Winnaretta, princesse de Polignac

VT began an affair with Winnaretta, Princesse de Polignac , an American-born heiress and salonnière whose former lovers included Romaine Brooks and Olga de Meyer .

In 1923 Denys Trefusis introduced VT to a member of his musical circle, the Princesse de Polignac . She was born Winnaretta Singer , the eighteenth child of the sewing machine inventor .

Because the Princesse was wealthy, well-connected, and discreet, Alice Keppel had no objection to this affair.

After VT was introduced by her lover the Princesse de Polignac to Denise Bourdet , a writer and the wife of playwright Edouard Bourdet , she figured in the latter's play, La prisonnière...

While in Paris, CP associated with the Princesse de Polignac , whose home in the Avenue Henri-Martin was described as a lesbian salon. Her sister Sylvia later claimed that Christabel had a small circle...

The Princesse hosted a salon at 57 Avenue Henri-Martin attended by Anna de Noailles , Cocteau , Paul Valéry , and Proust , who incorporated some of his perceptions of the gatherings into A la...

VT moved into a romantic and mysterious tower in St Loup de Naud in France. La Tour, was a formerly decrepit medieval building which the Princesse de Polignac purchased and renovated for her.

Shortly after her husband died, VT visited St Loup de Naud, a hamlet near Provins, France, which is famous for the carvings on its Norman church, and which Proust , an acquaintance from...

VT travelled through Africa, Europe, and North and South America with her the Princesse de Polignac , husband , andparents .

For Christmas 1923, the Princesse de Polignac took VT on a luxury cruise up the Nile; their group included Denys Trefusis and George and Alice Keppel , all of whom were aware of and...