id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6889 The Duchess of Duke Street - Wikipedia .html text/html 4559 391 77 The Duchess of Duke Street is a BBC television drama series set in London between 1900 and 1925. It was created by John Hawkesworth, previously the producer of the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.[1] It starred Gemma Jones as Louisa Leyton Trotter, the eponymous "Duchess" who works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietrix of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel in Duke Street, St. James's, in London.[2] The main characters (from left to right): Charles Tyrrell, Louisa Trotter, Major Smith-Barton, Merriman, Starr, Mary. In time, Edward's mother, Queen Victoria, dies leaving Edward to assume the throne as King Edward VII and causing him to end his relationship with Louisa. The death of Queen Victoria ends Louisa's relationship with the Prince, now King Edward VII, forcing the Trotters to face their future together. The funeral of King Edward VII provides the occasion for a visit from Louisa's former employer, Lord Henry Norton. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6889.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6889.txt