EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: The Duke of Rutland goes into business with his Brazilian-born 'ex' as she finalises her divorce - four years after she was told to leave his castle By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 22:00, 24 May 2024 | Updated: 22:35, 24 May 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Those who live orthodox lives — and adhere to conventional marriages — may be perplexed by the free-wheeling set-up at Belvoir, ancestral seat of the Duke of Rutland, where, since separating in 2012, he and the Duchess have occupied different wings of the castle, with their respective lovers joining them as the mood and moment takes them. Now, I can disclose, the 11th Duke, David Manners, 65, is about to startle observers once more, by parading in public, in London , with the lushly named, Brazilian-born Andrea Burle Schmidt Dubeux Webb. The timing is made more piquant by the fact that her divorce from her husband, Bernard Webb, was being finalised in the Family Division of the High Court in London this week.
The prospect of a public appearance would once have seemed a perfectly natural development in the couple's relationship, which began after Andrea, now 61, moved to a property on the 15,000-acre Belvoir estate in Leicestershire — and soon caught the Duke's eye. The 11th Duke, David Manners, 65, is about to startle observers once more, by parading in public, in London, with the lushly named, Brazilian-born Andrea Burle Schmidt Dubeux Webb. Pictured together at The Royal Caledonian Ball .
