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Silk production at Lullingstone Castle
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Silk production at Lullingstone Castle
Page from The Tatler reporting on the silk production there overseen by Lady Hart Dyke. Three million silkworms were cared for by a permanent staff of fifteen with twenty five of the castles fifty four rooms given over to the work, which had increased due to the silk required for RAF parachutes. Lullingstone later provided silk for the wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) to Prince Philip in 1947. The silkworms were imported from China rather than Italy - for patriotic reasons! Date: 1940
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