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Sheila - The Australian ingenue who bewitched British society (Paperback, Main)
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Sheila - The Australian ingenue who bewitched British society (Paperback, Main)
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Vivacious, confident and striking, young Australian Sheila Chisholm
met her first husband, Lord Loughborough, in Egypt during the First
World War. Arriving in London as a young married woman, she quickly
conquered English society, and would spend the next half a century
inside the palaces, mansions and clubs of the elite. Her
clandestine affair with young Bertie, the future George VI, caused
ruptures at Buckingham Palace, with King George offering his son
the title Duke of York in exchange for never hearing of Sheila
again. She subsequently became Lady Milbanke, one of London's most
admired fashion icons and society fundraisers and ended her days as
Princess Dimitri of Russia, juggling her royal duties with a
successful career as a travel agent. Throughout her remarkable
life, Sheila won the hearts of men ranging from Rudolph Valentino
and Vincent Astor to Prince Obolensky, and maintained longstanding
friendships with Evelyn Waugh, Noel Coward, Idina Sackville and
Nancy Mitford. A story unknown to most, Sheila is a spellbinding
account of an utterly fascinating woman.
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