Anne de Courcy

From ugly duckling into swan – the remarkable transformation of Pamela Digby

The plump teenager who married Randolph Churchill soon turned herself into a ravishing beauty – to become the 20th century’s most influential seductress

Pamela Harriman as US Ambassador to France. [Getty Images]
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  • Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Seduction, Intrigue and Power

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    Virago Press, pp. 528, £25

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