‘Southern Charm’ Icon—and ‘White Lotus’ Inspiration’—Patricia Altschul Offers Rare Glimpse Inside Private Quarters of Her Charleston Mansion

Southern Charm” star Patricia Altschul is as much a fixture of Charleston’s high society as the pink, palatial downtown mansion where she holds court.

The Richmond, VA-born socialite, who spent a significant portion of her adult life in New York, made the move down South in 2008, six years after the death of her third husband, Arthur Altschul.

In the years since, Patricia Altschul, 84, has become a veritable icon of the area and beyond, so much so that her opulent lifestyle and sassy personality are said to have inspired Parker Posey‘s character in “The White Lotus,” Victoria Ratliff.

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