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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: The Duke of Rutland goes into business with his Brazilian-born 'ex' as she finalises her divorce - four years after she was told to leave his castle

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: The 11th Duke, David Manners, 65, is about to startle observers once more, by parading in public, Brazilian-born Andrea Burle Schmidt Dubeux Webb.

Now, I can disclose, the 11th Duke, David Manners, 65, is about to startle observers once more, by parading in public, in London, with the lushly named, Brazilian-born Andrea Burle Schmidt Dubeux Webb. The prospect of a public appearance would once have seemed a perfectly natural development in the couple's relationship, which began after Andrea, now 61, moved to a property on the 15,000-acre Belvoir estate in Leicestershire — and soon caught the Duke's eye. Thereafter, they were ensconced together in the Duke's half of the castle, while the Duchess, Emma, speedily consoled herself by embarking on an affair of her own, at her end of Belvoir, with the estate's manager, Phil Burtt.

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