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

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This was in July, 1820. George was the new king, but his coronation had not taken place yet and he did not want Caroline to be his queen. Unfortunately for him, the only grounds for divorce was adultery, so he went to trial, accusing his wife of “a most unbecoming and degrading intimacy ” with “a foreigner of low station” like Pergami. The entire ordeal played out in the newspapers like you would expect to see it in today’s tabloids, except that instead of photographs, they had obscene caricatures. Some depicted King George with a piggish face. Others showed the queen naked in the bath with Pergami. It was a kind of treatment that the British royals never received before and some argue that it started the trend of the tabloid scandal. As one historian put it: “No British monarch has ever been portrayed in more ridiculous postures nor in more odious terms.” 2. A German Doctor in King Christian’s Court

It was partly personality, but mostly her upbringing, says Spence. Born in 1912, she was the only child of a Scottish textile millionaire and his wife, who brought Margaret up in New York. “She was very spoilt,” says Spence. “She said when she was young her father taught her how to argue and get her own way.” At 15, on holiday in the Isle of Wight, she met a 17-year-old David Niven and he had sex with her; she became pregnant and her father sent her for an abortion. There were plenty of parties who had an interest in spreading such gossip. Many were other suitors to Elizabeth looking to get rid of the competition, but others wanted to disgrace the queen herself, not Dudley. Mary, Queen of Scots, openly said that Elizabeth and her “ horsekeeper ” were lovers and that they intended to marry after they got rid of Dudley’s first wife. In this case, it was never really a matter of what you could prove, but what you could get the people to believe. 3. Pains and Penalties Lacey met Margaret in her later years “when she was rather sad”. The damage to her reputation came at huge personal cost, as well as financial. She had become estranged from her daughter, though remained close to her son, and had become a bit of a joke. “The Duke of Argyll took so much off her,” says Spence, even before the divorce, “and she had to pay his legal costs. She lost her home. She lived in a hotel for a while and then she got evicted for unpaid bills.”

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ on Apple TV+, a Charming and Typically Tearjerking Adaptation of the Classic Children's Book 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. Elizabeth and Robert Dudley had been close friends since childhood. When she became queen, she immediately made him Master of the Horse to reward his loyalty. This was a coveted position as it involved a lot of private time with her majesty. The two grew even closer together and Elizabeth seldom allowed Dudley to leave her court.

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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Oppenheimer’ on VOD, Christopher Nolan's Sprawling, Urgent Three-Hour Nuclear Biopic Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Master Gardener’ on Hulu, Another Subtly Sinister Drama From Master Storyteller Paul Schrader Diplomatic marriages were a common practice among the royals and they were used as a valuable political tool to gain land, money, power, and heirs. Joy Behar Calls On Will Smith To "Get In The Ring" With Jada Pinkett Smith On 'The View': "He Sits There And Takes It" Susan Sarandon Dropped By UTA Talent Agency After Speaking At A Pro-Palestine Rally In New York CityThe following year, the aristocracy publicized the affair and arrested and charged the queen and the physician with adultery. Caroline Matilda admitted to the deed, so Struensee was executed while her marriage was dissolved and she was deported. She died a few years later of scarlet fever, aged 23. 1. The Tour de Nesle Affair Taylor Swift Made A Surprise Appearance On ‘Dancing With The Stars’ For This Week’s "Eras" Themed Night: “Sending You Guys All My Love” 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. Real Housewives Of Potomac' Star Ashley Darby Isn't Mad That Sonja Morgan Stole Her Owen Wilson Thunder At BravoCon: She Knew "His Fetishes" When it comes to true perversion, there is nobody who can outperform the Roman emperors. We could have done the entire list just about their licentious ways, but instead we are just going to focus on one of them – Tiberius. We’ve all heard about the various deviances of Nero, or Caligula, but the actions of Tiberius might have been the most depraved of all… if they were true.