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The Marquis’ wife here:
Sorry to derail. This is for you, @LadyRosalie. With my hubby’s permission, I want to share a few pics from our Protestant ceremony and wedding reception (venue, mostly) last Thursday. To quote my dad, “I’ve never seen so much flowers in one room!”

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Sorry to derail. Now back to Lalande.
 
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Trengilly

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Well that Ms. Lazenby has a mouth on her....
Susan Mace
4 hours ago
You said in a previous reply that your big projects this year were the Grand Salon and the garden but what about your heating? The last we saw were water leaks all over the Chateau and you and Amaury working out the sizes of new radiators. You said then that this was the year of the heating.

The Chateau Diaries
1 hour ago
We’re still collecting heating quotes, so we’re aiming for completion in time for winter 2023/24 🥶 But we Lalanders are a hardy bunch - and we have the added joy of knowing that this winter should be our last cold one! Also, as the new rooms are completed (Marquis’s salon and grand salon), the final heating pipes and radiators are being installed.

Nicola Lazenby
5 minutes ago
@The Chateau Diaries On Patreon, you asked us if we thought heating or the façade ought to come first for this year. I voted with the majority for the heating to be replaced. From this response, you're now changing the time frame to next year; it doesn't seem right to me for us patrons not to be notified. I'm also keen to see the accounts of 2020 and 2021 be published asap from the accountants please. Transparency is important to charity.
 
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Below is the message I have received back from Sissinghurst a couple of minutes ago. RESULT!!!

Many thanks for your email. We have received several complaints this morning about this project and we are working with the site to address this. The project does not have our permission and therefore will be contacted to take down the content as will Youtube.

Again, thank you for your time in alerting us about this.
 
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Reply to my email to Sissinghurst.
"Many thanks for being in touch with us about the Youtuber at Sissinghurst. You are quite correct, we do charge for commercial filming and photography. We use the funds from these projects for the conservation and preservation of our sites. We do check the content or ask that our own staff are interviewed to assure the content is correct.
We are not aware of this project and therefore I will be in touch with them over the next few days to make them aware of our policy and ask that the content is taken down.
Thank you again for alerting us to this."

No reply yet from the V&A museums.
 
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What the?

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Here's the real reason why princess stephanie & lord phi phi are in London and why her recently aired vlogs were pre-recorded crap!

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OhIDontKnow...

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I think the Tartlet who suggested she's cooking the books of 2020 and 2021 is right. She doesn't have the money to do either the façade nor the heating, because she needs to repay her debt in order to legitimise her enterprises. I know I know I know, I'm contradicting Clara who claims that Stephanie believes she's done nothing wrong; so I ask, why the delay in publishing the accounts in full? She's hiding something, that's why, because Stephanie knows she has done something wrong and I firmly believe it's her previous financial misdemeanours with other people's money - her Patreon account. I genuinely hope she is correcting the mistakes, because she morally has a responsibility to do so, besides she'd have to do so if it went to court.

The cooking the books theory also is supported by the work halting on all the gîtes, the upstairs shower room, the natural swimming pool, the lake, the chapel, the china pantry, the pornographic splash back tiles (which I could do in one evening - hey photoshop wizard), the area cuisine, terrace restoration, the list continues.... I don't buy the excuse that there aren't the tradesmen in the area.
To dispel this all you need do is type into google the following:
La Chatre constructeur
La Chatre électricien
La Chatre plombier chauffagiste

La Chatre plâtrier
and you'll swiftly discover there are plenty of housing developments popping up around Châteauroux and La Chatre area, which tells us there is indeed a workforce in the area with the skills necessary for the renovation of HMN. Stephanie is lying to us on a continuous basis in order to cover up the negligence. I do genuinely think she is attempting to legitimise her Patreon business right now, but she's currently sitting on a cash flow problem because of it until all is remedied.
That Tartlett was me. I know a thing or two about this kind of bullshit. In my former life I dealt with many different types of construction projects and large service contracts. Millions of dollars. I did project management and contract administration. I also did procurement. We had to verify companies were robust enough to execute their contracts. That involves performance, paying subcontractors and suppliers, quality of deliverables. I found myself in many situations having to do forensic accounting to catch people trying to screw the people I represented. It usually starts as unmet obligations, then the lies start piling up, then you check on some things and you find money or cash flow problems, then you try to figure out how to get what was promised or extract a fair recompense.

I smell dirty money tricks all over her. She overspent for sure and is spending now to keep the wolves at bay, hoping she can BS her way through until she gets everything back in hand.

I’m not usually wrong. Also, as with most things in life, if something doesn’t add up, it’s because it doesn’t.
 
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Trengilly

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Her poverty addiction behavior is at its worst in depriving her employees of heat and food. I really don't get it, unless it is the justification for £6500 gazeboes which you only need because the fountain you insist upon installing in the walled garden is too small.
Coupled with a cost of living crisis across Europe, projected to continue well into next year increasing everyone's energy bills and relying on electrical heaters paid out of the YouTube ad revenue; money which could further the renovation of her own HMN. Her priorities do not support her claims that she is truly invested in renovating her home. She's a con woman and must be held to account. This latest revelation about the heating system delayed to 2023/24 should ignite us all once more to hold her to account. We know what she will do - ride out the autumnal months in the cold, bugger off for her three month winter holidays and return for spring. Meanwhile, poor Kim, Dan and the brainwashed volunteers will be shivering and teeth chattering (think of Dan's new crowns) whilst, Lady Deceit is on a sun lounger with Phyllis licking her feet. Her greed knows no bounds.
 
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Reposting Susan Mace comment... we now have a reply.

Susan Mace

3 hours ago
You said in a previous reply that your big projects this year were the Grand Salon and the garden but what about your heating? The last we saw were water leaks all over the Chateau and you and Amaury working out the sizes of new radiators. You said then that this was the year of the heating.

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The Chateau Diaries
45 minutes ago
We’re still collecting heating quotes, so we’re aiming for completion in time for winter 2023/24 🥶 But we Lalanders are a hardy bunch - and we have the added joy of knowing that this winter should be our last cold one! Also, as the new rooms are completed (Marquis’s salon and grand salon), the final heating pipes and radiators are being installed.
 
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KiKiGee

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Ruth Bernstein

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I'm only 30 seconds in and already you're griping about Annalise... the other week you wanted to put her in the well, last week you berated her driving skills and this week she's milking her illness... oh I know the comments will come back... he's joking... blah blah blah but it's not funny given the current situation. What happened to protect the boys from you tube comments, presumably everyone elses but not yours. You never stop complaining.
 
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Trengilly

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husbands, Bloom, not Nicolson.
If she is indeed auditioning for a channel 4 travel show presenter's job, I would say she has failed, big time.

Stephanie needs, perhaps, another year of Patreon and YouTube to be able to think about buying a villa in Venice. As long as she can drag the "sheep" on Patreon, she will drag them.
It's just not clear to me that they can't add 2 + 2 or they don't want to.
Maybe each of them thinks ok $ 5 is not a big amount, but what they don't understand is that there are 3500 of them and that SJ collects big money every month.
Please have someone explain this situation to me because I don’t want to believe that people are so stupid.
I think the Tartlet who suggested she's cooking the books of 2020 and 2021 is right. She doesn't have the money to do either the façade nor the heating, because she needs to repay her debt in order to legitimise her enterprises. I know I know I know, I'm contradicting Clara who claims that Stephanie believes she's done nothing wrong; so I ask, why the delay in publishing the accounts in full? She's hiding something, that's why, because Stephanie knows she has done something wrong and I firmly believe it's her previous financial misdemeanours with other people's money - her Patreon account. I genuinely hope she is correcting the mistakes, because she morally has a responsibility to do so, besides she'd have to do it if her case went to court.

The cooking the books theory also is supported by the work halting on all the gîtes, the upstairs shower room, the natural swimming pool, the lake, the chapel, the china pantry, the pornographic splash back tiles (which I could do in one evening - hey photoshop wizard), the area cuisine, the terrace restoration, the list continues.... I don't buy the excuse that there aren't the tradesmen in the area.
To dispel this all you need do is type into google the following:
La Chatre constructeur
La Chatre électricien
La Chatre plombier chauffagiste

La Chatre plâtrier
and you'll swiftly discover there are plenty of housing developments popping up around Châteauroux and La Chatre area, which tells us there is indeed a workforce in the locality with the skills necessary for the renovation of HMN. Stephanie is lying to us on a continuous basis in order to cover up the negligence. I do genuinely think she is attempting to legitimise her Patreon business right now, but she's currently sitting on a cash flow problem because of it until all is remedied. However, I'm not sure she is using her own YouTube AdSense money to even the books, instead relying on the BnB to sort everything out. Look it's fully booked for the season - it makes sense, but I think if Stephanie truly wants to go straight she should humble herself and dip into her own YT money to rectify everything instead of buying things from auction sites, egged on by Phyllis. And sell that London flat you dumb ass, she doesn't even rent it out any longer.

And surprise, surprise Ms. Lazenby has had her post deleted....
What are you hiding Stephanie????
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Jules100

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Stephanie is endeavouring to replicate a miniature stately home, a baby Versailles, filling it with a hotchpotch of mismatched furniture, darting from period to period, using expensive fabrics and wallpapers, laying it in with a trowel. She thinks expensive equates to stylish. None of it works. It all looks tawdry. To paraphrase what the (glorious) Dolly Parton said of herself, "it takes a lot of money to look this cheap". DP's remark can be used about the fortified farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, just without the self-deprecating humour.
New thread 🧵 title suggestion:
-“It takes a lot of money for Lalande to look this cheap”
 
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Isabelle6541

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Hmmm… Starting to delete incriminating videos?
I can't check this now but I have sent a message to someone to do so... What SJ may not get is if they are indeed deleting videos... we have them all saved. Dingbats. Each and every post has been saved and sent to the writer/reporter(s) that have been working and following this nonsense like it is their life work. People love a good tabloid story! (See Youtube Austin McBroom)

SJ - You can squander money but you will not avoid the humiliation. I know you already know this. It must be exhausting. I would keep PJ around too. He is niave enough to kiss you on the head and tell you it will all be okay.

Also - one more thing - When is the Patreon party? When are you going to blame others for not being able to do it?
 
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Lady Avonlea

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If Fanny had been at the shiteau during the Jubilee she would have celebrated the event. A Jubilee party would definitely have been vlog worthy. It's a great reason to put on a garden party, decorate with bunting, have everyone wear a tiara, bake a Victorian sponge, and serve fish & chips, Jubilee Trifle and Pimms - but none of that happened.

That's the biggest clue that Fanny was in the UK for the Jubilee and not at the shiteau.
 
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Trengilly

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Reposting Susan Mace comment... we now have a reply.
Susan Mace
3 hours ago
You said in a previous reply that your big projects this year were the Grand Salon and the garden but what about your heating? The last we saw were water leaks all over the Chateau and you and Amaury working out the sizes of new radiators. You said then that this was the year of the heating.

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The Chateau Diaries
45 minutes ago
We’re still collecting heating quotes, so we’re aiming for completion in time for winter 2023/24 🥶 But we Lalanders are a hardy bunch - and we have the added joy of knowing that this winter should be our last cold one! Also, as the new rooms are completed (Marquis’s salon and grand salon), the final heating pipes and radiators are being installed.
WTF?! The legendary poll of the “façade or the heating” earlier this year was yet more smoke and mirrors. No heating for another year! Where is the money going?!

Over the pandemic I inherited money to invest in property. I’ve firsthand knowledge of refitting old Victorian houses with heating and electricity all completed in under one week of intensive hard work (obviously there is a size disparity between a 4 bedroom terraced house in London to a chateau in the middle of nowhere). She could get the chateau done in a 5 weeks right after the BnB season is completed - I’m not buying the quotes bullshit. It doesn’t take long to provide quotes because all companies need the business to pay their bills. She’s stalling because the money is going elsewhere (an antique Indian stone gazebo?).

Why won’t people donating wake up to the tricks being played by this money launderer?!
 
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What happened with the B&B prospect for FRK? I just saw on Instagram that she’s going to spend (part of?) the summer in Norway. Strange but seems the best option for her. So many changes in such a short time.
I suspect that possibility was rescinded after the current folks at the windmill reviewed her social media. They sure dodged that jam jar!
 
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Sasha Groves

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The Sissinghurst Flog has had over 78,000 views, I think Fanny should donate the revenue generated from this unauthorised content to The National Trust. Morally it’s the right thing to do and if she loves the property and gardens as much as she claims she’d be only too happy to help preserve it and make amends for profiteering from it.
 
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KyBourbon

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Why someone would want to $$ buy in Sinking Venice beats me ! :unsure:
Venice is practically begging SJ to buy there! They heard about how she drained her pond…the Lady of the Lost Lake is the answer to their prayers! She’ll figure out how to drain those canals! 😆
 
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Clara Burnett

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Mystery solved. It's Dana's IG account, with Dan's help.
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Dana Knaffo is visiting her friend Tess, who lives in the beautiful l'Abbaye De Varennes chateau. On the menu is Beef Wellington, with a French twist. A very fitting dish to coincide with the last day of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in the UK. To discover how you can create this impressive dish for your dinner table, tune into Dana's channel tonight @ 8pm GMT. Live chat will be available if you would like to chat with the community or ask Dana a question directly..or just say hello. Please remember to like the video & leave a short comment. Happy viewing & cooking.
Except Tess doesn't live there, her mother does. Tess gave up her own "chateau" to start anew with then boyfriend Adam Guettel, who bought her a mansion with swimming pool. He kicked her out though, so now all she can do is go back to her mothers house and beg some more. Her mother started renovations of Tess' old place, so I bet Tess wants to take ownership again, but only when the work is done. In the meantime, let's play the sexy little kitchen help of her bff Dana, who's channel launch did not do so well and might need some boobs to spice things up.
 
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