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Claire Foy and Paul Bettany on the Salacious Divorce at the Center of 'A Very British Scandal' (Exclusive)

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Claire Foy and Paul Bettany take on one of Britain's biggest scandals in , the follow-up to Amazon Prime Video's The season chronicles the contentious 1963 divorce between the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, which is considered the country's most salacious legal splits in the 20th century.

But Foy and Bettany were not familiar with the scandal, which involved adultery, forgery, theft, bribery and heavy drug use, when they signed on to play Margaret Campbell, the Duchess, and Ian Campbell, the Duke.«I was so surprised that it was so public -- the demise of their relationship,» Foy told ET. «The beginning was as well, it was so played out in the public, them getting together.

He was still married at the time when they first got together and neither of them had any interest in trying to protect his public opinion or anything like that.

They just went after what they wanted and they got it basically. And then they basically thought that would apply to when they got divorced as well and it really didn't.»During the divorce proceedings, personal letters and intimate photographs of the duchess' illicit affairs came to light and were shared.

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