Meerkats move into family castle

The latest Compare the Market advert ‘Touch decision’, released last week, was filmed at family-owned and run Lullingstone Castle in November 2011. In it, Aleksandr decides to provide Sergei with a laptop so he can stay up all night to deal with people comparing credit cards.

Tom says, “I am looking forward to showing them around Russia in the World Garden, though there’s less to see in their native Kalahari desert”.

Visitors to Lullingstone can see the rooms where the advert was filmed – Sergei’s IT room is in the Great Hall, Sergei’s bedroom is our Ante Room and Aleksandr’s study is Queen Anne’s Drawing Room.

Born in Kent in 1976, Tom is heir to Lullingstone Castle and is the 20th generation of the Hart Dykes to love at the castle. The Castle was a favourite of Queen Anne and was visited by a young Henry VIII.

The advert can be watched here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX3PXeSqu4U