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Lord Lucan: the vanishing earl

Laura Thompson revisits the story of the aristocrat who became prime suspect in a murder, then vanished...

Published: November 8, 2024 at 7:30 AM

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On 7 November, 1974, nanny Sandra Rivett was found murdered in the affluent London neighbourhood of Belgravia. The prime suspect? The father of her young charges, Lord Lucan. But before the aristocrat could be questioned, he vanished, sparking one of the greatest cause célèbres of the 20th century. Author Laura Thompson tells Ellie Cawthorne more about the case, and what it can reveal about simmering class tensions in Britain at the time.

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Laura Thompson is the author of A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan (Head of Zeus, 2014)

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Ellie CawthorneHead of content (audio)

Ellie Cawthorne is head of content (audio) at HistoryExtra

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