The show stars The Crown\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Claire Foy and WandaVision<\/a>\u2018s Paul Bettany, and tells the true story of the Argyll divorce,\u00a0\u201cone of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th century,\u201d according to the BBC.<\/p>\n However, less well-known is what became of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, and Ian Campbell, Duke of Argyll, following their infamous divorce in 1963.<\/p>\n Read on to learn what happened to the real Margaret and Ian Campbell following their divorce.<\/p> Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, and Scottish nobleman Ian Campbell, Duke of Argyll, divorced in 1963, just over a decade after their wedding in 1951. Margaret was the Duke\u2019s third wife; Ian was her second husband.<\/p>\n The 1963 divorce case had scandalised the nation, after the Duke produced a cache of salacious Polaroids (obtained without Margaret\u2019s consent) showing his then-wife performing fellatio on another man, as evidence of her infidelity. Margaret subsequently became known as the \u201cDirty Duchess\u201d in the press.<\/p>\n In June 1963, the Duke remarried for the fourth and final time, to American Mathilda Coster Mortimer Heller. He died of a stroke in April 1973, ten years after divorcing Margaret.<\/p>\n Margaret, who had become persona non grata\u00a0in the British upper-class set, never remarried, and died in 1990 at the age of 80. She was buried alongside her first husband, Charles Sweeny, with whom she had three children.<\/p>\n In a statement, writer Sarah Phelps said: \u201cWriting the story of Margaret\u2019s life and the events leading up to and including her divorce from the Duke has been a passion project of mine since 1993 when I first heard her name and started learning about her.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt very strongly that she\u2019d been punished for being a woman, for being visible, for refusing to back down, be a good girl and go quietly. This drama is my tribute to her.\u201d<\/p>\n A Very British Scandal will premiere at 9pm on Boxing Day on BBC One, with all three episodes available as a boxset on BBC iPlayer from that time. The series also continues across the following two nights on BBC One.<\/strong><\/p>\n While you wait, take a look at our other\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage, or find out what else to watch with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\nWhat happened to Margaret and Ian from A Very British Scandal?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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