Royal Sex: The Scandalous Love Lives of the British Royal Family

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Henry was like a male Elizabeth Taylor - the only difference being that when he grew tired of his spouses, they had a one-in-three chance of being beheaded, usually on trumped-up charges of incest and/or – the gall of it – infidelity. The most promiscuous monarch of modern times was Edward VII, the son of Queen Victoria, famous for being the longest-serving Prince of Wales owing to his mother’s longevity. His first sexual experience was with an Irish actress named Nellie Clifton, who was smuggled into his bed when he was on duty with the army at the Curragh. Joy Behar Was Totally Lost On 'The View' As Whoopi Goldberg Tried To Make An Argument About Men And Abortion: "What Is The Point?"

Queen Victoria was the mother of the new era of respectability, but her father Edward, Duke of Kent, had a mistress for 25 years. He was finally forced to marry another European royal to pay off his debts. When his mistress read of the impending marriage in a newspaper, she accepted her fate with equanimity. Edward wrote, “It produced no heat or violence on her part, just an extraordinary noise and a strong convulsive movement in her throat.”The only person arrested in the matter was Leberecht von Kotze , the kaiser’s own master of ceremonies. He was released without charge soon after, but felt it was his duty to take revenge on the people he believed responsible for informing on him. Kotze started challenging some of the other male partygoers to duels and it did not pay off for him. He was injured in the first duel and then killed in the second after a bullet hit his intestine. Margaret was complicated. “Some people found her snobby, and self-publicising,” says Lacey. “She was a name-dropper and had an attitude of entitlement.” Nothing was ever her fault. As Spence notes in her book, The Grit in the Pearl, Margaret “rarely, if ever, cast herself in an unfavourable light”. The Conservative government was already in crisis over the Profumo affair, and when Duncan Sandys, the minister of defence, was rumoured as possibly the person in Margaret’s photograph – as were Hollywood actors and royalty – he offered his resignation.

In 1314, Philip IV, also called Philip the Fair, was King of France and he arranged several political marriages for his offspring to ensure that his kingdom thrived. He had three sons (Louis, Philip, and Charles) and he paired them all up with countesses and duchesses from Burgundy. Meanwhile, his daughter Isabella became the Queen of England when she married Edward II. How 'The Buccaneers' Crafted Josie Totah and Mia Threapleton’s "Joyful" Queer Romance: "Never Even a Discussion" That Campbell had stolen her private property and had committed his own adultery – theirs was an open marriage – was deemed largely irrelevant. The court found Margaret, who turned 50 during the long proceedings, had not behaved as a woman should, and particularly perhaps not as an older woman should. And she was punished for it. Pauline Bonaparte was the sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, the famous emperor who came to power in the wake of the French Revolution.Swifties Threaten To Boycott Netflix When 'Taylor Swift: The Reputation Stadium Tour' Is Removed Next Month: "Does Netflix Realize How Many People Are Going To Cancel Their Subscription?" Mrs. Doubtfire’ Fans Psyched For A Potential Documentary Featuring The Late Robin Williams’ “Special And Magical” Improv Process He kept one mistress, Henrietta Dowd, for twenty years, and when he finally dropped her, his wife begged him to reconsider, for fear he would go on the tear with a string of feisty new lovers, which he duly did, hanging a portrait of one of them at the base of his bed.

Pauline’s attitude didn’t change when she married her second husband, a wealthy Italian prince named Camillo Borghese. She had many sexual partners, including Conrad Friedrich, a German lieutenant, and François-Joseph Talma, the famous French actor. There were even rumors that she was sleeping with Napoleon! The Kotze Affair refers to one of the greatest sex scandals to hit the German royal court. It happened during the time of Kaiser Wilhelm II and may have involved his own sister, Princess Charlotte of Prussia. Taylor Swift Made A Surprise Appearance On ‘Dancing With The Stars’ For This Week’s "Eras" Themed Night: “Sending You Guys All My Love” Southern Charm' Star Olivia Flowers Shades 'RHOBH' Star Crystal Kung Minkoff After BravoCon: "I Thought She Was Rude"In 1840, Victoria married Prince Albert. They enjoyed a loving marriage and had nine children together, but Albert died in 1861, 40 years before his wife. The queen was devastated by her husband’s death and, from then on, became a recluse who rarely appeared in public and, instead, preferred to spend most of her time at her various royal residences. Stream It Or Skip It: 'Letters to Santa' on Hallmark, in Which A Marriage is Saved by Family Meddling and a Magic Pen In 1797, she married Charles Emmanuel Leclerc, a dashing general with blonde hair. But, as you might expect, Pauline wasn’t faithful. While Charles was away fighting wars, Pauline juggled three lovers simultaneously: General Pierre de Ruel, General Moreau, and General Etienne-Jacques Macdonald.

Of all the sex rumors about the current British royal family, none had been quite so bizarre as that of Prince Charles's supposed gay affair with his valet. For several weeks in late 2003, the British press printed banner headlines about a royal sex scandal but, conscious of Britain's strict libel laws, never came out and openly stated the accusations, instead, relying on hints and innuendo. This led to the strange phenomenon of the royal family issuing a statement denying allegations that had never publicly been made. Stream It Or Skip It: 'Catch Me If You Claus' on Hallmark, A Christmas Movie That's Part Rom-Com and Part Crime Caper It was only with her second marriage that she became an aristocrat,” says Lacey. The Duke of Argyll was impoverished by gambling debts; he was also violent and was addicted to alcohol and amphetamines. He was drowning in death duties and his Scottish castle was crumbling; Margaret brought wealth to the marriage, and paid to update and repair the castle. It was when she stopped paying the duke’s bills that he reportedly started divorce proceedings. Throughout it, her society circle largely sided with the duke, says Spence, although “I think privately a lot of people, especially women, sympathised with her”.

He swiftly made up for lost time thereafter, having affairs with several noblewomen at court, including Lady Anne Hastings, and Jane Poppincourt of Flanders, who was at the time also the mistress of the Duc de Longueville, who was being held hostage, in great comfort, within the Royal household. Tiffany Haddish Arrested For DUI Again — After Allegedly Falling Asleep Behind The Wheel In Beverly Hills