A Very British Scandal proves revenge porn is a decades-old issue we still haven't learned from
Lady Margaret Campbell was a lot of things by all accounts – acid-tongued, quick-witted, a riot at a party, a dog lover, a snob, a lover… But if we're honest, you'd be forgiven for never knowing who she was.
For a while in the '60s, Lady Margaret was all anyone could talk about. For better to begin with, and then later for worse. Naked polaroid photos of her performing oral sex on a"Headless Man" were stolen from her home by her estranged husband as proof of infidelity. Despite how they were acquired, they were allowed into court as evidence, and soon news of what the photos showed spread like wildfire.
After a failed attempt to sue, they eventually came to a settlement with the distributor, IEG, who had argued that by talking about the tape the couple had forfeited their right to privacy. Their story is about to become aThe faces may change, but the story remains the same. In the case of the Argylls, the Duke left the situation practically unscathed, marrying again within the year, and keeping the millions the Duchess had poured into their family home at Castle Inveraray.
The Duchess's reputation was left in tatters, with many considering her a social pariah after her private life was splashed across the papers. In her biography, she again refused to discuss anything to do with her sexual partners or who they were., first heard about the Duchess while working in a telesales office in 1993. But rather than see her a figure to be vilified, she saw Lady Margaret as someone to be admired. This was the spark that eventually led to the creation of the new series.
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