Diana, Lady Mosley ( nee Freeman-Mitford ; 17 June 1910 – 11 August 2003), usually known as Diana Mitford was one of the noted Mitford sisters .

She was married first to Bryan Walter Guinness , son and heir to the Baron Moyne . Secondly, she married Sir Oswald Mosley , leader of the British Union of Fascists . She was divorced from her first marriage on the grounds of adultery with Mosely. Her second marriage, in 1936, took place at the home of Joseph Goebbels , with Adolf Hitler as guest of honour. Later her involvement with fascist political causes resulted in three years' internment during the Second World War .

She later moved to Paris and enjoyed some success as a writer . In the 1950s she contributed stories to Tatler magazine . ^[1] She edited the magazine The European . ^[1] In 1977 she published her autobiography , A Life of Contrasts . ^[2] She died in Paris on 11 August 2003. ^[3]

Her son Max Mosley became president of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA ),

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