Life at Downton is as eventful as ever, with Lord Grantham brooding on whether to accept Lady Mary’s succession as the mistress of the house, and graciously retreat with his wife to the “Dower House” occupied by his late mother.
Indeed a rather fearsome portrait of the late Maggie Smith now dominates the building putting the chills into family and servants. But Lady Mary is a divorced woman (this is 1930 after all!) and will the local nobility accept her? Perhaps the arrival of Noel Coward as a house guest can smooth over the difficulty.
