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Feb 20, 2024 · One such photo showed the Duchess naked, standing next to a man (also naked), whose head had been cut off by the camera. But who exactly was he?
- Rebecca Fearn
- Heiress and Socialite
- Duchess of Argyll
- The ‘Dirty Duchess’
- Lord Denning’s Report
Born Margaret Whigham, the future Duchess of Argyll was the only daughter of a Scottish materials millionaire. Spending her childhood in New York City, she returned to London around the age of 14 and subsequently began a series of romantic relationships with some of the biggest names of her day. In an age where aristocratic women were primarily sim...
After a string of high profile romances, Margaret married Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, in 1951. Meeting by chance on a train, Argyll told Margaret of some of his experiences as a prisoner of warduring World War Two, omitting the fact that the trauma had left him reliant on alcohol and prescription drugs. Whilst there may well have bee...
The ensuing divorce case was splashed across newspaper front pages. The sheer scandal of photographic evidence of Margaret’s blatant infidelity – she was identifiable by her signature three-strand pearl necklace – was shocking to a world which, in 1963, was on the cusp of a sexual revolution. The headless man, or men, in the photographs were never ...
As part of proceedings, Lord Denning, who had compiled a government report on one of the decade’s other scandals, the Profumo Affair, was tasked with investigating Margaret’s sexual partners in more depth: primarily this was because ministers were concerned Margaret might be a security risk if she had been involved with senior government figures. A...
- Sarah Roller
Jan 1, 2022 · She was publicly shamed when the explicit black-and-white Polaroid image – one of a series of five – was submitted to the courts by her husband, the Duke of Argyll, as part of the most ...
Jan 2, 2022 · Her divorce from the Duke of Argyll was certainly a huge scandal, and the producers quite rightly concentrated on that element of her life which is part of Scottish history of the 1960s and remains the most controversial and famous or infamous divorce case in Scottish legal history.
Peter Wight (born 1950), sometimes credited as Peter Wright, is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Policeman Nige in Early Doors.
Dec 27, 2021 · While she was away, he broke into a cupboard in their shared home in Mayfair and found a set of sexually explicit Polaroid photos of the Duchess, which were later shown in court.
Apr 22, 2022 · Claire Foy, of Netflix’s The Crown, stars in the BBC-produced drama as the Duchess, Margaret Whigham, a glamorous socialite whose extra-marital affairs were thrown into the spotlight by her...
