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\u201cIf you don\u2019t get turned on by Knebworth, you know what I mean, you must be ******* mental, you know what I mean…\u201d announces the steel-tongued Liam Gallagher at the London premiere in October of the Oasis documentary \u201cSupersonic\u201d.\u00a0 I think I know what he means and I\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s a compliment.\u00a0 The band\u2019s record breaking concert in Knebworth Park in August 1996 is the climax of the film, and playing \u2018Knebworth\u2019 is presented as the crowning achievement for any aspiring rock band.\u00a0 Sadly no rock band has achieved playing \u2018Knebworth\u2019 in the last two years – which is always a worry, as a concert is our insurance policy against bad weather during our open season, and in 2016 we had more than our fair share, particularly in early summer.<\/p>\n

Films, however, have come to the rescue.\u00a0 It has been a good autumn for filming at Knebworth House.\u00a0 We have hosted: \u201cTransformers 5\u201d \u2013 two full days of work for what, in the finished film, will be a few seconds of a car driving on gravel; a film about A.A.Milne (author of Winnie-the-Pooh), as yet untitled; and \u201cVictoria and Abdul\u201d, starring Judi Dench as Queen Victoria, for which we again double as the interior of Balmoral.<\/p>\n

This is the third time Knebworth House has played Balmoral \u2013 \u201cThe King\u2019s Speech\u201d, \u201cThe Crown\u201d and now \u201cVictoria and Abdul\u201d.\u00a0 I am not sure why the Queen bothers to go all the way to Scotland for Christmas, she might as well have it here! \u00a0This year she can join us in front of the T.V. for a big Christmas evening special, which also features Knebworth House (I am not allowed to spoil the surprise by saying which one).\u00a0 It\u2019ll be the third year in a row we\u2019ve been on television on Christmas Day (previously it was the Amazon adverts during \u201cDownton Abbey\u201d \u2013 whose Spratt the butler is performing Charles Dickens\u2019 \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d in the Banqueting Hall on 10th<\/sup> & 11th<\/sup> December).\u00a0 So, as Liam might say, turn on to \u2018Knebworth\u2019 this Christmas \u2013 it\u2019ll be mental, you know what I mean!<\/p>\n

Our very best Christmas wishes to all,<\/p>\n

Henry Lytton Cobbold
\nwww.knebworthhouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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