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COPYRIGHT 2005 Financial Times Ltd.
(From The Northern Echo)
Byline: LINDSAY JENNINGS
She was born into an upper class world of beauty and wealth, but privilege does not guarantee happiness, as Susie Bulmer discovered. She tells Women's Editor LINDSAY JENNINGS about the despair of unhappy relationships, swapping decorating tips with Margaret Thatcher and finding true love
THE imposing grandeur of Studley Royal House comes into view as the private road curves through the expansive deer park and winds around the side of the 18th century house. Across the snow-covered courtyard, Susie Bulmer throws open the double doors and greets me with a firm handshake and a warm smile. Her brown eyes sparkle animatedly as she introduces herself before heading off to ask the housekeeper about coffee.
"What a wonderful house, " I say, following her into the vast country kitchen. "Yes, isn't it?" she smiles.
"We're very lucky."
Her slender, impeccably groomed figure disappears down the corridor as she leads me through to the Morning Room with its beautiful stone carved fireplace, ornate wallpaper and soft furnishings in cranberry and creams. Susie has just self-published her book, Keeping My Distance. It is a collection of memories, articles and poems which candidly chart her life, from her vivid, and often funny, childhood to her doomed first marriage...
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