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A young Miss Georgiana Spencer with her mother, Margaret Georgiana Spencer. Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.. The Duchess was born Miss Georgiana Spencer, on 7 June 1757, [4] as the first child of John Spencer (later Earl Spencer) and his wife, Georgiana (née Poyntz, later Countess Spencer), at the Spencer family home, Althorp. [3]
The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
The 1976-77 BBC television series, The Duchess of Duke Street, starring Gemma Jones, was loosely based on her life. [11] It is said that some of the scenes in Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, in which she appears as her fictional counterpart Lottie Crump, [12] were also inspired by the Cavendish Hotel under Lewis' management.
The story is loosely based on the real-life career of Rosa Lewis (née Ovenden), the "Duchess of Jermyn Street", who ran the Cavendish Hotel in London, at the corner of Duke St, St. James's. [3] When the show first aired, there were many people who still remembered her, as she lived until 1952. [4]
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, has officially been a member of the British royal family since she wed Prince Edward—Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son—25 years ago in 1999. But since the ...
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova (Russian: Да́рья Никола́евна Салтыко́ва; née Ivanova, Ива́нова; 11 March 1730 – 9 December 1801), commonly known as Saltychikha (Russian: Салтычи́ха, IPA: [səltɨˈt͡ɕixə]), was a Russian noblewoman from the Saltykov family, sadist, and serial killer from Moscow.
Alex's fiancé on the western drama was based on a real life member of the royal family.
Their love story began with a blind date in 2016 and peaked with a royal wedding in 2018. ... 1—a packed routine Meghan calls a "true blessing." ... the duchess confesses that around six months ...