For decades, Ivana Lowell’s family has been the subject of attention-grabbing headlines.

So, it’s understandable that she had ‘reservations’ about making a TV series focused on her famous ancestors, she tells Metro.

Last week, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s new drama, House of Guinness, launched on Netflix.

The eight-part show followed an idea pitched by Ivana, whose grandmother was Maureen Constance Guinness, one of the three Guinness sisters known as the ‘Golden Guinness Girls’.

Following its release, House of Guinness has soared up the Netflix charts, currently sitting at number one in the top 10 list in the UK. Considering that Ivana describes her renowned family as ‘eccentric, complex and ambitious’, that should come as no surprise.

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