I just love this. Were they repelled by virtual crossbow bolts and boiling oil? Dumb fuckers.

Typical.

Homework is so 20th century.

I'm not sure if the title and the description (" holds garden tours and an annual teddy bears' picnic") are appropriate. It's a stupid mistake by the hackers, no doubt, but a more proper description for the castle would be as one held by one of the British aristocrats and passed on down the generation. From Wikipedia:

>>"Estate
The castle sits in a vast estate of almost 15,000 acres. The landscaped grounds, nearer the castle, are also open and the Root Houses, built by the fifth Duke's wife, can also be seen. The present Duchess is restoring Belvoir Gardens, which includes the Secret Valley Garden and the Rustic Summerhouse of 1800.
The estate is open to the public and offers a range of outdoor activities - shooting, fishing, quad biking and four-by-four driving. Throughout the year they host sheep, duck and dog exhibitions.
The Duke and Duchess of Rutland also manage Manners Arms, a country hotel and restaurant on the Belvoir estate.

Present use
A corner of the castle is still used as the family home of the Manners family. The castle's name means beautiful view.
"The name "Belvoir", is in fact, a Norman import by the French-speaking conquerors, though the native Anglo-Saxon population was unable to pronounce such a foreign word, preferring to call it "Beaver Castle". Belvoir Castle is still pronounced "Beaver" -- despite its spelling -- to this very day."<<

Not a bad deal, eh? To be able to live in a castle on one side - in the 21st century, no less - and rent out the rest of it for movies, weddings and such? Knowing that you could pass it on to your progeny? And no need to defend the damn thing like in old days even, because the sheeple are so damn enamored by such spectacles, and much of the excess population has already been shipped out of the country, anyway. And now some free publicity through these dumb hackers, and something to talk about for the family and friends. What excitement!

After the War, huge inheritance taxes were applied to the hereditary aristocracy in Britain, and their land and holdings were taxed heavily too, as a matter of social justice, and as a source of revenue to fund the new post-war socialist institutions.Not bad for 'class-ridden Britain'. Try to imagine something like that happening here. So the Duke and Duchess can no longer put offending peasants' heads on pikes on the road leading to the drawbridge, in exchange for which they get to live comfortable, but much diminished lives as inkeepers and small property owners.Seems like a good gig to me.

Well, yes-I'm a little vague on how this works, but the Duke of Norfolk still collects the ground rent for the land under a large number of houses in London, whose 'owners' have 99-year leases, or portions thereof.It was all explained to me by a drunk in a pub thirty-five years ago, which accounts for the vagueness.The drunk actually owned the pub which we called "The Peeling Ceiling". He was a Battle of Britain wing-commander, and he held forth in his pub every night dispensing pints against a background of big blown up photos of his squadron.He had to sober up every now and then because his wife was running for local MP on the Conservative ticket.