Sliding doors in Buckingham Palace.

terence

Banned
He would have got into trouble with some other married woman. He had a penchant for other men's wives and, as many of them were top aristos, politicians and govenment officials they closed one eye in the hope of advancement. ( Like Brigadier-General Parker-Bowles in the 1980s, whose meteoric rise couldn't have much to do with his abilities).
As they say--no man has greater love than he who lays down his wife for King and Country.
 
He would have got into trouble with some other married woman. He had a penchant for other men's wives and, as many of them were top aristos, politicians and government officials they closed one eye in the hope of advancement. ( Like Brigadier-General Parker-Bowles in the 1980s, whose meteoric rise couldn't have much to do with his abilities).
As they say--no man has greater love than he who lays down his wife for King and Country.


That's the point, though. If he'd met and fallen in love with some other woman, even given that she was married to someone else, he could have lived with her as long as he'd first of all done his duty and produced an heir (and a spare). King Edward VII lived all but openly with a Mrs Keppel when he was King, despite being married to Alexandra.

The English are very relaxed about how their monarchs behave in private, as long as they keep their antics behind closed doors.
 
His political leanings would have led to something significant such as an early European Union or an end to the monarchy. I know lawyers with better morals.
 

terence

Banned
That's the point, though. If he'd met and fallen in love with some other woman, even given that she was married to someone else, he could have lived with her as long as he'd first of all done his duty and produced an heir (and a spare). King Edward VII lived all but openly with a Mrs Keppel when he was King, despite being married to Alexandra.

The English are very relaxed about how their monarchs behave in private, as long as they keep their antics behind closed doors.

Not quite. An heir would need to be the product of a lawful marriage. Bastards cannot succeed to the throne--Prime Minister, yes, Chancellor of the Exchequer, yes, Secretary of State for Wales, yes-but not the throne.

(Interesting that David Cameron is a descendant of Charles II and one of his mistresses)
 
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