The 'headless man' seen in a picture revealed in the Duchess of Argyll's scandalous divorce case was 'almost certainly' Tory minister Duncan Sandys, a historian has claimed.
One of them, allegedly taken in 1956, showed her performing oral sex on a man whose face was not shown. He quickly became known as the 'headless man' but was never identified. The 'headless man' seen in pictures revealed in the Duchess of Argyll's scandalous divorce case was 'almost certainly' Tory minister Duncan Sandys, a historian has claimed. Above: The Duchess with her new husband, Ian Campbell, the 11th Duke of Argyll, on their wedding day in 1951
The Duchess, who was portrayed by Claire Foy in TV series A Very British Scandal, took the headless man mystery to her grave when she died in 1993 at the age of 80. In 1933 she married first husband Charles Sweeney. The couple had daughter Frances together but divorced in 1947. In a 1963 court hearing, Margaret Campbell was accused by her alcoholic, gambler husband, the 11th Duke of Argyll, of taking 88 lovers
The historian added that the new Channel 5 documentary, A Very British Sex Scandal: The Duchess & the Headless Man, 'gets it wrong' by claiming that she 'disappeared into obscurity' after the divorce case.'She sailed into every Mayfair salon. She would go out wearing jewels, the pearls.' Judge Lord Wheatley said at the hearing: 'I consider her to be a highly sexed woman who had ceased to be satisfied with normal relations and had started to indulge in disgusting sexual activities to gratify a debase sexual appetite.''It was disgraceful. The fact that the judge was part of Clan Campbell is outrageous,' he added.
The court never established his identity, or whether it was the same man who featured in all five pictures.The Duchess of Argyll with her poodle in October 1975. She refused to be cowed by her court humiliation
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