Diana Mitford

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Peaky Blinders: The Real Diana Mitford, Blackshirts and British ... (Den of Geek)

Who was Diana Mosley, the real historical character encountered by Tommy Shelby in season six?

Oswald and Diana Mosley were fascists and sympathisers of the Nazi party who continued to regret Britain’s role in WWII throughout their lives. They had been in favour of making peace with Nazi Germany and had planned for Oswald Mosley to become Britain’s fascist leader. Peaky Blinders season six is currently taking place in early 1934, when the real Diana was 24 years old. “When we knew Hitler, he hadn’t committed his crimes,” Diana maintained in 1977, arguing that other dictators including Joseph Stalin and Chairman Mao had been responsible for more bloodshed than Hitler and yet continued to be visited – and as she saw it, endorsed – by British politicians. The usual next line about “any resemblance to persons living or dead” being purely coincidental isn’t included, for the obvious reason that several of the show’s characters don’t just bear a resemblance to persons living or dead, they’re unequivocally them. At the end of every Peaky Blinders episode comes the expected fiction disclaimer declaring that its names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner.

BBC Peaky Blinders: Who was Diana Mitford? Oswald Mosley's wife ... (Birmingham Live)

The new series of BBC's Peaky Blinders continues as Oswald Mosley's wife Lady Diana Mitford makes her debut.

She went on to clarify: "I DO NOT AGREE WITH HER POLITICS. But my god it was fun to step into such shoes and try and do her justice. If anyone wants to read about a truly fascinating family and point in history, read about the Mitfords. You’ll be gripped, just like I was. Anderson is best known for her roles in Emma, Black Mirror and The Souvenir Part II. And another familiar face is set to return as Tommy pays a visit to an old ally in Camden. What a great present. Now he's back with his wife, socialite Lady Diana Mitford, in tow.

Peaky Blinders season 6: Diana Mitford star Amber Anderson teases ... (Metro)

Peaky Blinders season 6 star Amber Anderson, who plays Diana Mitford, teased her 'messy' character after her premiere on the show.

But yeah, we had a lot of fun together. We had a lot of mutual friends. She added: Well, Sam Claflin is very fun to work with and we just had loads of fun on set together. Despite already emphasising to fans she does ‘not agree with her politics’ Amber clearly had a lot of fun getting into the role alongside Sam, as she recalled their time backstage. ‘She’s so difficult but she is a very fun character, so I hope that will mean that people enjoy her as well as think she’s really messing with stuff. ‘I hope that there’s enough fun and enough, I suppose, mischievousness in her that people will enjoy how much she kind of messes with things.

Who is Diana Mitford in Peaky Blinders season 6? (Radio Times)

Amber Anderson stars as Sir Oswald Mosley's lover Diana Mitford in the sixth and final season of BBC crime drama Peaky Blinders.

Mitford went on to say that she was "sure he [Hitler] was to blame for the extermination of the Jews'', adding: "He was to blame for everything, and I say that as someone who approved of him." For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times podcast with Jane Garvey. Mosley died in 1980 at the age of 84, with Mitford remaining just outside of Paris, where she lived alone. She died in 2003 at the age of 93 following a stroke. Naturally you don't get to be where he was by being the kind of person people like to think he was. The pair were released in 1943, before being placed under house arrest until 1949. He was very happily married, but nevertheless, I thought it was really better to make a clean break and live on my own, which I did subsequently." During her appearance on Desert Island Discs, Mitford refuted the claim that her former husband was anti-Semitic and repeatedly defended his behaviour. He went on to win in his privacy action against the tabloid. If you don't like somebody, you attack them." They married when she was 18. Mitford's first husband was Bryan Guinness, a novelist and poet who was heir to the brewing fortune.

Who is Lady Diana Mitford in Peaky Blinders series 6? (Your Local Guardian)

In episode 2 of the latest series of Peaky Blinders, we are introduced to Lady Diana Mitford. Here's everything you need to know about her.