article_snippet: To the manor married: Lady Carnarvon, the real-life equivalent of Downton Abbey’s Cora, in front of Highclere .
article_snippet: ’ cries the Countess of Carnarvon, the current chatelaine of Highclere and the real-life equivalent of Downton Abbey’s Cora, who’s Countess of Grantham.
article_snippet: the Earl and Countess is the equivalent of Downton’s Cora, played by Elizabeth McGovern .
article_snippet: Yet even the lavish lifestyle enjoyed by Lord and Lady Grantham in the fictional series is far removed from the realities of today.
article_snippet: My dears, in Downton, the current chatelaine doesn’t even have a lady’s maid.
highlights_snippet: The Countess of Carnarvon is the real-life equivalent of Downton’s Cora .