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Over the following years, the couple, along with their children and Angela's parents, restored the property and the outlying buildings with the help of friends, family, and numerous fans of the show who have paid up to £75 a head to help with renovations. Additional funding for the project has come
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Legend has it that the region's last wolf was shot from a window of the château. For many years a taxidermied wolf sat at the top of the staircase. It was removed before the sale of the château in 2014, and its current whereabouts are unknown. In 2015, Angel secretly designed and ordered a new
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Strawbridges.
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