Daphne Guinness has opened up about the ‘blessing and curse’ of her family's dynastic history Jeff Spicer/Getty ImagesAll eyes are on the Guinness family, as audiences wonder whether Netflix will renew House of Guinness for a second season after the James Norton and Louis Patridge led biopic went down smoother than a pint of the black stuff. But what is life as a member of this historic Anglo-Irish dynasty really like? Wonder no more, as Daphne Guinness – rockstar socialite, Queen of the Cool Britannia fashion scene, and muse to the late Karl Lagerfeld – has revealed all. Naturally, it is a tale of two sides, with Daphne describing the legacy as a ‘paradox’, viewing it as a ‘blessing and a curse’. It can open a door, but then it's what you do after you open that door.’