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‘The Bowie of his era’: new biopic charts wild life of cross-dressing Victorian peer
Madfabulous explores story of flamboyant 19th-century marquess of Anglesey, and offers an ‘overdue celebration’ of his life
It’s the costume drama plot with the startlingly up-to-date twist: the fifth marquess of Anglesey, a scandalously extravagant, cross-dressing peer of the realm, who cavorted around north Wales in the late 19th century, now has his own biopic – and it is a tribute he surely would have relished. The makers of Madfabulous, which has just filmed on location in Anglesey (Ynys Môn), believe their starry version of his extraordinary story is an overdue celebration of the non-conforming aristocrat, born Henry Paget and nicknamed “Toppy”. Photograph: AlamyThe style of the so-called “dancing marquess” has recently been cited as a major influence on Harris Reed, the British-American designer and head of the Nina Ricci fashion house.
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