Toward the end of her life, she established the Leeds Castle Foundation to ensure that visitors from all over the world could enjoy the castle. Leeds and its surrounding park were bequeathed to the foundation after Lady Baillie’s death in 1974, and, since then, the organization has strived to preserve the castle and the park for the benefit and enjoyment of the public.
Photography Kate Sears
To learn more about Leeds Castle, see ” Fairy-tale Charm of England’s Leeds Castle” on page 46 in the September/October 2009 issue of Victoria.