The Untold Truth Of Rose Hanbury

It's no secret that there's a 23-year age gap between Rose Hanbury and her husband, David Rocksavage, the Marquess of Cholmondeley, and as it turns out, May-December romances run in the Hanbury family. Case in point: Hanbury's sister, Marina Hanbury (above right), is married to Ned Lambton, the Earl of Durham, a guy about 20 years her senior. 

Of course, age is just a number, but we can't help but find it a bit interesting that Rose was once engaged to Ned's son, Fred Viscount Lambton. "It's all a bit incestuous because Rose dated Fred when she was younger and Marina also shared a flat with him for a while," an insider told the Daily Mail in March 2010. "That's how she met Ned. They got it on just before Christmas. It seems to have progressed at lightning speed and the engagement is now the talk of the town.'

The Telegraph reported another version of their love affair, with Ned supposedly reaching out to Marina on Facebook after dreaming about her one night. "I know I am way too old for you, but I love you," the message supposedly read. The Journal picks up the rather ambiguous story from there, reporting "they began dating after Christmas in 2009" and got engaged "just three months" later. They wed in January 2011. Whatever works, right?

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