Mitford sisters

The sisters (minus Deborah) / Wikipedia The Mitford sisters were like a train wreck wrapped in a tornado wrapped in a circus fire – you could't avert your eyes from their lives. The Times' Ben Macintyre famously caricaturised the women with impressive pithy: "Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Commu

Nancy Mitford was one of the Bright Young Things—a carefree gang of upper-class creatures who partied and shrieked their way through 1920s London. “We hardly ever saw the light of day, exce…

Jessica Fellowes introduces us to Pamela Mitford, the forgotten sister most commonly known as "the country girl."

The formidable 20th century sisters who each forged their own path lived in some marvellous historic abodes between Ireland, Oxfordshire and France – here Tatler chronicles the finest

The six daughters - Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity, Decca and Debo - born to Lord Redesdale and his wife Sydney, were the Kardashians of their day in terms of the public interest their antics aroused.

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Deborah Mitford, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, often referred to as the “last Mitford sister”, has passed away. But Debo, as she was known to friends and family, was an institution in her own right. Under…

"Debo," the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, has died aged 94

Laura Thompson tells the story of the six Mitford sisters with particular insight and intellgence

The six daughters - Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity, Decca and Debo - born to Lord Redesdale and his wife Sydney, were the Kardashians of their day in terms of the public interest their antics aroused.