Edith Olivier takes Ottoline to visit
Ashcombe only to find that ‘common little demi-mondaine’ Doris
Castlerosse staying, during the time she and Cecil Beaton were having an
affair,
Lord Berniers looks on.
page from Ottoline's scrapbook-found at the NPGhere
The story goes that the dalliance was intended to make Beaton's 'true love' Peter Watson, American heir to a margarine fortune, jealous. Lord Castlerosse, gossip columnist for the Daily Mail, was reported to say on seeing his wife with Beaton in a restaurant, "I never knew Doris was a lesbian." _ The Devoted Classicist
Oh dear, that will not do!!
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Karena
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The story goes that the dalliance was intended to make Beaton's 'true love' Peter Watson, American heir to a margarine fortune, jealous. Lord Castlerosse, gossip columnist for the Daily Mail, was reported to say on seeing his wife with Beaton in a restaurant, "I never knew Doris was a lesbian."
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John, thank you for adding to the story. It was just another bit of Beaton's Circus theme -Juggling- at Ashcombe!
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