In A Very British Scandal, Claire Foy Is Back With More Diamonds and Zingers
glamour.comA Very British Scandal, now streaming on , let’s confront the elephant in the room. Or as British people would say (probably), “The Big Ben in the teapot.”A Very British Scandal is a three-part original series based on a real scandal that happened in the U.K.
in the 1960s and stars Claire Foy as millionaire It Girl Margaret Campbell and Paul Bettany as Ian Campbell, the Duke of Argyll, Scotland.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll had what is the “most notorious divorce case in English legal history.”The real Margaret Campbell was accused in court of infidelities with more than 80 men and as a “highly sexed woman who has ceased to be satisfied with normal sexual activities,” and her case is now seen by many as an example of .
The series, which traces the couple’s relationship from meet-uncute to marriage to court, aims in some ways to reclaim her legacy but seems to have more fun with the sordid details. (At one point we watch as a doctor performs a court-ordered examination of the Duke’s pubic hair to see if it matches that of a man pictured in nudes with Margaret.) The indulgences shown on screen are a little nauseating—still, it is fun to see a woman having a good time being so bad.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Anne Sewitsky, the characters speak in a way that is certainly very British.
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