elizabeth II. The queen has visited the 1771 mansion, as did Princess Victoria and Grand Duke Nicholas before they took their thrones.

A sphinx oversees the vast landscape of Harewood House.

Thomas Chippendale's great State Bed at Harewood House, once dismantled and forgotten, has been restored. The bed cost 250 pounds to make in the 1770s, and 250,000 pounds to restore.

Newby Hall blooms with Europe's longest herbaceous border.

Skipton Castle was built by one of the Norman conquerors to control the local Saxons, but also saw action in the War of the Roses and the English Civil War.

Sebastian Fattorini's family has owned Skipton Castle for 50 years. The previous owner had it since 1310.

A lowering sky hangs over Castle Howard, home to the Howard family for 300 years and star of the new remake of "Brideshead Revisited."

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Harewood House is the home of Lord Harewood, first cousin to Queen Elizabeth II. The queen has visited the 1771 mansion, as did Princess Victoria and Grand Duke Nicholas before they took their thrones.

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