The Unlikely Duke: Memoirs of an eclectic life - from rock 'n' roll to Badminton House

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Harry Beaufort

The Unlikely Duke

Memoirs of an eclectic life - from rock 'n' roll to Badminton House

Harry Beaufort

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Hodder & Stoughton
12 March 2024

Autobiography: royalty; Memoirs; Social & cultural history

'Beaufort chronicles his unusual and rarified world with flashes of Wodehousian genius'. --- Jools Holland

'So funny ... bristling with glamorous but eccentric characters'. --- Jilly Cooper

'Very funny and touching, gentle, wise and unpretentious. This is a book I absolutely loved.' --- Anne Glenconner

'...entertaining and at times poignant'.

--- The Sunday Telegraph

'An endearing, well-paced read'.

--- Country Life

'The enjoyability of the book lies with the Duke's benign and unpretentious attitude to life' .

--- The Oldie

The 12th Duke of Beaufort, known to his friends as 'Bunter', inherited his Dukedom and Badminton House in 2017, at the age of sixty-five.

But he is also a singer and songwriter with the rock group The Listening Device. Now he combines his responsibilities as Duke with his life as a rock performer.

In this lively and anecdote-filled memoir, Harry Beaufort takes us behind the scenes of his varied life: from playing poker with politicians, to partying on Ibiza with film stars to people watching with The Queen from a balcony at Windsor Castle. He offers an intimate portrait of aristocratic privilege and a lifetime filled with rock stars, royalty, eccentrics and jaw-droppingly unbelievable stories.

But Harry also offers a sensitive and perceptive insight into the worlds he has inhabited and the friendships and laughter that he has experienced along the way.

This is the story of an ordinary man facing up to his extraordinary inheritance-the story of The Unlikely Duke.

By: Harry Beaufort
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781399725194
ISBN 10: 139972519X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 12 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Harry Beaufort was born in 1952 and educated at Eton and the Royal Agricultural College. He is a singer and songwriter with the group The Listening Device. He has three children by his first wife and he lives at Badminton House with his second wife, Georgia.