Createdbythemonarch,Dukedomsaregraduallybecomingextinct-thelastonewascreatedbyQueenVictoria.Inthisone-offdocumentaryMichaelWaldmanmeetssomeofthelastvestigesofthislevelofBritisharistocracy,andaskswhathasbecomeofthosewhoremain.
In2012SouthAfricanBruceMurrayfoundhimselfbecomingthe12thDukeofAthollandheadinguptheonlyprivatearmyinEurope-theAthollHighlanders.
IfCamillaOsbornehadbeenaboy,shewouldhaveinheritedherfather’sDukedom,butnowthereisnolongeraDukeofLeeds.
TheDukeandDuchessofStAlbansdon’thaveastatelypile,butdohavetheircoronetsandcoronationrobes.
OneofthefewDukestostillsitintheHouseofLords,TheEighthDukeofMontrose(pictured)isahillfarmerbytrade.HecontinuesthefamilytraditionofbeingintimatelyinvolvedinthepoliticalrelationshipbetweenScotlandandEngland.
TheDuchessofRutlandwasdeterminedtomakeBelvoirCastleanefficientbusiness,livingonsiteinonewing,withherestrangedhusbandtheDukelivinginanother.Theirelderteendaughtersarepreparedforwhenthetitleispasseddowntotheiryoungerbrother.
WhilstatBlenheimPalace,LadyRosemarySpencerChurchill,daughterofthe10thDukeofMarlborough,revisitsherchildhoodhome.Hernephewsucceededtothetitleonlyrecentlyandit’saratheradifferentBlenheimtotheonesheremembers.
