Accountancy Age: Generally, we like to think we've been around the block enough to know a thing or two, but even we are not worldly enough to get our heads around, say, being in a position to sell a monolithic landmark. And so, when news reached TS Towers that the earl of Lonsdale is to sell off a mountain in order to settle a £9m inheritance tax bill following the death of his father in 2006, we were initially nonplussed.
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