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The Earl, His Lover, the Escort and Her Brother

The documentary tells the story of one of the biggest falls from grace the British aristocracy ever recorded, featuring the first interview with the woman convicted of aiding and abetting the Earl’s murder. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury was one of Britain’s wealthiest men, scion of an historic family whose assets included grand properties in the UK and France, a 9000-acre estate and works of art worth tens of millions of pounds. He split his time between the ancestral family home in Dorset and the French Riviera where he enjoyed a hedonistic lifestyle of drink, drugs and sex with women, all funded by his multi-million-pound inheritance.

English
  • Originally Aired November 12, 2023
  • Runtime 66 minutes
  • Content Rating Great Britain PG
  • Network United Kingdom Channel 5
  • Production Company Spun Gold TV
  • Created May 4, 2024 by
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  • Modified May 4, 2024 by
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