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Margaret Whigham & Charles Sweeny engagement at The Embassy
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Margaret Whigham & Charles Sweeny engagement at The Embassy
Miss Margaret Whigham and Mr Charles Sweeny at a party at the Embassy Club to celebrate their engagement in December 1932. Their wedding, at Brompton Oratory the following February attracted thousands of spectators and stopped traffic - she wore a dress designed by Norman Hartnell. They were to become the golden couple of society with Mrs Charles Sweeny even name-checked by Cole Porter in You re the Top. Margarets second marriage made her Duchess of Argyll but it ended in a scandalous divorce. Date: 1932
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