Peaky Blinders Season 6 True Story: Who Was Mosley's Mistress?

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Peaky Blinders episode 2 introduced the fearsome mistress of Oswald Mosley, Diana, and the true story behind her character sets her up to be the force of the season. After Mosley was saved in the assassination attempt, Tommy came up with a new plan. Episode 2 saw Tommy attend a fascist rally which Mosley was speaking at, to the anger of his fellow socialists who label him a traitor as he walks into the building obnoxiously adorned with swastikas. Little known is Tommy's plan is to actually undermine and crush the fascists by playing along with them.

As Tommy and Lizzie enter the rally, he tells her that she should offer condolences to Mosley as his wife has recently passed away, and that his mistress will be attending. Tommy says that Diana has been a ''great comfort'' to Mosley, which is hard to imagine once she's introduced. Chilling, arrogant and cruel, Diana has truly cemented herself as one of the season's most antagonistic characters.

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Despite Peaky Blinders history problem, Diana Mitford is based on the real woman of the same name. The Mitford family were an aristocratic English family well known in their time for the exploits of the Mitford sisters, which included Diana. First cousins of Clementine Churchill (Winston Churchill's daughter,) the six sisters were known for their controversies, with it being well known that two were fascists. Diana's first marriage was to the heir of the Guinness brewing fortune, before meeting Oswald Mosley at a garden party in 1932. Mosley soon became leader of the British Union of Fascists and began an affair with Diana, but refused to leave his wife. Peaky Blinders was also right in stating that he