Duke

In 1974 my father invested £750 (£8100 in today's money) in a Royal Worcester porcelain figure of The Duke of Wellington on horseback. He kept the figure we affectionately called The Duke wrapped in sponge in a big box under his bed.<br/><br/>After he died in 2001 my mother decided to take the figure out and display it on the table in the bay window.<br/><br/>In the autumn of 2015 my mother calls. She tells me she's broken The Duke.<br/>