The real Mitford Sisters - Debo 1

👒 The Duchess of Poultry: Debo’s Childhood in the Mitford Fortress 🏰🐣

Are you ready to shift gears from the "Communist" to the "Duchess"? Because Deborah’s story is a completely different kind of Mitford madness.

Meet the last, and perhaps most surprising, of the sisters: Deborah "Debo" Mitford. While her siblings were busy plotting revolutions and stalking dictators, the baby of the family was perfectly content in the chicken coop and out of the crossfire. We explore her early years at Asthall Manor, where she navigated the brutal wit of her eldest sister, Nancy, and formed a secret society against the "Horrible Counter-Hons."

Discover how the future Duchess of Devonshire survived the Mitford madness with her sense of humour (and her knickers) intact.🤡👙

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro & Overview (a duchess in the making)

0:04:22 Deborah - the last Mitford child

0:12:02 Debo & Nancy, the opposite sisters

0:15:52 The older and the younger siblings

0:20:33 Country siblings, library siblings, and emotions

0:26:09 Debo’s childhood & Asthall Manor

0:33:24 The Hons, the Counter Hons, and more nicknames

0:39:08 Their pets & “cautionary” tales for children

0:46:34 Debo, Nanny, and the undergarments

0:52:43 Wrap & Outlook (We’re done with politics - or are we?)

For everyone who wants to dive deeper into Debo’s life, we recommend her memoir “Wait for me!”

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