The Truth About the Mitford Sisters
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
11/25/25
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The Mitfords could rank as the strangest family of the 20th century.
Unity and Diana were passionate fascists who became obsessed with Adolf Hitler, while Jessica became a communist. Unity even became mates with Hitler and was in Germany as the war broke out.
How did these aristocrats move in such controversial circles? What happened when the Second World War broke out? How did their stories end?
Joining Kate today is the author and cartoonist, Mimi Pond, who has written a new book about the Mitford sisters.
This episode was edited by Tim Arstall and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.
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