Royal Wedding
1951
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The Duchess enjoyed a "long and devoted" relationship with her husband of more than 40 years, the great general John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. After Anne's father, King James II, was deposed during the Glorious Revolution, Sarah Churchill acted as Anne's agent, promoting her interests during the reigns of William III and Mary II.
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Personal life. Churchill married three times: Vic Oliver, born Victor Oliver von Samek, a popular comedian and musician (1936–1945) (divorced) Antony Beauchamp (1949–1957) (widowed) Thomas Percy Henry Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley (1962–1963) (widowed)
Sarah Churchill married Austrian-born British actor Vic Oliver in 1936. Her parents were not happy with her wedding as they thought Oliver, who was 17 years her senior, was a wrong choice. Just before her marriage ended in divorce, she had an affair with John Winant.
Sep 25, 1982 · Sarah Churchill, who became Lady Audley when she married Lord Audley, her third husband, described in her 1981 autobiography, ''Keep On Dancing,'' the ''wild period'' that took her...
Apr 17, 2017 · Sarah Churchill was the essence of the modern woman living in an era that was not yet ready for her. Judged in her day as a “Bolshie Deb,” a runaway bride, a rising star of London’s West End, and “the one that’s always in trouble,” she was in her own words endlessly “written up, written down and always written about” as “a woman who happened to be a daughter of one of the ...
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Jan 9, 2019 · Sarah, knowing her husband had defected and joined the new William III, convinced Anne to do the same. It was Sarah who, with the assistance of Bishop Compton, brought about the princess’s stealthy departure from Whitehall.
She married John Churchill, an aspiring soldier, and the two remained together for over 40 years. While her husband was moving upward in his military career, Sarah cleverly made her way through the political scene of the time, choosing her allegiance carefully and becoming a truly powerful figure.
