Keira Knightley will be get in touch with her British roots, playing the role of an 18th century aristocrat, Georgiana, the duchess of Devonshire, in film The Duchess. The movie is based on Amanda Foreman’s biography of the duchess.

Georgiana has been compared by many as being the Princess Diana of her generation. Not surprisingly, Georgiana was actually an ancestor of the late Princess Di, who like her, lived a life of “political and romantic intrigue.”

Writing The Duchess script will be Jeffrey Hatcher. Knightley, is no stranger to period pieces such as this, having filmed Pride & Prejudice and King Arthur.