No, better to live unpretentiously, to have security and not have to worry. You think that when you’ve got an estate like this it’s something worth having, but in reality you’re at the mercy of everyone, you never get a moment’s peace. In itself it would be marvellous, this house, this lovely old property, marvellous … but to run it you need nerves of steel and an iron fist, or it’s never anything but a burden to you.’
