The Scandalous Lives of The Mitford Sisters
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024
- Welcome to Forgotten Lives! In today's episode we are looking into the life of the Mitford Sisters, six women from an aristocratic English family who gained fame in the 1930s. They were celebrated but also scandalous figures.
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Not only do you have an amazing soothing voice that keeps the viewer glued to listening, but you're in depth with the information. It's well put together, fascinating content. I can't believe I've only recently come across this channel. Currently binge watching the content as it's like trying to put down a really good book... Just one more chapter (video) and then the next comes on and I can't bring myself to press stop. Thank you so much for the immensely in depth research and wonderful work! I can see this becoming my favorite channel 😀
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I couldn’t have said this any better!
So many rude comments about the narrator's voice! He's really good and it is unique. Please don't get discouraged
He’s the reason I watch these, so calming but still engaging compared to other RUclipsrs.
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So very much better than the AI voices. I found his narration excellent.
I love his voice! It's very quaint and regal. If people don't like it, don't listen...
I had never heard of the Mitford sisters, but I found it all so very interesting! It was well narrated and researched and the pictures were amazing!. What an incredible romp through history they had all done!🌟
Love your calm professional voice. Keep up the good work
Thank you! Will do!
I’ve been fascinated by the Mitfords for decades and have read books about them and by them. Thank you for beautifully researched and narrated presentation … extremely well done … the photos are amazing … what a phenomenal job,🏆🎖️
Deborah, after she became the Duchess of Devonshire, almost single-handedly saved Chatsworth House from being sold because of crippling inheritance tax. She was a lady in every single way and was universally loved and admired. She is much missed.
Chatsworth, my favorite place in England and made famous in Pride and Prejudice.
Movies padded their coffers a great deal!$$$$
She was as beautiful as intelligent.
An amazing lady. Proud to have worked for her in the '60s. Her "Wait for Me" is a wonderful read.
Oh Deborah was the fascist correct? Then they move to South Africa and prejudice racists against the black south Africans. Hmm.. 🧐 🤔
Seems like she was the only one that wasn't a fascist.
Thanks so much for putting the sisters in one complication. I loved watching each individually, but this really made each sister come together, and their individual personalities so much more intriguing. 🥰
Complication? A Freudian slip?
Accurate in any case.
Compilation.....
It was good to rewatch all the episodes again in a single sitting.
Apart from anything else, what struck me most was how good the editing was. Not just in how you put together images on the screen, but also the way in which you curated information. There's a hell of a lot of information out there on the Mitfords and you did a superb job in selecting everything that was necessary so that their stories could be understood as a whole.
In fact, it stands up better than most of the documentaries I've watched about the sisters. And that's no small feat (I've watched and read a LOT about and by the Mitfords over the years).
So well done. This was very good indeed. And thank you for taking the time to put everything together as a single documentary.
I hope you get tonnes and tons of views - you deserve them.
Thanks very much, I really appreciate it :)
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"...and the other one." Pamela, while unremarkable, lived a long and happy life.
I mean... same. Hopefully.
Don’t you mean Debora ?
No, Pamela Mitford was a countrywoman at heart and worked with animals and living a quiet rural life with great contentment
It seems to me that having no obvious affiliations or connections to the other women in that family wd be quite an accomplishment in itself.
@@jezebelproudfoot4976I am VERY distantly related to the Mitford clan. This goes back to the time of William😢 the Conqueror.
Live near Chatsworth in Derbyshire and having a walk one day this old elegant woman walked down and we step aside to let her pass, she smile and said hello to mum, it was her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire (Deborah) even as a child I was struck by the beauty of her eyes, a real delicate light blue, even as a very old women she was stunningly beautiful.
Thank you for sharing👒❇
Beautiful and incredibly friendly! Her eye for design was really special as well.
Isn't that the family kick Kennedy married into.
@@gina-bg7kr No idea what kick is, but Kenedys sister is buried in Endsor, small village on the estate grounds.
@@zaftraKathleen Kennedy.Always called Kick,by her family.
I watched this because of the length of video. I never watch short videos as I feel you learn nothing worth knowing about the person/people. This was very enjoyable. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
People r ignorant ur voice is great and quite unique but u already knew that right and u r also a very handsome young man listen to u almost everyday appreciate ur channel
Much agreed! With many having 5 minutes of unnecessary rambling before the real narration begins…Frustrating!
Absolutely fascinating, thoroughly researched and most informative.
That was very well done. I have heard of the Mitford sisters before, as they come up now and then in different documentaries, but all in all, I knew very little about them. They were all so different in looks and personalities, but all beautiful women, lived in different countries, met so many famous people, had tragedies, lost babies... and most published books. I'm the oldest of 5 sisters so that was very interesting. We live in 3 different countries, one disabled and loving horses similar to the second sister, Pamela, and two of us publishing books. Really fascinating documentary on large family dynamics.
Imagine having your daddy issues play out towards Hitler, of all people 🙅🏿♀🙅🏿♀🤦🏿♀
Right!? Ewww
The way she describes being a fascinated 24-year-old shows ignorant hero-worship.
Hitler had a girlfriend 😱so weird!!
I have been fascinated by the Mitford sisters since my mum was reading a book on them when I was 7 years old and I sneakily read some of the book, I am now in my 50s . This documentary is totally brilliant and I utterly love your voice ❤
I found this so interesting , so glad I found this channel - Everything was so well done , great job. 👏👏👏
Welcome aboard! Thanks!
I felt the same. I have a lot of RUclipsrs i really like as people. Mostly in reaction videos. But I'm not overly comfortable with the paranormal videos they react to. But with this channel, and Scotland's Oddest J, i enjoy the lads and the stories so much. I feel, educated after i watch Forgotten Lives. I love that ☺️👍🐨🇦🇺🐨💞.
I loved this video! Well done! I don’t mind a long one once in a while. It feels like a TV documentary when it is an hour which is fine 😊
Brilliant and fascinating documentary. I was immersed from the opening! Thank you for all the work you put into this. Decades of history from differing viewpoints, all in one family! I had to stop what I was doing to finish watching this and it was worth it.
I love listening to and looking at historical videos. Its a much needed break from crime drama channels and movie/series recaps. New subbie.
....and your voice is perfect for the subject matter. And an overall breath of fresh air in the hoards of AI generated voices that mix the genders of the characters and mispronounces simple words. 👍
I felt I was watching a movie. So nicely told. Thank you so much for sharing this story with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I purchased a book about the Milford sisters from a goodwill store. The book is based mainly on the letters they wrote to each other throughout their life. I had no idea who these sisters were but thought that it would make an interesting read. By watching this video I now have a basic idea. This book is about 800 pages.
It’s worth it. They are a fascinating family.
I read that book a couple years ago, and I still think about the sisters. You'll like it.
The letters are amazing. I have reread them so many times. A fascinating family!
That sounds so interesting! What is the title of the book or the author, if you don’t mind me asking?
@@jennifersharp6209 It’s called “ The Mitfords , letters between 6 sisters” by Charlotte Mosley. Hope you can get it somewhere as it’s such an historic insight !
Excellent video! Great perspective on all the sisters, and the comparisons of their political lives was great. You did one of the best jobs I've ever seen on them. Kudos! :)
I’ve read a lot about the Mitford sisters, as well as their own writings. This is a very good and accurate episode.
Thank you:)
That was a great journey through the life of the sisters. I’ve read about them before but your details of each sister and their relationships were great. I understood their stories much better. Thank you! I always enjoy listening to your voice,
I love this man's voice.. easy to follow and so deeply informative..I could listen for hours
Thank You for making a very interesting documentary. I enjoyed how you followed each sister's life's.
Glad you enjoyed it!
OMG I've only got 25 minutes in and I'm exhausted the amount of information that you pack into this is unbelievable! What a fascinating family! What great comprehensive information! Your voice is loving me to sleep! It's a good thing you don't have your face on here too or else I would never be able to concentrate and absorb any of this information.❤❤
Finally! Very in-depth and educational. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you!
Firstly, yes, I'd love longer videos like this. Your narration is wonderful to listen to.
Secondly, this was absolutely fascinating. I'd never heard of these sisters before and now I'm like, "If it hasn't yet, their lives need to be made into a TV show. I'd watch the hell out of that." Thanks for sharing their stories with us.
An all 'round, really excellent job you've done on the Mitford Sisters. So well researched and edited. Thank you so much for this great documentary!
Thank you kindly!
@@ForgottenLives You're very welcome!
This is an amazing documentary. As much as people might have said that Diana was the prettiest, I think Pamela’s and Deborah’s beauty was more than just looks but also who they was.
Totally agree with you! I especially love that Pamela was so keenly drawn to the country life.
Wonderful story telling.. incredible detail of an incredible family..thank you very much for such a great effort, research..and yes please..more long content for sure.
So nice of you, thanks 😊
My grandmother knew Unity, apparently she was terribly flatulant
I would love if like 100 years from now someone made a comment like this about me from a 3rd person account. It's so freaking funny. My legacy.
Thank you for your videos ❤
I really enjoy hearing them and do so every day 😊
Yesterday night I finished reading Jessica Mitford's "Daughters and Rebels", and in addition to being quite an enjoyable read on its own, it put a very human face on the different characters of the Mitford family. It certainly made me symphatise with them and opened up my eyes to the human cost of the tragic divisions within the family.
So I had to watch this again even though I had already seen each individual episode.
Love these longer vids, wish there were more as your content is always so interesting.
Thank you.
Thank you excellent research on this video! I enjoy the longer videos as well as the shorter ones.😃👍👍♥️
Three pots of espresso and this interesting video started my day! I do like what you are doing.
Bravo on your superb and accomplished chronicle about the controversial Mitford sisters. Merci beaucoup.
Yassss!! Long episode! I always think your episodes are too short. This is a perfect subject matter to explore. Please do an hour long on hildegard von bingen. 🙏 she's too forgotten.
Such a tragic, devastating case. May Holly and Jessica RIP ❤ Thank you for this podcast 🙏🏽
That was a very interesting video. Thanks for all your effort in putting it together.
Wow! So happy I found this video! What a great narration, thanks for your time and effort :)
Thank you for 1hr plus of great listening pleasure. Amazing work on this history. Great video indeed!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Yes i did, as always!
The whole way through?! I usually watch your videos two or three times and then several months later I watch them again to refresh my memory.😊
Great documentary! I’d not heard of the Sisters, only Chatsworth House and a few of the books - you brought it all together. 👍🏻👍🏻
I first started watching because of your beautiful face and soothing voice but your research skills are Beyond Compare which to me makes you one of the best RUclipsrs for documentary out there on here.
Excuse me for saying this, there are times I have to listen to your post twice because I am so very pleased listening to your voice I’m not paying attention to the story😂
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Thanks for doing this. I actually despise the Mitfords for their behaviour during the war and nothing will change that opinion, but you offer a really interesting take on them. Thank you again for uploading this.
If I could reach back in time, I'd shake them. Wake up you fools. Hitler was a malicious clown. He is ridiculous with his tuft of a mustache and his stiff-armed salute. Pretty, rich women getting taken in by this absolute garbage. "Unity was infatuated with Hitler and was determined to get as close to him as she possibly could." A star-struck fool. And her communist sister, idolizing Lenin was no better considering that 94 million people lost their lives to communist regimes.
Since they all behaved differently and were of different political persuasions, I'm not sure what you mean.
What behaviours are you referring to (during the war)?
@@myswanktrendz calling the SS "darling stormies" ", taking over a Jewish home while the occupants were still there, promoting Fascism in the UK, behaving as if brutal regimes were competing pop groups.
what do you mean?
Terrific research. Your work can’t be faulted and you have an incredible insight into the most interesting subjects
Very glad to hear it 😁
This production is incredible. Your narrative & backstory 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻‼️
Thanks so much!
the Narrator did a great job.Very clear and very easy to understand.The Mitfords Parents definitely got a mixed bunch.😮😊
Unity’s obsession with Hitler is wildly ironic considering her given name.
Hitler was Ugly! Yuk!
i’m 😅😮😮 ct fr
Unity’s middle name was Valkyrie and she was born in the Canadian town of Swastika!
What an amazing life! Diana was born in 1910 and died in the year of 2003!
Two completely different ages, different eras...
Very interesting and informative. Thank you for posting this!❤
Really really well done video, I enjoyed this immensely.
Glad to hear it!
Ty for always sharing an putting in the work for us ty
Always!
First!!! 🎉 thank you so much for all your effort!
Good job, 55:05 yikes
You're the best!!
Very entertaining and I cannot wait to see what you have to watch! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I read about them twenty years ago starting with Diana and moved onto biographies about the rest. I've read Nancy's nonfiction as well. Definitely an eccentric family and very interesting but also a sad tale too.
Weren’t they related to the current royal family, through the Queen’s (may her soul rest in peace), mother?
@@murasakinomorado7210 yes distantly I believe. Most of the aristocracy in the UK are related and several times over in some cases.
Eccentric? Despicable
@@YeshuaKingMessiah their children didn't go to school, they grew most of their own food, the mother did hens and used the egg money to launch her daughters into society. They weren't affluent by any means. The Milford children were so ignorant about the world and life in general. Aside from politics, they were considered to be the weirdest family in the UK.
This is a FABULOUS documentary!! Fascinating! Pls do many more like this.
This was a fascinating listen! I really enjoyed hearing about their lives, because I didn’t know much about them prior to this. 😊
Another fascinating story, thanks for all your research and hard work
I actually read “The American Way of Death” and “The American Way of Birth”, both very good. Eye-opening.
I am not sure how this ended up in my suggestions but I certainly am glad about it. This is a great story. And the young man who is narrating it is fantastic. Thank you for this. I had no idea about these sisters.
Very glad to hear that, welcome to the channel :)
Great video! I enjoy all of your videos, but my favorites are the longer, documentary-style videos.
Awesome, thank you!
This one is your best one yet 👏🏼
Absolutely informative,brilliant presentation!
Wonderfully measured and informative set of biographies.
I admire a person from another country who is able to speak clearly in a foreign language. I normally admire I envy is such a person. Thank you for doing a wonderful job❤
I believe that he’s a native English speaker.
wow! way to tell everyone you're ignorant and super proud of the fact.
To me, Debo was the true Legend of The Mitford Sisters!!
Another amazing video! I’m so proud of your growth! Now we just need to get you a better background, bc grey is the color of disinterest and depression, you and your background and your lighting deserve to be as warm and interesting as you are!
I love the grey for this story
Fits perfectly
The sisters were trouble makers :
All due to their affluent lifestyle
when growing up :
Their parents had a NO
qualities in child rearing and
they had all that free time on their
hands that money gave them :
Yet didn't give their children the
attention nor values that a
parent teaches their child in
everyday normal circumstances!!
Exactly
Rich ppl destroying society
That’s all
If you'd call Jessica Mitford, successful journalist and popular author a troublemaker ?
Couldn't sleep last night. Found your video it was wonderful. Loved every minute.😊
So glad!
Holy cow, I love The American Way of Death. I had *ZERO" idea there was anything interesting in the life of the author. Fascinating.
Thankyou for such an interesting recounting of the Mitfords. They were such a fascinating family, & I was surprised at how long some of them lived & were influential.
Would you be interested in covering the story of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, & his wife & children? He had quite a scandalous career, & his second son was reportedly one of the inspirations for Sebastian in Brideshead Revisited, although Waugh denied that later in life.
Thank you for sharing with us such an excellent story.
& we’re only halfway through!❤ 12:34
Yes, it was very interesting. Thank you, I really enjoyed it 😊
The Mitford sisters always made news wherever they went. “The Pursuit of Love”, “Love in a Cold Climate” and to a lesser degree “Don’t Tell Alfred” are very much the true story of the Mitford children when they were growing up and as young adults although many of the characters are composites of 2-3 of the children. Some of the most surprising aspects of the stories, such as the father hunting children instead of foxes(!) are true! These books are very, very funny as is the 2001 BBC 3 part series of “Love in a Cold Climate” which is made up of the first two books. The casting is so inspired. Don’t bother with the Netflix version of “Love in a Cold Climate”. The Mitford family must be rolling in their graves!
Hunting children?? Please explain!
@susanduggleby-beck345 being a man of inherited wealth, the Mitford sisters dad had no day job, and the kids were home schooled. To keep himself from being bored (guess he had no real hobbies) he involved himself in the children's games of his kids..(so I understand.)The Brits have a different sense of humour to other nations, the phrase *hunting children* is not literal nor is it meant to be. It was a family in-joke.
@@susanduggleby-beck345Drag hunting where runners lay a trail for the hounds is well established in the UK.
I really enjoy your channel, you are an excellent storyteller.
Wonderful research. The photos that you have found and displayed add so very much to your stories.
This is top notch work. Much appreciated.
I watched the while way thru. Good doc!😊
Very well done. I just finished The Mitford Affair, by Marie Benedict, and this RUclips rounds it out with more details. Thank you for your wonderful voice, starting from the beginning of the first child, Nancy, and the ending of Deborah.
Highly recommended. Very interesting and well edited.
Much appreciated!
I love your videos and the way you present the lives of each unique person. ❤️ Thank you.
Loved this!!! So relaxing and well informed. Wonderful historical ASMR
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was very interesting. I knew of them vaguely, but not the full history. Thank you.
Well done! Thank-you for posting this!
Edward the Vlll did NOT lose his throne, he abdicated.
Wallis Simpson never wanted him to abdicate, Edward/David may have used her as his reason for stepping down but it was never her wish.
After marrying & For the rest of their lives they were known as
Duke & Duchess of Windsor.
Abdicating a way to lose a throne. Google it.
Really well made video and I love that it's a story being told not biased ! And imposing opinion. Rare these days! Thank you !
Wow. That was fantastic. I had read some of Jessica’s books years ago and I was aware of the family but this provided a lot of fascinating. New detail. Excellent work. Thank you.
You have previously shared a very brief history of the Mitford Sisters. This episode shares in greater detail.
Had no clue of the family but watched in curiosity. What I find connecting to today is how special times also created family rifts back then as they do now, with people being drawn to opposite political sides. Seems like it was a bit easier when you had many siblings, some of them staying neutral and kinda hold the family together a bit, while today with approximately 2 kids if one sibling is a, and another one is b, that's basically it, no glueing together.
You might be onto something there. My husband has 7 siblings, and with 7 in-laws married in, that's 15 adults in the family!
We had different ideas about Covid and there were those who were very pro-social distancing, masks always, and bathing in hand sanitizer. Then there were those who seemed to have no thinking skills regarding how viruses work, and refused the vaccine when it came out.
And there were more in the middle, leaning towards one side or the other, but less militant. For example, "vaccine is good but mandatory vaccine is bad", or "I know it's important to avoid the harm from the virus, but how much harm is being caused by the isolation?" or "I'm bored and I miss you, let's hang out "
And for a while, there were certainly disagreements, especially when there was a vaccine and it was for older people only, certain people were very much encouraging my parents in law to go get it, and others were not.
To be fair, my sister in law said that if they weren't going to follow her ideas for a healthy diet (meaning stop eating bread and go keto) then maybe it was better for them to get vaccinated.😅
Over time, everyone except the extreme caution/anxiety couple came back together with no rift between us. And even they are coming back again after an absence of almost 4 years, although it's still a bit tender.
The peer pressure is there, and also the awareness that "I'm not the only person in the world, not everyone will share my opinions but we still love each other" helps.
I had never heard of the Mitford sisters and their colored lived. Your compilation, editing of their lives, pleasing vocal inflection,pronunciation, and enunciation create a compelling presentation which I continued to listen and watch for its entirely in once session!
I was hoping you would do a long video on them all. Excellent work!
Excellent presentation and so much information I learned. I had no idea of the sisters other than bits associated with Hitler.
New subscriber and looking forward to learning. I enjoyed the long version, keeps me stimulated while working.
Well done you 🍷
I enjoyed this presentation so much. So well narrrated and it must have been a ton of work. Thank you🎉
Very informative and very well narrated with relevant footage. Thank you!
I knew there would have to be at least one good one. Well done Jessica 😀👍❤ this story has been fascinating. I can't imagine the preparation work for this. It would have taken so long to put together. Thank you so much 😊❤❤❤.
This family story would make a great mini series