Duchess of Bedford tells of Nights with smiling stranger: In her autobiography "Nicole Nobody" published today, the Duchess of Bedford tells of the smiling stranger who forced his way into her hotel bedroom in Manchester and gave her "an awakening that every woman should experience." It happened in 1946, when the French-born Duchess, then married unhappily to a man 14 years her senior, was exporting textiles for the family firm. She answered a knock on her door, wearing a bathrobe. The stranger - "very tall and smiling" - forced his way in locked the door and took the telephone from her. "I tried to scream but I was so horrified by now that the cry died in my throat," writes the Duchess. "Not once did the smile leave his face - even when he pushed me gently on to the bed. And that is the last thing I can remember about that particular evening. "We stayed together for three days. He was superb lover. I was introduced to a kind of sensuous animal loving that I did not know existed. I am not ashamed. It was an awakening that every woman should experience." The 53-year-old Duchess was a successful film and television producer when she became the Duke's third wife in 1960. Photo shows The Duchess of Bedford, whose autobiography is published today.
Photo measures 8 x 8.5 inches.
Photo is dated 03-03-1974.
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