The true story behind A Very British Scandal, Amazon Prime's new series about the Scottish aristocrat and the scandalous divorce that rocked 1960s high society.
It was love at first sight when glamorous Margaret Sweeny, the future Duchess of Argyll, set eyes on Inveraray Castle, in western Scotland. This was understandable, despite the castle’s neglected state, given the romantic-looking conical roofed turrets and glorious position in vast parkland edging Loch Fyne. Rich and spoilt Margaret, debutante of the year in 1930 and the “Mrs Sweeny”.