The bedroom wing, which is currently not on display. Apparently she had the entire master bathroom shipped from the Middle East, so hopefully they'll decide to open this part of the home sometime in the future.
The guest house.
The docent told us a story about how Doris Duke owned something like 18 dogs, and each dog was assigned a portion of the yard to guard, and was not allowed to leave its area. The dogs were only allowed in the house once a year or so, when Doris left the island to go back to her other estate in New Jersey. She would have each dog paraded into the courtyard of the home, where she would say goodbye, one at a time. Bizarre.
The garden area, where she would often greet her guests. We were also told a story about how Doris Duke would invite hundreds of people over for parties to watch fireworks, then lock the doors to her home when the guests starting arriving. Only a few guests were allowed in the house for dinner, while the rest were shown to this garden, where they had to remain outside for the duration of the party. I'm not going to lie, I would've been pissed...
View of Diamond Head from her lanai.
Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take any photos inside of the actual house, so the most impressive parts aren't shown here.
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The docent made a point of saying that no AUTHORIZED biography of Duke has been published, but I'm hoping to watch one of the scandalized movies about her life sometime soon...
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