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Bidder scoops 'castle Christmas' (UK)

The chance to spend Christmas Day with up to 30 guests at Warwick Castle enjoying a seven-course banquet has been won in an auction for £27,000.

The castle was put up for private hire on the online auction eBay with a reserve price of £25,000.

It will be the first time in 31 years that Christmas has been celebrated at the castle, which is the only day of the year it is closed to the public.

The Earl of Warwick sold it in 1978 to the Merlin Entertainment group.
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