There is work underway. Literally hundreds of family garments have lain in boxes unopened, over centuries in some cases, until this summer, when Alicia enlisted the help of two students from Central Saint Martins in London to archive the vast collection, a project she has been hoping to start for over 15 years. El Aitken and Lily Morgan have sequestered themselves in the Castle’s top-floor rooms for weeks to identify, catalogue and carefully store centuries of dresses, furs, military uniforms from the 1700s onwards, coronation robes, Victorian-era eveningwear, and boxes upon boxes of exquisite hats and handbags, in order to secure the safety of these historically important artefacts. “We don’t even know what we’ve got,” says Alicia. “We’re opening chests that haven’t been opened in 100 years.” She admits that until now storage conditions haven’t been optimal, with many garments still in their original boxes. “As we opened box after box I could see the girls’ faces drop, as more and more precious pieces come out. They were horrified!” Most were in remarkably good condition, considering, but the following day, Alicia ordered hundreds of specialist garment boxes from the Bray Archival Company, and unbleached acid-free tissue paper. In El and Lily’s careful hands, the garments would be safe, and more importantly, documented.