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Is Downton Abbey Legally Accurate?

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downton abbeyHow am I going to keep on living without Downton Abbey for the next 10 months??!!  The loss is painful—don’t you think?

Like so many others, I’m hooked and thought it’d be fun to write about it from an unusual perspective: is Downton Abbey legally accurate about their criminal scenes?

Remember, Mrs. Bates was accused of killing that …

Downton Abbey and the Law

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In a recent episode of Downton Abbey the family struggled with the “latest crises”—the proper inheritance of the estate.  Matthew Crawley died without a will, which left his estate in the hands of his infant son, George, and father-in-law, the inept Robert.  Remember, last season he not only squandered his inheritance, he also lost his wife’s inheritance!!  Anyway, …