The old "toffs" in their stately homes quite often have to huddle round a single fire in the winter, cos they can't afford to run the pile. They may open their grounds and/or house to the paying public, but rather than having a host of minions, like in their ancestors' day, they have to get their own hands dirty, and do the work that once they'd've avoided. Death duty cost them so much money they had to resort to selling old paintings and stuff to keep the house, or sell off packets of land (maybe to nouveau rich working class)

So it's not all down to money. One of the most notorious of lottery winning low lives lives in a big mansion and has his mates around for drink, drugs and

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