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Gabrielle Chanel — better known as Coco — was a wretched human being. Anti-Semitic, homophobic, social climbing, opportunistic, ridiculously snobbish and given to sins of phrase-making like "If.
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The two principle players: Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel and Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, nickname, Bend'or. (Bend'or was the name of his grandfather's derby-winning stallion.) She was there with her dear friend Vera Bate who was a friend of Bend'or.
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Coco Chanel and the Duke of Westminster in 1933 On BBC Sounds Chanel's Scottish Love Affair Cathy Macdonald goes on an exclusive tour of Rosehall estate. Evil Genius with Russell Kane.
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An even more terrible blow was to follow, when Capel was killed in a car accident on 22 December 1919, driving from Paris to Cannes. Chanel evening trouser suit (1937-38), once worn by Diana.
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An affair with the 2nd Duke of Westminster introduced Coco Chanel to fly-fishing, Winston Churchill and the tweed clothing that shaped some of her most enduring designs, reveals Justine Picardie. On the wild western edge of Scotland, just shy of Cape Wrath, a river runs through heather-covered hillsides towards the dark waters of Loch Stack.
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Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor with Coco Chanel in 1920s. Credits: Evie Magazine Her relationship with the Duke of Westminster Chanel met the second Duke of Westminster, Hugh.
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Winston Churchill (right) is accompanied by his son, Randolph, and Coco Chanel at a meet of the Duke of Westminster's boar hounds in northern France, circa 1928. / Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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Coco Chanel spent several summers in the 1920s at Rosehall Estate with her lover, Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor, the second Duke of Westminster. Early undated photo of French fashion designer.
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In late 1923, Coco Chanel met the 2nd Duke of Westminster at a dinner in Monte Carlo. Chanel was becoming one of the world's most recognisable clothes designers, and the duke was.
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Shortly after meeting, Chanel and the Duke of Westminster* entered a 10-year-long relationship filled with passion, jealousy, and for Chanel — a new market in England for her growing fashion.
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Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill accompanied by his son Randolph and Coco Chanel at a meet of the Duke of Westminster's boar hounds, the 'Mimizan Hunt' near Dampierre, northern.
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COCO CHANEL's decade-long love affair with the second Duke of Westminster reportedly ended when she denied his proposal, not wanting to be turned into another nameless duchess, reports.
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Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster at Chester Races with French fashion designer Coco Chanel. May 1, 1924 (Image: Getty Images). Coco Chanel's links to Chester are now firmly on the map.
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The legend goes that the Duke of Westminster during the 1920s was infatuated with Coco Chanel, repeatedly asking her to marry him. This is pretty well documented and it appears the feelings were mutual.
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Her couture house closed in 1939, with the outbreak of . Chanel stayed in France and was criticized during the war for collaborating with the occupiers and the to boost her professional career.
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The story behind Chanel tweed. London plays host to the collection's unveiling in honour of Coco's lifelong love of Britain and the origins of her famous tweed. She first discovered the robust, nubby fabric in Scotland, during her decade-long love affair with Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster.The couple first met in 1923 in Monte Carlo, and it.