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What Butlers Actually Do

From keeping the keys to the wine cellar to keeping a household running, we trace how the profession took shape and where it stands now.

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Being a butler means holding a household, its people and its schedule together so the day simply runs. We trace the role from medieval wine cellars to the work it has become today.

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