Lady Castlerosse: The Courtesan Who Seduced Churchill and Shamed British High Society

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Lady Castlerosse—Doris Delevingne—was the courtesan who seduced Churchill, married an earl, and scandalized British high society.
Her story is one of seduction, betrayal, aristocratic excess—and a fall no one saw coming.

Born above a shop in Streatham, she climbed—stocking by stocking, scandal by scandal—into the beds of billionaires, the pages of Tatler, and finally the arms of Lord Castlerosse. She posed for portraits in pearls and plotted affairs like theatre.

But behind the glamour was violence, disgrace, and loneliness. A tempestuous marriage ended in lawsuits, public humiliation, and exile. Along the way, she crossed paths with Winston Churchill, Diana Cooper, the Mitford sisters, and Sylvia Ashley—leaving behind broken hearts and blistering headlines.

In this documentary, we unravel the life of a woman who didn’t just chase scandal—she designed it.

📺 Watch to the end for her final years in New York, the tragic mystery of her death, and why her story still haunts British society.

✨ Featuring: Winston & Randolph Churchill, Edwina Mountbatten, Tom Mitford, Lady Diana Cooper, and more.

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00:00 – Doris Delevingne: Scandal and Tragedy
01:15 – The Girl with the Gloves
04:06 – A Dress Shop, a Dream, and Gertie Lawrence
06:09 – Entering High Society with Captain Ashley
11:00 – The Grafton Galleries and Silk Seduction
13:18 – Doris and Laddie Sanford: Polo, Passion, and Pearls
20:07 – Castlerosse Falls Under Her Spell
27:06 – Lord Northesk and the Last Whispers of Glamour
31:12 – Engagement Chaos and Gossip Columns
34:03 – Marriage, Monograms, and a Crumbling Fantasy
38:05 – Public Battles and Private Bruises
43:00 – Beaverbrook’s Yacht, Paris Fights, and Ritz Scandals
47:00 – Reconciliation and Revenge: Doris Takes Back Control
52:08 – The Final Split and the Staged Affair with William Rootes
55:14 – Doris in Venice: Parties, Portraits, and One Last Dance
58:03 – Escape to America: New York, New Lies
1:02:03 – Immortalized in Art, Forgotten in Life
1:05:03 – War Arrives, and the Palace Fades
1:08:00 – The Final Voyage and a City That Had Moved On
1:10:39 – Alone, Unraveling, and Unwanted
1:13:00 – A Blackout Reunion That Couldn’t Be Saved
1:15:02 – Doris’s Overdose and Castlerosse’s Grief
1:17:16 – Enid, The End, and the Final Irony
1:18:07 – Doris’s Legacy: Scandal, Survival, and Silence
1:19:02 – Thank You and Final Reflections

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