Hever Castle in the summer months and an annual patchwork and quilting exhibition in September. The castle has also become the venue for a triathlon. The castle offers three floors containing antique furniture, Anne Boleyn's prayer books, instruments of torture, and a large collection of Tudor paintings. There is also a museum of the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry. The remains of the original country house timbers can still be seen within the stone walls of the fortification, while the gatehouse is the only original part of the castle. It has the oldest working original portcullis in England. The grounds of the castle
Liz Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever Liz Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever Elizabeth Constance Mackintosh, Baroness Astor of Hever (born 4 May 1950) is an English author and autism activist. She is the second wife of John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever. Her parents are John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax and Bronda Fibigor. She has one sister, Diana; and one half-brother, Charles, from Bronda's second marriage. Liz Astor worked as a model and a head hunter before her marriage to Baron Astor. Astor has written two books, a memoir and a novel. "Loving Olivia: Bringing Up My Autistic Daughter" recounts her experience with