When I was told my grandfather was Spanish I was intrigued, Orchard does not sound very Spanish! I wondered if there may be the proverbial ‘skeleton in the cupboard’ and so I set out to try and shed light on those possibly dark events of the not too distant past. Little did I know that my journey of discovery would take me to the Spanish Inquisition, Christopher Columbus, the African/Caribbean slave trade, country mansions in Devon, corrupt members of Parliament, Victorian houses in Pimlico, London, high office in government and to the Royal family of today. It is a long and fascinating story ...