Highclere Castle in England, where 'Downton Abbey' was filmed, is facing a serious staffing crunch due to Brexit.
, which has forced owner Fiona Carnarvon to mothball the castle’s main business of hosting larger weddings on the site of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning show.
It used to host around 25 weddings with more than 100 guests a season. Weddings with around 20 guests are still possible, but are a much smaller part of a business that the owners say can cost several thousands of pounds a day to run. A vital workforce of E.U. students attending university in Britain who were available to work during weddings is no longer available, said Carnarvon.
Since leaving the European Union, Britain has faced worker shortages at various stages in areas such as manufacturing, construction and logistics. Just outside Highclere Castle, in the grounds designed by 18th century landscape architect Capability Brown, dozens of chairs and a few tables lie stacked and unused.
Other trade from the Highclere estate, such as the export of horse feeds, has also fallen due to high paperwork and legal fees, she added.Weighed down by falling revenues and higher costs amid double-digit inflation, Highclere expects to just about break even this year, compared to profitable years prior to Brexit and the pandemic, Carnarvon said. Weddings made up 40% of the overall business at its height.
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