Li Lianglei always put a hammer in the middle of the night, so that the work and rest of the melon-eating masses were disrupted.
This divorce lawsuit you sang and I appeared, and the news was full of revelations, which was really dizzying. Although I don't chase the stars, I still grew up listening to the songs of some people, and now, it is not a collapsed house, but I am not willing to step on a few feet, and I can only sigh that a woman is afraid of marrying the wrong man. so
Today, we will tell a very famous story of "marrying the wrong man" in the last century.
Margaret Campbell
Margaret Campbell, Thedirtyduchess, a duchess who was accused in court by her husband of having an illicit relationship with as many as 88 men at the time of divorce.
The second half of her life was completely ruined by this accusation, and people no longer admired her beauty and charm, but mocked her indiscretion, and even fell to the court herself.
Born with a golden spoon
When telling a story, let's go back to the beginning of the story. Margaret Campbell, formerly known as Ethel Margaret Whigam, was born into a wealthy family in Scotland. As the only daughter of the family, Margaret was supposed to be loved by her parents. It's just that her self-made rich father, George Whigam, like all successful people, flutters the bunting flag outside, and although he gives the two women in the family rich material enjoyment, he neglects to give emotionally.
Margaret Whigam
And her beautiful mother, because of her husband's snub, became a nervous and moody lady. She tried to mentally control little Margaret,
When the little girl stuttered, what was ushered in was not the comfort of the mother, but a disappointed face to tell the daughter: "Your stuttering makes you doomed to be a loser." ”
Margaret, who looks cute and jade snow, grows up in this twisted family as a girl dressed in exquisite clothes, proud like a small peacock, but stubborn and rebellious at heart, and will bring out a little stutter when she is nervous.
David Nevin
As a teenager, Margaret followed her parents to the United States, where she became famous when she was studying in New York. The exquisite beauty who grew up richly, dressed in expensive and fashionable clothes, is the focus of people's eyes wherever they go, and there are always countless suitors around them. Even the famous "Hollywood gentleman" of the time, David Nevin, who starred in "Massacre on the Nile", was once her under the skirt. It is said that Margaret once stole the forbidden fruit and conceived a child for David, but this matter was soon learned by her father, and the rich man sent his daughter to a private hospital for a secret abortion, and then Margaret was sent to Paris, and the relationship ended.
"Celebrity of the Year" in the social season
Whether the relationship experience was true or not, at the time, there were no rumors about the relationship. The 18-year-old Margaret successfully entered the social world, because of her beauty and wealthy demeanor, Margaret was named "Lady of the Year".
Because of this perfect appearance, Margaret has a large number of suitors. Of these, Charles Guy Fulk Greville, Earl of Warwick, was the most handsome. Soon after, Margaret Whigham announced her engagement to the Earl of Warwick.
Charles Guy Fulk Graville
But before the wedding could take place, the two men's feelings had fallen apart, supposedly because Margaret had empathized with Charles Sweeney, the famous golf star of the time. The handsome Irish-American man is also an American securities broker, and his family also owns millions of dollars.
Charles Sweeney's wedding to Margaret
The new Charles was no more handsome than the old Charles, but his quest was more intense, and Margaret felt that the latter one clearly loved her more. Margaret, who broke away from her marriage contract, threw herself into the arms of the new Charles, and the two of them married 3 years later. The wedding ceremony was so grand that the two rich families spared no money, and the ceremony was so vast that it paralyzed the riders' bridge traffic. At this time, Margaret was 21 years old, and after marriage, Margaret accepted her heart and gave birth to 1 man and 1 woman with her husband. There are about 7-8 children who have been miscarried.
Charles's wedding to Margaret
Unfortunately, the man whom Margaret considered to "love her" was not loyal to the marriage. While Margaret was struggling to conceive, Charles was attending various banquets. And Margaret was keenly aware that her husband had cheated on her, more than once.
Margaret had hated her mother so much, and her father kept cheating on her, but she didn't know it, but she tortured herself and her children over and over again at home. Now, when she faces the same situation, her choice is to be patient.
Margaret couple and children
A proud and stubborn woman, in the face of her husband's infidelity, actually made the same choice as her mother. She knew that this choice would make her unhappy, and even drive herself crazy, but she chose to be silent. But the husband did not relent, and even gradually began to hide, "frankly" put his extramarital affair in front of Margaret.
After 14 years, Margaret finally chose not to endure anymore, and she and her first husband Charles got together, divorced, and returned to the social scene.
Duchess of Argyle
Divorced Margaret is only 35 years old, and she is well maintained and adds a bit of mature girl's sexy charm to the young girl. There is still no shortage of suitors around her, and she has talked about several boyfriends, but in the end she has not been able to enter the marriage. At this time, Margaret encountered the greatest calamity of her life.
The Duke of Argyle, a hereditary British nobleman, was one of the Queen's representatives in Scotland.
This title can be said to have a long history, as early as 1433, the first Generation of Lancastrian CountS from the Argyle, the family has been active in Scottish lands. In 1651, Earl VIII of the Stuart dynasty of Argyle was crowned "King of Scotland". By 1701, because Archibald Campbell had sided with William III in the Glorious Revolution, the title of Earl had been promoted to Duke. The marriage of John George Edward Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of the IX, to Princess Louise, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, was one of the highlights of the family. All in all, the style of this family is old and dignified, and I did not expect to come here with Ian Douglas Campbell, the eleventh Duke of Argyle, but I fell in love with Margaret at a glance.
Family crest of the Argyle family
The Duke was still with his second Duchess, but had already begun to plan his pursuit of Margaret. Faced with the playboy's passionate pursuit, Margaret soon became obsessed with the Duke's rhetoric. We have to say that a man who came out of high society, once he uses means to please women, is absolutely overwhelming.
The status of the duke, the aristocratic conversation, the low-key and luxurious little gifts fascinated Margaret. Margaret soon became prey to dukes of Argyle, who then quickly divorced his second wife and immediately proposed to Margaret.
When she got the news that Margaret was about to remarry, even her ex-husband hurriedly wrote a letter to dissuade her. Men know men better, and ex-husband Charles wrote in his letter:
"I really want you to be happy, but don't fool yourself, Campbell (Duke of Argyle) behaves out of love, because he's not such a person at all, and he's not going to be the person you want." He married the first two wives purely because of money, and you will not be an exception. ”
However, at this time, Margaret could not listen to anyone's advice, she was beautiful, rich, but lacked love. At this time, a man of high status and personable demeanor showed his vulnerability and love in front of her, hoping to be able to connect with her, and what reason did she have to refuse?
Margaret married Duke Ian
On 23 March 1951, Margaret remarried to Ian Douglas Campbell, becoming Campbell's third duchess.
A man who cheats money and cheats on sex
After the marriage, Margaret soon asked her father to pay money to repair the roof of the Duke of Argyle's ancestral home, The Castle of Inverly. Then he paid for it and redeemed a part of the Argyle family's ancestral belongings that had been mortgaged and sold. Even the tuition for Ian's ex-wife to give birth to his child was paid by Margaret.
Margaret with her husband at Inverly Castle
Margaret didn't care much about the money, she was born rich and didn't pay much attention to money. But Ian's attitude made her unacceptable, and the man soon showed his moody, even violent side. He tried to beat her up after drinking, humiliating his wife in public to make her lose face... All of this made Margaret extremely disappointed in her marriage. At this time, Ian brazenly offered to let Margaret sell her London apartment to renovate his house, but Margaret flatly refused. The two have since separated, playing their own.
Margaret believes that the two have reached the general consensus of high society, that is, you are out there picking flowers and weeds, I entertain "guests" at home, and everyone does not interfere with each other.
But duke Argyle didn't think so, and since this woman was no longer willing to spend money for herself, let's change it! And this time, he was determined to put the "charge" of divorce on Margaret's head.
Margaret with her husband, Duke Ian
One day in '59, while Margaret was in New York, Ian found someone to pry open his wife's apartment at 48 Upper Griffner Street in London, where he stole Margaret's diary, letters, and photographs. The things stolen by Ian were handed over to the court as evidence of her accusations against his wife.
However, a distraught Ian feels that this is not enough, and he tries to prove that Margaret broke her brain in a 43-year elevator accident and is not in good spirits. But because several of the psychiatrists he had invited refused to sign the documents, the allegations of the so-called "mad woman" had to be aborted. The two began a divorce lawsuit that shocked countless people on the "family ugly".
The dirty Duchess was born
The divorce was heard in Edinburgh, and the presiding judge, Whitley, was a Catholic of Jewish descent who was said to have a close relationship with the Duke of Argyle.
In court, Ian fully demonstrated his eloquent talent, gushing accusations against Margaret, claiming that she often did not return home at night or did not return home drunk until the early hours of the morning; adding that she had countless lovers, and took Margaret's diary and many photographs as evidence.
Ian even made a list of 88 people who allegedly had one leg with Margaret, including senior politicians and members of the British royal family.
One of the photos that has been most widely circulated shows Margaret wearing only a three-layer pearl necklace and engaging in intimate exercises with a man who has not been photographed... Because the men in the photo are only photographed below the neck, the identity of the "headless man" has aroused widespread discussion among the public.
Duncan Santis
Such news, even in today's era of information explosion, once exposed, it will inevitably attract countless netizens to discuss. Far away is like the "nude photos gate" of that year, and the recent one says that Wang Lihong's divorce can hang on the hot list for a week. And the Duchess's "those things", even if it is a catch of wind and shadows, will attract people's attention, let alone "there is a picture and a truth".
I reasonably suspect that someone with a heart took advantage of the scandal by turning the glamorous lawsuit into a political affair. It is also not known when public opinion was led to believe that the man in the photo was Duncan Santis, then British Defence Secretary. At the time of the crowd, the Duke of Argyle spoke in court: "The photograph was taken with a Polaroid camera, and the only Polaroid camera in England at that time was lent to the Ministry of Defence." After the remarks fermented, Duncan Santis, who could not wash the dirty water, resigned from the cabinet. Several members of the royal family involved have avoided overseas, and even the Kennedy family on the other side of the ocean has been involved in this fragrant lawsuit.
In the streets and alleys, even the peddlers and pawns heard about the scandal. People gleefully talked about the details of the lawsuit, discussed Margaret's, and even laughed at the nobles who were high up in the day. Even if several people on this list are gay and gay, it is impossible to have an affair with Margaret, but in this national carnival, Whocare?
From beginning to end, Margaret was silent about the identity of this "headless man", about a broken jar, and she did not refute the gay friends.
In May 1963, the three-month divorce war came to an end. Judge Whitley declared that Margaret was an "adulterer" and that the Duke of Argyle's request for divorce was legitimate and reasonable. If it were just this sentence, Margaret's life would not be so sad. The old-fashioned Wheatley's next rhetoric was even more intense, claiming that according to the physical evidence, Margaret was a woman with a "strong sexual desire" and that normal sexual relations could not satisfy her at all, so she used promiscuity to satisfy her inferior disgusting desires.
When Margaret heard her lawyer relay the sentence, she was so excited that she almost fainted. She had no idea that a judge could make such an excessive statement. He had no mercy and engraved the pain forever on another person.
Divorce cases are common, while dukes and couples are naked
Tear the skin off your face
Divorce cases are by no means common.
Judge Lord Whitley essentially sentenced Margaret to death in England, and she was discredited and disgraced. From then on, Margaret was given the title of "Dirty Duchess" until her death.
The story after the divorce
Several of the children born to Margaret and her ex-husband Charles had no choice but to alienate their mothers, not really believing the words in the verdict, but being fearful of words, and they were afraid of gossip. Margaret, already in her early 50s, was discredited, unable to remarry, and after several failed investments, her assets shrank dramatically. However, she was accustomed to the days of a drunken fan, and was not willing to lower her living standards, resulting in being kicked out of the hotel because she could not afford to pay rent.
At this time, her first husband reached out, first arranging an apartment for her, and then funding her several times, but it was obviously a drop in the bucket for Margaret, who loved to spend money. So she thought of a good idea, to publish a memoir. But she apparently didn't expect that because of her bad reputation, she wouldn't be able to sell a few copies of her memoirs. She had to go the other way and developed her home, 48 Grosvenor Street, into a tourist attraction that would welcome all of them, but of course, such a visit would require a fee.
And then the two children born in the first marriage put her in a nursing home.
In '93, Margaret died in a nursing home after a wrestling attempt at the age of 81. He was buried in the cemetery with her first husband, Charles.
Ian, Duke of Argyle, divorced Margaret in the same year married his fourth rich wife, Madil Dacost Mortimer. And the duke's rich love history and many marriages and divorces with rich women made the awakened people find that the crow laughed at the black pig, who was more noble than whom? Because I was disgusted by his shameless and rogue style,
White's, a club where London's elite gathered, expelled him. But apart from that, the Duke did not pay any price, and he continued to spend his life drinking until his death after a stroke in 1973.
In her later years, Margaret admitted on a TV show that she was indeed vain and liked to be noticed.
I don't think there's anything to blame for, most humans have similar problems, vanity, greed for money, lust, and a desire to be the center of the world. For Margaret, who is born beautiful and born with wealth that others cannot accumulate in their lifetimes, she has stood at the top and asked for nothing more than fame or love.
In the first marriage, we can obviously see Margaret's humble pursuit of love, but after shedding several children, she understands that love has come and gone, and it is also very decisive to leave, and it is unreliable to live in silence. She may not love Ian either, but he is the Duke of Argyle, and he can fulfill Margaret's desire to be noticed and become the focus of attention. She succeeded, but became at the center of the scandal in a way she would never have expected.
Admittedly, Margaret is by no means a good girl in the traditional sense, she does have lovers, she is also extravagant and wasteful, she does not act in a low-key manner, be tolerant and generous, and give selflessly, but this is not a reason for her to suffer slut humiliation. She was the first woman to be publicly humiliated by the whole country in The United Kingdom because of scandalous photos, but with her position, she should not have suffered from this. The relationship between men and women in high society is really chaotic, and few lovers can prove their charm. The British aristocracy is even more obscure and low-key in the way of handling affairs, as long as they do not make elopement and other things on the table, everyone can cover up a bed and talk slowly. Margaret, on the other hand, sadly became a social victim, she was squeezed out of britain with no place to stay, while the male protagonist in the scandal seemed to be a perfect victim, remarried, and spent the money of the new lady.
Eventually, the queen of scandal died in poverty and illness, leaving behind a famous saying:
"Always only the poodle was with me. In life, only dogs can still be relied on. Plus a three-layer pearl necklace, they together are all I've ever had in my life. ”