She also almost died during a horrific accident while visiting her chiropodist, in which she fell down a lift shaft. Sex is all she is good for. That romance also ended without the couple formalising their liaison, since the mother of two "feared that Ted was not 'stepfather material'". Nearly 30 years after her death, the story of the Duchess and her sensational downfall has been dramatised on screen in the BBC's A . Now there may be a showdown brewing over billions of dollars in kids fare. [1] Her numerous early romances included an affair with Prince George, Duke of Kent. Glamorous top lawyer, 27, is arrested and charged with multi-million dollar fraud: Cops search her flamboyant Another close call! And the first woman to be a megastar to find the public turning against her. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Margaret had eight miscarriages and a stillborn child before managing to produce two children: one became the Duchess of Rutland and mother to the current duke, the other a sensible businessman. A POLAROID picture was one of the key pieces of evidence in the scandalous divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll. Sat 18 Dec 2021 02.00 EST. Their wedding day in 1933 was a glamorous affair, stopping traffic for three hours as 2,000 guests attended the Brompton Oratory in west London while another 2,000 onlookers gathered to see the stunning 28ft train to her Norman Hartnell wedding gown. She was bad and childish in the way she tried to demonise others to get her own way but she holds an important place in social history. Margaret is played by Claire Foy (our young Queen in The Crown), with a script by Sarah Phelps. 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In his summing up before granting the divorce to the duke, the Scottish judge pronounced that Margaret was a highly sexed woman who had ceased to be satisfied with normal relations and had started to indulge in what I can only describe as disgusting sexual activities to gratify a basic sexual appetite. A wealthy heiress and one of the most colourful figures of the swinging sixties, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, married the Duke of Argyll, her second husband, in 1951. Inside, he discovered a cache of evidence of her infidelities, including Polaroid pictures of her with another man. Ethel Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll ( ne Whigham, formerly Sweeny; 1 December 1912 - 25 July 1993) was a Scottish heiress, socialite, and aristocrat who was most famous for her 1951 marriage and much-publicised 1963 divorce from her second husband, Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll. Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, at an event with her friend, Lady Edith Foxwell, in 1959. [15] She dropped her case the day of the hearing due to lack of a witness, and later had to pay a judgment of 25,000 to her stepmother, who sued her for libel, slander, and conspiracy to suborn perjury. Shortly afterwards, she announced her engagement to Charles Guy Fulke Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick. According to The Grit in the Pearl, Ian and Margarets marriage spiraled into mutual infidelities. He filed for divorce. Her fathers generosity dried up as he stepped down from his chair at Celanese, and a new, younger second wife entered the picture. Inventing Ivana Trump: Her Improbable Rise and Tragic Death. 'It's grim - it's the grimmest thing you can do. Four years later, the Sweenys divorced. User @strutcakes said: 'Watching A Very British Scandal in front of my parents was not the best idea. Even her mother (Phoebe Nicholls) has nothing but contempt for her: My daughter, an adulteress, a round-heel the squalor of it.. Her pleasures are vapid, her friends are sarcastic. If I can get a Lebanese, I am delighted, said Margaret. I had become a duchess and mistress of a historic castle. to "You're Mussolini / You're Mrs Sweeny". Her attitude to the sanctity of marriage was what moderns would call enlightened but which in plain language was wholly immoral.'. [27] It was reprinted in 1995 by Pan Books, and in 2021, to coincide with the TV series A Very British Scandal, by Swift Press. Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class. Her beauty was much spoken of, and she had youthful romances with Prince Aly Khan, millionaire aviator Glen Kidston and publishing heir Max Aitken, later the second Lord Beaverbrook. Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, at an event with her friend, Lady Edith Foxwell, in 1959. 25 Feb/23. [2], In 1928 the future actor David Niven, then 18, had sex with 15-year-old Margaret during a holiday at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. The hill he is going to die on is putting the sexuality of women into a box marked disgusting. Hes the one who absolutely destroys her. He was a bad man before he went in,says Phelps. Ian had referred to Margaret as Satan. She was thought to be the inspiration for Cole Porters 1934 song Youre the Top. Society ached to know his identity, and the duke was even required to pose naked to prove the torso wasnt his. Margaret Sweeny, nee Whigham, photographed in 1935. Later, the Duke of Argyll claimed that the blow to Margarets head had made her become a nymphomaniac. The headless man, or men, in the photographs were never identified. The number allegedly included cabinet members, Hollywood actors, and members of the royal family. It goes all around the world. The couple divorced in 1947, and she went on to become engaged again to Lehman Brothers banker Joseph Thomas, although they never married. But if there was one thing Margaret learned over the decades and her various scandals, it was that she could not and would not ever change. He was American airline executive William "Bill" Lyons, according to Duchess Margaret Campbell's ex-daughter-in-law. Her penury grinds at her, worse and worse and worse., But even in poverty, Margaret refused to change her ways to appeal to the public. The Queen epitomises everything selfless, noble and honest about a traditional ruling class. And thank God Ive had it., George Whigham made sure Margaret had a different couture dress for each event and was so tireless in promoting his daughter that he was accused of hiring press agents. But strip away the sense of duty and decency, and what you are left with is the Duchess of Argyll riches without real value, privilege without a raison detre. To convey all that is an impossible task but Foy manages to hint at so much not the detail, but the substance. There was no legal recourse. "She. This richly detailed, three-part costume drama which continues tonight portrays her second marriage to the Duke of Argyll and the notorious divorce battle that ended it. I had a really wonderful time from the period between 43 and 51. Well, some ghastly mistakes, she laughed. By 1959, and determined to divorce since Margarets father had decided to stop paying his bills, he had gained access to her Queen Anne house on Upper Grosvenor Street while she was abroad, and called in a locksmith to crack the locks of the private drawers and cupboards containing her memorabilia. In 1943, she fell nearly 40ft down a lift shaft, surviving but with a significant trauma to her head: many say the fall altered her personality, and that she was a different woman afterwards. His number Youre The Top namechecked the Colosseum, the feet of Fred Astaire and Mrs Sweeny. But in the days when society scandals were few and far between, this one was the ne plus ultra. Nonetheless, after the divorce, that was all anyone ever talked about in connection with Margaret. She published a haughty memoir, Forget Not, in which she offered entertaining tips and entitlement in reamsbut nothing about the men shed written about in her diary. Even at 37 seeing sex scenes on TV with them in the room is all kinds of awkward. And I have given up hopes of any improvement., Says Phelps, Shes sort of brilliant and tragic in a way, but also triumphant. In an age where aristocratic women were primarily simply required to be beautiful and wealthy, Margaret found herself with no shortage of suitors and was named debutante of the year in 1930. Her romances were legend. After completing her education in New York, she moved back to the UK, where her beauty and status as an heiress made her much in-demand on the social scene. [She was] a passionate woman with her own morality, because anybody that doesnt give up their friends, that cuts a lot of ice with me.. The couple married in 1951, but their marriage soon turned sour after the Duke accused Margaret of being unfaithful. Viewers could have expected a fair few sex scenes in the series, after Foy said ahead of its launch that she finds filming them unpleasant, and that they make her feel 'exposed' and 'exploited'. The first woman to be slut shamed. That, and three strands of pearls, she reportedly said at the time. 12 years later, the duke sued for divorce, accusing Margaret of infidelity and producing evidence, in the form of Polaroid photographs of Margaret engaged in sexual acts, to prove it. A friend of mine, born in 1932, explained to me: You have no idea how drab things were in the days before 15 minutes of fame for everyone. The marriage did not last long before fractures began to form, and the duke, suspicious that his wife had been unfaithful, hired a locksmith to break into her private drawers while she was away in New York. The first time we glimpse Claire Foy as the forlornly imperious Duchess of Argyll, she is a prisoner in the back of her own limousine, surrounded by a public that hates her. I had money. Hundreds of history documentaries, ad free podcasts and subscriber rewards. The list is said to include two government ministers and three members of the British royal family. "[17] Many of the men the Duchess was alleged to have slept with were homosexual; she was unwilling to divulge this as sexual acts between men were illegal in the United Kingdom at the time. But why was this divorce case particularly scandalous? Not a serious thought in my head. "Together they are absolutely the essential things in life."[29]. Many of the 88 men listed were in fact homosexual, but given that homosexuality was illegal in Britain at the time, Margaret stayed quiet in order not to betray them on a public stage. The judge commented that the Duchess had indulged in "disgusting sexual activities". In those days, one episode of adultery was enough to justify a divorce. Upon seeing the presented evidence in court, the judge, Lord Wheatley, said: There is enough in her own admissions and proven facts to establish that by 1960 she was a completely promiscuous woman whose sexual appetite could only be satisfied with a number of men. She radiates that discomfort and shame, until we feel it ourselves. Second World War veteran or not, he is without any redeeming grace or even charm. [4], On 21 February 1933, following her conversion to Roman Catholicism,[2] Margaret married Sweeny at the Brompton Oratory, London. The toxic love affair between the Duke and Duchess started with Margaret divorcing her then-husband to marry Ian, who would become the Duke of Argyll. I told the truth. [2] Still, she observed in her memoirs, "[W]e continued to see each other constantly."[2]. In 1951 she wed Ian Douglas Campbell, the 11th Duke of Argyll, after meeting him on a train at Pariss Gare du Nord station in 1949. After she married American golfer Charles Sweeny, Cole Porter counted her among the worlds greatest glories. After completing her education in New York, she moved back to the UK, where her beauty and status as an heiress made her much in-demand on the social scene. He took Margaret, hung a scarlet letter around her neck, and hung her out for the crowds to pick at her. All she can see is how sexy that danger seems. Imagine the courage that takes., Shes a hot mess. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. During the divorce proceedings, the Duke produced various incriminating letters and photographs, which he took from the Duchess's Mayfair home. I feel a bit ashamed because until I started looking into her life I had written off Margaret, Duchess of Argyll as no more than a joke figure. Image Credit: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo. ', Michael Wave, user @SzMarsupial joked: 'Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone else who is now locked into watching a very British scandal with their families, not realising how much sex there would be in it.'. Like everybody, Id do anything to have it all over again. she said. For four decades, the money cascaded into the Whigham account year after year. But the story is too good for me to tell it all to you you must watch the biopic. He first met Margaret by chance rather than design, sitting opposite her on the Golden Arrow train from Paris to London. She also lent her name as author to a guide to entertaining. Margaret had eight miscarriages and a stillborn child before managing to produce two children: one became the Duchess of Rutland and mother to the current duke, the other a sensible businessman. She became a life-long patron of the designer, as well as Victor Stiebel and Angle Delanghe. Ivana Marie Zelnkov escaped from behind the Iron Curtain to storm New York City and help create the twisted miracle of Donald Trump. And Margaret was so beautiful and so rich. Their marriage, at the Brompton Oratory, stopped traffic in Knightsbridge for 3 hours and was declared the wedding of the decade by many in attendance. You feel exposed. But Margarets reign as a femme fatale was to come to an end. [10], Granting the divorce, Lord Wheatley, the presiding judge, said the evidence established that the Duchess "was a completely promiscuous woman whose sexual appetite could only be satisfied with a number of men". The Headless Man in the salacious pictures of the duchess disclosed in the divorce case has never been definitively identified. He had made a fortune successfully marketing a new type of artificial silk called Celanese. Unfortunately, I am only too aware that I am still the same gullible, impulsive, over-optimistic Dumb Bunny, Margaret is quoted as saying by The Telegraph. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Most famous of said scandals was the infamous divorce case bought by Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll. What is she for? She wrote later in life: I had wealth, I had good looks. The financial circumstances of this one-time society darling were now much reduced; she had moved into an apartment in Grosvenor House from where, every night, she would still set out to West End parties to gallery openings, book launches and celebratory dinners. The pictures were part of a legal case the duke drew up against the duchess as part of divorce proceedings, alongside a list of 88 men he accused her of having sex with behind his back. Margaret Campbell, the famously beautiful Duchess of Argyll, had been a celebrity - and a source of scandal - from even before her debutante days. When in 1933 Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, posed in her Norman Hartnell wedding dress, she needed a big room - her train and veil covered the entire floor and wisped on . Margaret's rumoured affair with the ex-press officer at the Savoy was named as one of the key affairs in the divorce proceedings. And what were the infamous Polaroid photos that proved so contentious? The first woman to have been the victim of hacking, in that her own diaries and photos were stolen and used against her. The ensuing divorce case was splashed across newspaper front pages. Margaret did not mention the episode in her 1975 memoirs, but she continued to adore Niven until the day he died. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Crypto But shes iconic, says Phelps, who is thrilled that U.S. viewers will learn of this unconventional woman when A Very British Scandal premieres. Lord Dennings report has been sealed until 2063: it was reviewed after 30 years by the then Prime Minister, John Major, who decided to keep the testimonies firmly sealed for a further 70 years. She struck a lonely figure many times during the first hour, whether trying to entertain her step-children or plunging into a one-night stand after a party, but she never looked more alone than when the public turned on her. Many have retrospectively described her as the first woman to be publicly slut-shamed, and whilst the term is somewhat anachronistic, it was certainly one of the first times a womans sexuality was quite so publicly, roundly and explicitly condemned. She was ordered to pay most of the 50,000 legal bill. Life was apparently roses all the way. Ian was charming, witty and aristocratic, and although he was married at the time to his second wife (he only married rich women), Margaret took him back to her flat and went to bed with him after the train arrived in London. During her divorce from the duke, she became the most despised woman in Britain, denounced in the courts and from every pulpit as an adulteress. Dozens of cuttings in the Daily Mail archives describe her appearance at every ball her dresses, her jewellery, the young men jostling around her. Another quote gives an insight into her personality: "Always a poodle, only a poodle! As such, Margaret developed a stammer for which she was treated unsuccessfully by Lionel Logue, King George VI's speech therapist. Following the scandal, he offered to resign from the cabinet but his resignation was declined. [1] After the end of her first marriage, Margaret was briefly engaged to a Texas-born banker, Joseph Thomas of Lehman Brothers, but he fell in love with another woman and the engagement was broken. Everywhere she turns, she just comes straight up against the thing of like, you have no recourse.. She is best remembered as a nymphomaniac socialite who disgraced the House of Argyll when a collection of diaries and explicit Polaroids were stolen by her husband, Ian Campbell, the 11th Duke of Argyll, to be used as . She cannot have spoilt herself. Inside Wealth-Conference Con Man Anthony Ritossas Wild Web of Lies, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodwards Daughters Appreciated the Fuck Hut Detail Too. She was targeted by an impoverished duke who had inherited the dukedom of Argyll faute de mieux (he was the first cousin once removed of the 10th duke) and a castle in ruins the Gothic revival Inveraray. She described herself as "always vain". GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. That attack wounds her, because it exposes Margarets deepest fears about herself. All rights reserved. The presiding judge, in his 50,000-word judgement, described Margaret as a completely promiscuous woman' who was wholly immoral because she engaged in disgusting sexual activities. But by the early 1960s, Margarets fortunes had reversed on an epic scale. Ian owed a lot of money due to his own gambling addiction and he calculated that Margarets father might help him out financially. As a young woman, her beauty was renowned in society and she was courted by princes and millionaires, welcoming playwright Noel Coward, actor Cary Grant and oil tycoon J Paul Getty, among others, to her Mayfair home. Though she did once say "the only Polaroid camera in the country" was kept at the Ministry of Defence. After the historic case she never remarried, and lost much of her fortune in later life. [14], The Duchess counter-petitioned the divorce, accusing the Duke of committing adultery with her stepmother, Jane Corby Wigham. He has no intention of entirely ditching his American second wife, Louise (Sophia Myles). He claimed she had taken on an amazing 88 lovers, including cabinet ministers, Hollywood stars and royals, during their marriage. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1980", "For sale: London residence where Duchess scandalised society", "Tony Wilson 'Britain's finest live presenter', "Duchess of Argyll's funeral demonstrates that feelings will not rest", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret_Campbell,_Duchess_of_Argyll&oldid=1126443115, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from January 2022, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Her divorce from the Duke of Argyll was dramatised in the, This page was last edited on 9 December 2022, at 10:25. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll's infamous 1963 divorce captured the public's attention with its twists and scandalous revelations. After the case Margaret fell out with her daughter Frances, who had not wanted her to oppose the divorce, and thanks to her extravagant lifestyle and some bad investments her fortune diminished. Eight months after her wedding, the nation held its breath as she fought for her life, following a disastrous stillbirth. Her lawyer argues shes being overcharged, and the case seems destined to become the latest front in the ongoing debate over criminal justice in the city. A POLAROID picture was one of the key pieces of evidence in the scandalous divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll. The first episode of the three-part series, which aired last night, showed Margaret (Foy) seducing a man at a dinner party before romping with her on-screen husband at his Scottish stately home and in a cleaning cupboard at her parents' property. Inside the sad decline of 'Fairy Floss Girl': How the racegoer who shot to fame when Kyle Sandilands gushed that Student who refused to enter arranged marriage was stabbed in the chest with a metal spike by her uncle and Theatre issues trigger warning for production which 'involves the handling of a cooked egg'. Originally published in the January issue, on newsstands now. The first episode took place just 16 minutes into the first episode, between Margaret and an unnamed stranger she meets at a fun-filled dinner party. Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, with her daughter Frances Helen Sweeney . She was on the mailing list of every PR company since she was a duchess and it was known she would go to the opening of the proverbial envelope. Along with other unsuccessful legal suits, she fought a 15-year battle to prevent her stepmother from claiming inheritance of Georges property in the Bahamas under the local dower law. She struck an archaic figure at these 1980s social events, being perfectly groomed and coiffed, bejewelled and couture-clad, with ramrod deportment, but in an era when informal post-hippie was the fashionable vibe. . History Hit brings you the stories that shaped the world through our award winning podcast network and an online history channel. After that, life must have been hard, so very unglamorous and undeferential, and eventually she was reduced to one butler and one maid. . In the aftermath of the scandal, Lord Denning was tasked with investigating whether any breaches of national security had been caused by Profumo's tryst with Keeler. (Always a poodle, only a poodle! Her funeral, a requiem mass, was held at Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street in Mayfair. I was as good of a witness as I could be. Claire Foy is shockingly good for this role, the heiress without purpose, because we are so used to seeing her as Queen Elizabeth in The Crown. The duke divorced Margaret in 1963 and she died in 1993 30 years of infamy that starkly contrasted with the splendour of her youth. Fashion designers and socialites clamoured around the duchess. The mystery man in the explicit photo became known as the 'headless man' and his identity has been largely speculated. The house was always packed with the most amusing people, sometimes 18 to dinner with another 10 joining afterwards, she told her biographer. Margaret did have bursts of romantic happiness but, for one reason after another, none was lasting and successful. Everyones got old and fat.. ', Another, @tguest said: 'I forgot how awkward it was watching sex scenes with a parent till A Very British Scandal tonight. [3], In 1930 Margaret was presented at Court in London and was known as the debutante of that year. The Duchess, Margaret Campbell, was a British socialite known for her lavish lifestyle and a string of high-profile affairs. "I thought he was such a bastard," Margaret told George Hume in a 1990. Three parties a night. Everyone's got old and fat." What Was the Sudeten Crisis and Why Was it So Important? You do feel exploited when you are a woman and you are having to perform fake sex on screen. The couple had agreed to have an open marriage and live separately. A selection of short interviews with Margaret Whigham, Duchess of Argyll. It was evident from the beginning that the . The evidence discovered resulted in the 1963 divorce case,[13] in which the Duke accused his wife of infidelity and included a set of Polaroid photographs of the Duchess naked, save for her signature three-strand pearl necklace, in the company of another man. Ad Choices, Shes iconic, says Sarah Phelps of the socialite unfairly referred to as the Blowjob Duchess following a scandalous divorce trial. After a teen dalliance with actor David Niven, she dated Pakistani diplomat Aly Khan, millionaire aviator Glen Kidston, publishing heir Max Aitken, and Prince George, Duke of Kent, before settling down for the first of two marriages. He also produced 13 Polaroid pictures he had found which showed the duchess and two naked men in her bathroom. A Very British Scandal continues on BBC1 tonight and tomorrow at 9pm. One showed the duchess carrying out a sex act on one of the naked men, whose heads were not seen in any of the shots. Photographs submitted to the Edinburgh court, according to The New York Times, reportedly showed a naked man gratifying himself and pictured her, dressed in nothing but three strands of pearls, performing a sex act on a naked man in the mirrored gilt and silver bathroom of her Mayfair apartment.. 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One particularly damning line: She is a highly sexed woman who has ceased to be satisfied with normal sexual activities and has started to indulge in disgusting sexual activities to gratify a debased sexual appetite that can only be satisfied by a number of men., Phelps believes Margaret was subjected to a form of punishment akin to revenge porn. The Grit in the Pearl von Lyndsy Spence (ISBN 978--7509-9106-3) online kaufen | Sofort-Download - lehmanns.de The mystery man in the explicit photo became known as the 'headless man&# Foy told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour:'It's a really hard line because basically you do feel exploited when you are a woman and you are having to perform fake sex on screen. Margaret Argyll never learnt to boil a kettle and never once made her own bed. 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