Goldeneye (estate) by Noël Coward, and Bolt House, owned by Chris Blackwell's mother, Blanche, who was a long time friend of Fleming. The property was equally popular with a coterie of Hollywood stars and British literary greats as it was British aristocrats and international heads of state. Errol Flynn, Lucian Freud, Truman Capote, Patrick Leigh Fermor, the Duchess of Devonshire, Princess Margaret, and Prime Minister Anthony Eden were all visitors. Eden even made the property the temporary Headquarters for the British government during the Suez Crisis of 1956. The Goldeneye of the Blackwell era has also attracted celebrities, both as his friends
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