Lord and Lady Fitzalan-Howard get the surprise of their lives when they bump into Prince Charles at the Great Yorkshire Show, while Princess Olga Romanoff hosts her 70th birthday party at Provender House. At Renishaw Hall, Alexandra Sitwell and husband Rick toas the end of extensive building works by hiring society party architect Johnny Roxburgh to curate the perfect celebration.

Princess Olga Romanoff is trying to raise cash to pay the annual £50,000 running costs of Provender House by hosting tour groups herself, while Lord Ivar Mountbatten and husband James compete at the Cowes Week regatta. Meanwhile, Alexandra Sitwell's ancestral home of Renishaw Hall is looking like a disaster zone as builders renovate the ancient plumbing and wiring.

In the opening edition, Lord Ivar Mountbatten and husband James gamble their reputation - and that of Michelin-starred chef Jean-Christophe Novelli - by hosting their first ever pop-up restaurant at their stately home of Bridwell.