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==In modern culture== Berkeley Castle was used for many scenes for the 2003 television film of ''[[The Other Boleyn Girl (2003 film)|The Other Boleyn Girl]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scope.nottingham.ac.uk/filmreview.php?issue=16&id=1206 |title=Scope | Issue 16| Film Reviews |publisher=Scope.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=20 October 2012 |archive-date=27 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727212200/http://www.scope.nottingham.ac.uk/filmreview.php?issue=16&id=1206 |url-status=live }}</ref> More recently the castle and grounds have been used for the external shots of the Valencian castle in ''[[Galavant]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.thespec.com/whatson-story/6062310-tv-has-become-positively-medieval |title=The Spec |access-date=8 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215100240/http://m.thespec.com/whatson-story/6062310-tv-has-become-positively-medieval |archive-date=15 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2019, the castle β both interior and exterior β was used as a filming location for Season 2 of ''[[The Spanish Princess]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0edhIjcdYEo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/0edhIjcdYEo| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=BEHIND THE SCENES: THE SPANISH PRINCESS|website=[[YouTube]] |date=3 October 2020 | access-date=5 October 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The castle is featured in an episode of the [[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)#Season 9 (2017)|2017 season]] of the genealogy documentary television series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', when American actress [[Courteney Cox]] learnt of her ancestry. Cox was informed that she is a 21-generation direct descendant of [[Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley]] and 22-generation descendant of Lord Berkeley's father-in-law, [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March]], also learning of their parts in the murder of [[Edward II of England|King Edward II of England]] in 1327.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/courteney-cox-learns-her-ancestors-were-kings-and-kingslayers-093318509.html |title=Courteney Cox Learns Her Ancestors Were Kings and Kingslayers |author=SuperFan |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=2017-03-06 |access-date=2018-07-16 |archive-date=30 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830063428/https://www.yahoo.com/tv/courteney-cox-learns-her-ancestors-were-kings-and-kingslayers-093318509.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Castle's website lists additional productions which have completed some filming there.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berkeley-castle.com/filming-location|title=Berkeley Castle as a filming location|date=27 April 2020 |work=Berkeley Castle|access-date=7 October 2023|quote=}}</ref> Two [[Royal Navy]] [[Warship|ship]]s have been named ''[[HMS Berkeley Castle|Berkeley Castle]]'' after the [[Earls of Berkeley]],<ref>{{Cite Colledge2006}}</ref> as was a [[List of GWR 4073 Class locomotives|Great Western Railway steam locomotive]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_cas.htm |title=4073 'Castle' class |work=The Great Western Archive |access-date=27 December 2008 |last=Daniel |first=John |archive-date=25 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225103421/http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_cas.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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