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Society gossips reveal the 'scandalous' past of Sydney's most private socialite: Today, she is married to a mining heir. So why is everyone whispering about 'the incident' from her co-ed private school?


The difference between Francesca and the other 'swans of society' is we know almost nothing about her history. Perhaps she prefers it, as there is a detail about her past she may wish to keep hidden...

You see, when we published photos of Francesca rubbing shoulders with a Who's Who of Sydney's eastern suburbs, including designer Kate Bond, our inbox was flooded with emails all posing the same tantalising question... Today, Francesca and her husband may be on the roll of honour at the Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation as 'champion' donors - a title only handed out to people who donated more than $1million - but she wasn't always so squeaky clean. Her husband is the son of mining magnate Travers Duncan and his wife Mary-Anne Buchanan, and his sister is lawyer and business executive Andromeda Neale.

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