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Keira Knightley as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.Before she dies, Georgiana permits William and Bess to marry. Charles later becomes Prime Minister under William IV. Eliza goes on to name her own daughter Georgiana, after her mother. The after-credits reveal Georgiana secretly visits her daughter Eliza.

Georgiana and William come to terms with one another and, along with Bess, continue their lives together. Georgiana finds comfort in Bess's friendship during her time of giving birth to Eliza. She is sent to the countryside where she gives birth to her daughter with Grey, Eliza Courtney, who is given to the Grey family to raise as Charles' niece. After initially refusing, Georgiana ends her relationship with Grey but tells William that she is pregnant with Charles' child. William threatens to end Charles's political career and forbid Georgiana from seeing her children again if she does not end the relationship. Soon, the whole of London society learns of Georgiana's affair. Bess encourages the affair between Georgiana and Charles after the birth of Georgiana's son. William rapes Georgiana a male child is the product. William is outraged when Georgiana suggests that since he has Bess, she should be allowed Charles. Georgiana starts an affair with Charles Grey. Bess tells Georgiana that her motive is to regain her three sons (whom her husband has taken from her), so she continues to live with them. William has an affair with Bess, causing Georgiana to feel robbed of her only friend and betrayed by Bess. She socialises with the young Lady Bess Foster at Bath and invites her to live with them since Bess has nowhere else to go.

Georgiana becomes a leading light in fashionable society.

In his mind, he has fulfilled his obligations to her as her husband but, by failing to provide him with a legitimate male heir, she has failed in her obligations as his wife. When Georgiana gives birth to a girl, William is displeased. He also suggests that she 'practise mothering' on the young girl. William expects Georgiana to tolerate the child's presence. Georgiana is quickly disillusioned by her husband, especially when Charlotte, an illegitimate child fathered by William whose mother has died, comes to live with them while Georgiana is pregnant. The young Georgiana is contracted in marriage to William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, with the expectation that she produce his male heir. The film won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and was nominated for Best Art Direction. It was released in September 2008 in the United Kingdom. She was an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, where the quote ‘There were three people in her marriage’ in the promotional poster comes from. It is based on Amanda Foreman's biography of the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb.

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