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The Dowager Duchess of Rutland, who has died aged 86, was the widow of the 10th Duke of Rutland and a hands-on chatelaine of Belvoir Castle for more than 40 years.

The Duchess of Rutland, who died on Sunday, was a society beauty and keeper of Belvoir Castle after marrying Charles Manners in 1958 - but she couldnt escape her mothers life of scandal.

Most famous as the youngest Duchess in the country, and for the icy relationship with her scandalous mother, Frances Manners, Duchess of Rutland, died at Belvoir Castle on Sunday aged 86

RICHARD EDEN: Those who knew the late Frances, Duchess of Rutland, point out that her life was overshadowed by her mother Margaret Campbells divorce from the Duke of Argyll.

An unseen picture of the Dirty Duchess Margaret Sweeny will be shown at the London National Portrait Gallery as part of an exhibition on photographer Madame Yevonde in June.

Despite structural flaws, Men at War, edited by Ernest Hemingway, offers fascinating insights into Hemingway's views on fiction-writing, war reporting, and war itself.

Paul Bettany and Claire Foy play the infamous Duke and Duchess of Argyll in the Amazon Prime series. 

The true story behind A Very British Scandal, Amazon Prime's new series about the Scottish aristocrat and the scandalous divorce that rocked 1960s high society.

The true story behind A Very British Scandal, from Margaret, Duchess of Argyll's first marriage and fall to her messy, public divorce from Duke of Argyll.

The BBC miniseries centers on one of the most shocking divorces in British history. We explore the real story behind A Very British Scandal.