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She added: 'Almina was particularly vulnerable because she was left so weak and exhausted by her work looking after the wounded. People did not know so much about those things then.' 'Many of those men in her care were infected with the condition and she did not appreciate that her close proximity to them was also placing her in danger. She told The Mail on Sunday: 'Almina did contract Spanish flu while she was in close contact with some of her wounded patients in London. The current Countess of Carnarvon has revealed Almina's infection in her book Lady Almina And The Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy Of Highclere Castle. Although she subsequently recovered, some of her patients and high society associates were not so lucky. Passing on? Will Carson, Downton's reliable butler, played by Jim Carter, be struck down by the fluīut some of the most poignant scenes involve Sarah O'Brien, Cora's devoted lady's maid, played by Siobhan Finneran, who stages a bedside vigil for her sick mistress.Ĭora's exposure to the illness is similar to that of Highclere's onetime chatelaine Almina, the fifth Countess of Carnarvon, who was struck down in 1918.Īlmina contracted the condition while nursing wounded officers in a London hospital that she ran.

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