Daisy already married - but a runaway marriage, a family scandal.
Gregory's response to this family scandal was "many are called but few are chosen."
"Any hint of a family scandal would ruin everything we've worked so hard for all these years."
"There was touchy national pride to consider, a great deal of money involved, and delicate matters that could have led to family scandals."
Or if there's some family scandal, like his father's not dead, he's in prison?
Everyone knows about Juju: the family scandal, a jailbird for a sister.
Second, he's well liked among his peers, despite the family scandals.
The children old enough to understand what was being revealed here would have plenty of family scandal to talk about later.
How could I tell all this without revealing the family scandal which he was so anxious to conceal?
Thoughts of a family scandal crossed her confused mind until she heard us - or rather them - talking fluent French.