Quote of the Day

This is a little different from our normal 'Quote of the Day'. I found this in the credits of the film Gosford Park. As you may recall Grosford Park by Robert Altman is (IMHO) an incredibly well done cross between Upstairs/Downstairs Downton Abbey and Agatha Christie. The movie spends quite a bit of time poking fun at the British titled class as incompetent in most real life exercises with the, perhaps, singular exception of the unflinching ability to follow tradition. In the credits, after all the actors, producers, set painters and electricians are acknowledged, comes the line:

Location Filming at Syon House by kind permission of His Grace

The Duke of Northumberland