Scandal-Makers

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Diana Mitford, was once the golden girl of high society, became the most reviled women in England during WWII—and she hadn’t hit rock bottom yet.

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When Janet Lee Bouvier married for love, it got so bad that her daughters demanded her husband return her belongings and leave by sundown at her funeral.

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America’s “Dollar Princesses” married into European nobility—only to find their fairy tales were actually horror stories.

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On her deathbed, the beautiful socialite Babe Paley made a confession that was so dark, it shocked the room into silence.

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Olga de Meyer was rumored to be the king’s secret daughter, and so scandal dogged her from the moment she was born, right to the bitter end.

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Catherine Dolgorukova was the royal mistress who became the Tsar’s wife—but instead of a fairy tale, her life became a horror story.



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