Alan Carr doesn't want them, do you? Contents of comedian's castle to be sold

BBC UK Saturday 27 June 2026, 08:14 UTC 1 min read

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The sale includes dozens of items from a "concrete menagerie" of animals, figures and rural scenes.

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