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Divorce, a perfectly normal thing, was caused by the couple throughout Britain, and the noble lady was humiliated by a slut even to her death, and this matter was remade into a TV series "British Scandal".
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This rich lady's life is tragic and bumpy but wonderful legend, when she died, she was alone, carrying the infamy of the whole society, but she did not regret it at all, what kind of story did she have?
The divorce scandal is known
An elegant British old lady who spent her old age alone in a nursing home and fell in the bathroom and died, but after the news came out, it was cheered by many people, and even said: Die well!
Why, exactly?
It goes back to the 1950s, when British mgos talked freely in the high-end ballroom. The melodious symphony and the ornate decorations in the venue are intertwined, and the appearance of a lady wins everyone's attention, and any ornate decoration seems tasteless in front of this woman.
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Crimson cheeks dot her white cheeks, elegant without a hint of maturity, generous and decent manners, she looks particularly dazzling in the crowd.
Her every move was watched by a man, Ian Douglas Campbell, Duke xiii of Argyll.
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The Duke of Argyle has a great history, the hereditary aristocracy of England, and is one of the representatives of the Queen of England in Scotland. This title can be said to have a long history, as early as 1433, the first Generation of Lancastrian Earl Argyle, this family has been active in the land of Scotland, their family style is ancient and dignified.
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Being able to climb up to this famous family can be said to be an infinite scenery. The woman's name is Margaret Whigam, and her family is no less than that, and her father is a well-known rich man, and she is also a rich lady.
Ian fell in love with the woman the moment he saw her, and the woman's smile was like a picture in his mind, and he fell hopelessly in love with her. When his second wife was still around, he launched a crazy attack on the woman. Margaret saw that the man was so obsessed, so she accepted his kindness, and the two soon began a relationship.
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In 1951, she finally married the Duke of Algay, who was 9 years her senior, and became his third wife. Newlywed Yan'er, the two are sweet and happy, Ian cares for Margaret, what jewelry luxury, as long as Margaret wants, Ian will buy her home.
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Just when Margaret thinks she has found true love, Ian gradually begins to reveal his true nature, and alcoholism, infidelity, and domestic violence are not left behind.
Not only that, he also owes a huge gambling debt because of gambling, and the debt collectors repeatedly come to the door to clamor, and in desperation, Margaret can only use her savings to pay off her husband's debts.
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Margaret's indulgence did not summon Ian's tenderness, but made him even more intense, at a time when the aura of the Duke of Argyle had long been removed, and beneath the mask was his endless desire and violence.
Margaret's rich family property he had long coveted, and after Margaret paid him off his gambling debts, he began to open his mouth widely, asking Margaret to pay for him to build the old castle.
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Margaret was not happy to have used all her heart to coax herself home, but now to treat herself so ruthlessly, she refused Ian's request and filed for a divorce from him.
A cash cow ran away in vain, how could Ian stop there, and the divorce battle between the two began. In order to win this lawsuit, the two can be said to have used everything to the extreme, constantly prosecuting, appealing, exposing black material, and using all means.
Simulate a scene
Due to the stalemate between the two sides, the divorce lawsuit was fought for 5 years, and it was not until 1963 that Ian used "extraordinary means" to make new progress.
One day, while Margaret was on a trip, Ian sneaked into her home, stole her diary and a large number of intimate photographs, and handed them over to the court as evidence.
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Among the pieces of evidence was a photograph that caught the judge's attention. Margaret wears a three-tiered pearl necklace and a photograph of a naked man, Margaret's body is completely exposed in the photo, but the man's head is cut off, and she is also known as the "faceless man".
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For a time, with all kinds of gossip and gossip, people have different opinions, and speculation about "faceless men" is even more rampant. In addition, Ian provided the court with a list of Margaret's lovers, of whom 88 were among them, including high-ranking politicians and members of the British royal family.
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Such news, even in today's era of information explosion, once exposed, it will inevitably attract countless netizens to discuss. 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".
Margaret's reputation was notorious, and in the streets and alleys, even the peddlers and pawns heard about the scandal, and people gleefully talked about the details of the lawsuit.
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With these so-called "evidences", the court confirmed Margaret's marital infidelity, and in the judgment, the presiding judge publicly described her as "promiscuous woman", "immoral" and "disgusting", and finally ordered her to pay most of the costs of the divorce case.
However, the farce did not end with the divorce case, and rumors about Margaret were widely publicized, and Margaret became the first woman in The UK to be publicly slutted.
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Exhausted by cold eyes and ridicule, she did not make any defense against these evidences from beginning to end, which made the melon-eating masses even more guilty of her crime.
Is this woman really so unbearable?
Childhood tragedies turn into shadows
In fact, what she is doing now is inextricably linked to her tragic childhood, although their family is a well-known rich family, but her father is a big turnip, going out all day to drink and find women.
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Desperate for her husband, the wife could only pin all her hopes on her daughter, and she disciplined Margaret all day long, telling her to make her the most perfect woman, without a single flaw.
But Margaret was not so "perfect", and her mother did not allow her to be left-handed, so she tied her left hand behind her back, forcing her to learn the "correct" way of writing.
Even if she stutters, her mother has no pity, and even threatens her: "Your stuttering makes you doomed to become a loser." ”
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From the age of nine, her mother began to take her to various social places, putting on makeup, perming her hair, pulling out her eyebrows, changing a princess dress every day, and living a delicate life of celebrity.
In the bright light, her mother did not ask little Margaret's thoughts, but dressed her up as an imaginary princess according to her own ideas. Margaret has been subjected to this kind of influence since she was a child, and her life has also pursued refinement and luxury to the extreme.
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After her divorce from duke Algay, her reputation was discredited, and she also lost more than half of her savings. It is difficult to go from luxury to frugality, not to mention that she has been accustomed to such a delicate and luxurious life since she was a child, and spending money is even more generous.
But her property was no longer able to support her huge expenses, she could only sit on the mountain and eat, and finally when there was nothing to eat, she wrote a memoir about her life, and because of her reputation as a "dirty duchess", the memoir was even more poorly reviewed and no one cared.
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Unable to make money writing her autobiography, she developed 48 Grosvenor Street, where she lived, into a tourist attraction for people to visit and collect ticket money to earn living expenses.
At the end of her life, she survived with the financial support of her first husband. From the former rich lady to the later fallen old lady, her experience is lamentable.
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Her childhood experience brought her not only luxurious living habits, but also her deeply affected by her paranoid pursuit of love.
Since she was a child, her mother has only dressed her as a porcelain doll without a soul, and has used the well-behaved and cute little Margaret as a tool to win her husband's heart to go home, and has never paid attention to her daughter's true heart, which has also created her daughter's extremely loveless character.
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Margaret has spent her life chasing the kind of love she wants, but since she began to enjoy the attention of social situations, the pure love she wanted was ultimately out of reach.
After a lifetime, in the end, it is just a single body.
A life of love and unavoidable
Margaret has been wandering in various social places since she was a child, how to stand out in the crowd, how to win the hearts of men, how to socialize, she knows everything.
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At the age of 14, her father sent her to live in the United States, and after living in New York for only two years, she met a large number of well-known people. However, after a few years of absence, Margaret became pregnant, and it is said that the person who made her pregnant was the British actor David Nevin who developed in Hollywood.
Her father was so angry that he became pregnant unmarried at the age of 16, which was a scandal at the time. So he quietly brought his daughter back to England and had an abortion.
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After the storm of this matter slowly faded, Margaret officially entered the social circle and began her social career. She has wealth, beauty, and popularity comparable to that of movie stars, and she has spent time with all kinds of suitors who have shown her affection.
Before the age of 19, he had experienced 4 engagements, and the men were all characters who could be named, including princes, athletes, publishers and counts, but in the end they did not succeed in marriage.
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However, this state did not last long, and at the age of 20, she finally met her first husband, Charles Sweeney, a famous businessman and a person with a head and a face in the social arena.
Both of them were born into wealthy families, and the wedding was naturally quite grand. Everyone wanted to see the grandeur of this century wedding, and they all rushed to the wedding venue to join in the fun, and even as soon as the couple walked out of the door, they were surrounded by passers-by, with more than 3,000 onlookers, resulting in traffic jams on the side of Knightsbridge in London for three hours.
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In the eyes of others, Margaret and Charles are a pair of golden boys, handsome men and women.
But only Margaret knew the difficulties of married life, and she soon discovered that Charles was extremely controlling, a stinky temper, and then very careful.
She said, "The wife Charles wanted was just a beautiful, brainless doll." ”
Even so, Margaret endured for a decent, and in the nearly 15-year marriage, she bore her husband three children, one of whom died eight months later. And according to Margaret's biographer, she also had 8 miscarriages before giving birth.
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When Margaret was a child, she thought that her mother did not dare to expose her father's cheating behavior, but she did not expect that now it was her turn, and she was the same, turning a blind eye to her husband's cheating behavior.
Margaret, who had been lacking love since childhood, thought that this would save her husband's heart and reconcile with her husband. But she was wrong, and indulging in indulgence would only make him worse.
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She despaired when she experienced her last miscarriage, a man who didn't deserve her well-intentionedness. At the age of 35, she divorced her first husband.
Divorced, she is very dashing, going to all over the country to play, without bearing the burden of the family. But at the same time, she also became very empty, and the love she pursued turned out to be like this, and she couldn't help but ask: Is there any pure love in this world that she wants?
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The answer, of course, is no, and the royal family members in the social arena only care about her identity and appearance. In the experience of failed love, she finally understood this truth, so she began to wander between men, until she met the Duke of Algay, who had ruined her reputation.
Death under the shadow cage cover
She spent her later years in a nursing home, because of her scandal, her sons and daughters were reluctant to have any contact with her, and those around her were also cold to her.
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After investigation, the list of 88 lovers included many homosexuals, let alone have an affair with Margaret, which was also proved to be false. But this did not save her reputation, and eventually she left alone in a scolding.
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Everyone scolded her for being unashamed, and she was even more ashamed of her experience.
But in the eyes of the editor, what she sees is the sadness of a woman, how can she really know herself when she has been objectified since she was a child?
Before she died, she said such a sentence, which made people feel very emotional:
"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. ”
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