"Platinum Family: A Peek into the Magnificent Family" (TV Asahi, Tuesdays at 7pm) is a program showcasing the lifestyles of "magnificent families." On October 7th, a three-hour special will air. MC Chisako Takashima will travel to Paris and Cambridge, England, to visit Japanese people living in a world far beyond our imagination.
In France, we meet Miki de Maistre, who married into a count's family and lives near the Palace of Versailles. Originally, her family of four, including her two sons, lived in Paris, but moved to Versailles, a suburb of Paris, to live a quiet life surrounded by nature.
The de Maistre family, into which Miki married, has its roots in the Duchy of Savoy, and became a French aristocrat after the country was integrated into France. Miki's husband, Rodolphe, is the 14th generation heir to this prestigious family, which has a history of around 300 years.
After working as a flight attendant for an airline, Miki moved to a financial institution in New York. Feeling the need for extensive financial knowledge, she decided to attend a business school in France, where she met Rodolphe, a classmate.
At the time, Miki had heard that Rodolphe was from a count family, and out of curiosity, she went to visit Rodolphe's family home with a friend, where she was met with an unexpected sight: a castle. This time, Miki will be showing us around the castle.
The castle grounds, which were built in the 17th century, include a vegetable garden, tennis courts, and even a forest, with a total area of approximately 30 hectares, more than six times the size of the Tokyo Dome.
On the program, Takashima is joined by her best friend, freelance announcer Ayako Kisa. Together with Miki, they also head to the Palace of Versailles and sneak into areas that are rarely accessible to the public. They also visit precious places such as the church where Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were married, and the opera house built to celebrate their marriage, and receive explanations from the knowledgeable Miki about the architectural techniques and historical background of the time.
In Cambridge, Takashima visits the home of an acquaintance who lives in a mansion about the size of eight Tokyo Domes.
