People: People, Jul. 14, 1941

The Nobility

Lady Diana Duff Cooper, daughter of eight Dukes, was patriotically collecting swill for her pigs from door to door in Bognor Regis, Sussex, when she was picked up on three traffic charges. ∽∽ Third wife Sylvia, ex-Lady Ashley got her $3,000 monthly allowance from Douglas Fairbanks' estate continued for six months. Other heirs had claimed this was more than the income on her half-share, for the estate may be much less than the $2,000,000 Doug thought he was leaving, had asked that her allowance be reduced to $1,000 monthly. ∽∽ Princess Olga...

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