Much is made in Britain of the fact that Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. I wouldnt know where to start in counting ...

Plumed feathers, powdered wigs and corseted libidos abound in "The Duchess," but for all its luscious period trappings and Keira Knightley's spirited take on the title role, Saul Dibb's handsome ...

The plot of the recently released film “The Duchess” has a familiar ring to it. The story tells of a beautiful English royal in a loveless marriage to a titled aristocrat. Unloved and unappreciated by ...

Keira Knightley plays 18th-century Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, in "The Duchess." She spoke to Ramin Setoodeh. Some people say this character reminds them of Princess Diana. When I ...

Sumptuously appointed, deftly acted by its leads Keira Knightley and especially Ralph Fiennes and based on a juicy true story, this historical drama about an ancestor of the late Princess Diana draws ...

This weekend, an extravagant exhibition celebrating the couture designs worn by various members of the British aristocracy opens at Chatsworth House, the Derbyshire mansion owned by the Duchess and ...

Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire (Keira Knightly), was the original people’s princess. Like her direct descendent, Princess Diana of Wales, Georgiana was a woman of ravishing beauty, ...

There’s a refined gentility to The Duchess, a regal reticence that mirrors the manners of the 18th century English nobility it so carefully undresses. Even in moments of immense emotional turmoil, ...