"Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco

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Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, better known as Coco Chanel, had a 10-year relationship with the second Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor from around 1923 to 1933. She is thought to have been a regular visitor to Eaton Hall and Chester during this time, including attending the city's famous racecourse over the course of her love affair with the Duke.

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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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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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In the 1920s, legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel and her lover, the 2nd Duke of Westminster Hugh Grosvenor, used to cozy up at Rosehall Estate, a luxe Scottish summer home owned by the.

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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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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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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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During one especially heated argument with her lover, the Duke of Westminster, so the legend goes, Coco Chanel leaned over the rail of his yacht and threw an emerald into the sea. That.

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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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.