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Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill

The Sphinx

July 27, 2025 by Lesley Truffle

    The Sphinx And at yet another dinner she produced a revolver and placed it beside her. A startled guest enquired: ‘Duchess, what are you going to do with that?’ To which she replied: ‘Oh I don’t know, I might just shoot Marlborough!’              (excerpt from biography The Sphinx … [Read more…]

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