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| Llewellyn ab Iorwerth Prince of North Wales |
(1197-1231)
Natural daughter of: King John of England & Clemencia.
Wife of: Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, mar 1204.
"Princess of North Wales. The daughter of King John by his mistress Clementia, Joan was legitimized by Pope Honorius III un 1226. In 1204 she married the Prince of North Wales, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, and soon became prominent as a peacemaker between Wales and England. In 1211, when John led an army into North Wales, Joan persuaded him to accept her husband's submission. She was instrumental in preventing a further English invasion in 1213, secured the release of Welsh hostages in 1215, and continued to act as mediator following the accession of Henry III in 1216. In 1230 Joan was imprisoned for adultery, and her lover, William de Braose, executed; but on her death she was buried in Anglesey 'with sore lamentations', and Llywelyn founded a Franciscan house in her honour." (A Historical Dictionary of British Women: 245-246)
Her lover was:
William de Braose. (1197-1230)
Lord of Abergavenny
Lover in 1230.
"Throughout the first twenty-five years of her marriage, Joan emerges from the records as a capable consort to Llywelyn who, in spite of occupying a sometimes controversial political position, succeeded in producing a male heir, in influencing her offspring's future and, above all, in serving as a mediator between her husband, father and brother. This was precisely what made Joan's adultery in 1230 so shocking. News of her affair, and her husband's wrath against Joan's partner, William de Braose the younger, spread quickly throughout Wales and the Welsh marches to England, and Llywelyn's swift and exacting vengeance was subsequently recorded in the Annales Cambriae, Brut y Tywysogyon, Roger of Wendover, and the Annals of Chester, Margam, Tewkesbury, Waverley, Winchester and Worcester. Their accounts of what happened are broadly similar, and can be confirmed by a well known series of letters, most recently re-examined by J.J. Camp, that passed on the one hand, between Llywelyn and William's wife, Eva, and her brother William Marshal junior, earl of Pembroke, and on the other hand, between Marshal's seneschal, and King Henry III's chancellor, Ralph de Neville. . . At Easter 1230, William was visiting Llywelyn's court when he was apparently discovered with Joan. Llywelyn's anger against the couple was extreme, and William was first imprisoned, and then hanged a few weeks later."" (Thirteenth Century England X: Proceedings of the Durham Conference 2003: 89)
"Two years later, in March 1218, Llywelyn did homage to Henry III at Worcester, and in the same year he and lesser Welsh princes went to Woodstock to do homage to the young king, thereby acknowledging dependence upon the English crown. Thereafter, as he strove to get Dafydd alone recognized as his heir, so too he sought to strengthen his position as the superior ruler within Wales. In 1230, he married Dafydd to the daughter of one of the principal Marcher lords, Isabella, the daughter of William de Braose. Unfortunately, while negotiating the marriage, the bride's father made the most of his opportunities and seduced Llywelyn's wife, Joan. On 2 May 1230, Llywelyn hanged de Braise for his adultery, a penalty which savours not only of revenge but also of princely pretensions, for death was to the medieval mind the appropriate penalty for the treason of ravishing a queen consort. The marriage nevertheless went ahead and could have led to its offspring having claims to the de Braose lands in due course, thus further consolidating the claims of the house of Gwynedd to suzerainty throughout Wales. . . ." (The Legal History of Wales: 98)
" . . . Joan, the adulterous princess . . . was the beloved wife and confidante of Llewelyn the Great and the illegitimate daughter of King John, John Lackland, the brother of Richard the Lionheart. Joan succumbed to the charms of William de Beiouze (or de Braose), an English hostage at her husband's court. But Llewelyn found out. Welsh law dictated de Briouze be hung for the offense, and he was, in 1230. . . . " (Nectar from a Stone: A Novel: 444)
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| Anne of York Duchess of Exeter @Wikipedia |
(1439-1476)
Daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York & Cecily Neville
Wife of:
1. Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430-1475), mar 1447, sep 1464, div 1472, son of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter & Anne Stafford.
2. Thomas St. Leger (1440-1483), mar 1474, son of Sir John St. Leger & Margery Donnet.
" . . . Margaret's (Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy) sister Anne had taken a lover, Thomas St. Leger, while her husband the Duke of Exeter was living in exile. Anne's marriage was later annulled and she married St. Leger. . . ." (Margaret of York: The Diabolical Duchess)
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| Amelia of Great Britain @Wikipedia |
Also known as:
Daughter of George II of Great Britain & Caroline of Ansbach.
Her lovers were:
Duke of Newcastle.
Edmund Phelps.George Brydges Romney.
Robert Keate.
Thomas Arnold.
"Amelia may have been the mother of composer Samuel Arnold (1740–1802) through an affair with a commoner of the name Thomas Arnold." (Wiipkedia)
Natural offspring:
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| Augusta Sophia of Great Britain |
(1768-1840)
Daughter of George III of Great Britain & Charlotte of Mecklenburg
Augusta Sophia of Great Britain
Her lover was:
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| Brent Spencer |
"Augusta had met an Irish career officer called Brent Spencer. He was the son of a country squire and had joined the army when he was but seventeen. . . (He was) appointed equerry to the King and given a promotion to major general. . . The following year (1812), she wrote her brother, the Prince Regent, and begged him to arrange a secret marriage for her with an English military officer with whom she had been in love for years." (Regina Jeffers's Blog)
" . . . Having seen her potential suitors turned away, Princess Augusta, the most extrovert of the sisters, fell in love with an equerry, Major-General Sir Brent Spencer (1760-1828); she revealed her feelings to the prince of Wales, and in 1812, after he had become regent, attempted to gain his support for a private marriage. It has been suggested that this marriage did take place, but there is no evidence supporting the assertion.' (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography) [History of Parliamentarians Online]
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| Amelia of Great Britain @Wikipedia |
(1783-1810)
Also known as:
Amelia von Hannover
Emily (to her family)
"Amelia has been described as a beautiful, slender girl with ruby lips and auburn hair. Reportedly she was the "most turbulent and tempestuous of all the Princesses". However, she is also said to have been amiable, spirited, unselfish and intelligent. These qualities led her sister-in-law Princess Caroline, who was known to despise her in-laws, to call Amelia the "most amiable of the bunch". Amelia was a favourite of both the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex, who called her a "lovely creature". Amelia adored the former and once told him that she had always loved him better than her other brothers. He for his part loved her perhaps more than he did his other sisters (with the possible exception of Princess Mary) and was devastated when she died. So deeply affected was he by her death that after her funeral, he could never again sleep in a room that was not lit by several wax candles. He also burst into tears at the mention of her name more than three years after her demise." (Wikipedia)
Her lovers were:
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| Charles FitzRoy @Regency History |
1) Charles FitzRoy (1762-1831)
Lover in 1798
British Army officer
Husband of Eliza Savage, mar 1816
"Fitzroy is probably best known for his romance with George III's favourite daughter Princess Amelia. Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom fell in love with Charles Fitzroy, desiring to marry him. Her mother, The Queen, (Queen Charlotte), was told of the affair by a servant, but turned a blind eye. It was hoped that such discretion would prevent the King (King George III of the United Kingdom) from discovering the liaison, which may have risked sending him into one of the bouts of mental illness to which he was becoming increasingly prone. Though she never gave up hope of marrying him, Amelia knew she could not legally marry FitzRoy due to the provisions of the Royal Marriages Act passed by her father's Parliament (at least until she reached the age of 25, after which she could receive permission by assent of the Privy Council).[citation needed] She would later tell her brother Frederick that she considered herself to be married, taking the initials A. F. R. (Amelia FitzRoy)." (Wikipedia)
"In 1801, the princess was sent for a seaside cure at Weymouth to improve her health. Among those staying with her was the Hon. Charles FitzRoy, an equerry 21 years older than she, and the son of Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton. Amelia fell in love with the equerry, desiring to marry him. The Queen was told of the affair by a servant but turned a blind eye. It was hoped that such discretion would prevent the King from discovering the liaison, which may have risked sending him into one of the bouts of mental illness to which he was becoming increasingly prone. Though she never gave up hope of marrying him, Amelia knew she could not legally marry FitzRoy due to the provisions of the Royal Marriages Act passed by her father's Parliament (at least until she reached the age of 25, after which she could receive permission by the assent of the Privy Council).[citation needed] She would later tell her brother Frederick that she considered herself to be married, taking the initials A. F. R. (Amelia FitzRoy)." (Wikipedia)
"By 1798 Amelia was showing signs of tuberculosis and she was sent to take the air of Weymouth in the company of the Honourable Sir Charles FitzRoy, an equerry more than two decades her senior. During this fateful trip, Amelia and FitzRoy fell in love. They dreamed of marriage but their hopes were dashed when the queen refused to tell her husband of the affair. It meant the end of any marriage plans, yet Amelia would not let go of her dream and she and FitzRoy clung to their love, with the young princess even styling herself as AFR, Amelia FitzRoy. Recalled to Windsor, Amelia grew increasingly despondent and in 1808 suffered a severe attack of measles. Two years later she took to her bed, wracked by tuberculosis. She knew her time was short and commissioned a mourning ring that would be given to the father who doted on her. She also took pains to ensure that she might make her farewells to the man she loved and, with the help of Amelia’s sisters, FitzRoy was given leave to make visits to Amelia’s bedside. One can only hope that the presence of her love gave Amelia some small comfort during her final days yet it must also have reminded her of what she had lost. On 2 November 1810, 27-year-old Princess Amelia died. Her final thoughts were for the man she loved and her dying words, related by Princess Mary in a letter to FitzRoy, were, “Tell Charles I die blessing him”. She left him all her worldly possessions, still true to the man whom she had once dreamed of calling husband." (Mrs. Daffodil Digresses)
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| Charlotte of Great Britain |
" . . . She was a young lady of more than ordinary personal attractions; her features were regular, and her complexion fair, with the rich bloom of youthful beauty; her eyes were blue and very expressive, and her hair was abundant, and of that peculiar light brown which merges into the golden: in fact, such hair as the middle-age Italian painters associate with their conceptions of the Madonna. In figure her Royal Highness was somewhat over the ordinary height of women, but finely proportioned and well developed. Her manners were remarkable for a simplicity and good-nature which would have won admiration and invited affection in the most humble walks of life. She created universal admiration, and I may say a feeling of national pride, amongst all who attended the ball." (Reminiscences of Captain Gronow: 56)
Love affairs, family affairs.
"Charlotte was taking liberties of her own accord at Windsor, liberties that her relations never dreamt of -- though she was her mother's daughter. She had developed into an attractive young woman with shining chestnut hair and infectious high spirits. In the course of a few short weeks in the autumn of 1812, she had encountered by appointment, out on her airings with Lady de Clifford, first one young officer, Captain George FitzClarence, stationed at Windsor with his regiment, then, on his departure and in his place, Captain Charles Hesse. Both were, so to speak, family affairs. FitzClarence was the son of Charlotte's uncle the Duke of Clarence and Mrs. Jordan the actress. Hesse was reputedly an illegitimate son of another of her uncles, the Duke of York. Perhaps on that account, Lady de Clifford made no objection to FitzClarence or Hesse riding alongside the Princess's carriage for several weeks. Then she regretted her forbearance and ordered Charlotte to have no further communication with Hesse. Charlotte, however, exchanged love letters and presents with Hesse. She later told her father that Caroline had encouraged her in this liaison and once locked her in a bedroom with Hesse, saying 'I leave you to amuse yourselves.' Nonetheless Charlotte was never sure whether the handsome officer was her own lover or her mother's" (The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline)
"Despite this, George continued to exclude Caroline from the royal circle and restricted her access to their daughter, who grew up to be a spirited girl who was very fond of her grandfather, the king. Bored with life at Windsor and surrounded by her maiden aunts after the king's relapse, at the age of sixteen she naturally became attracted to young officers, in particular her first cousin, George FitzClarence, the acknowledged illegitimate son of her uncle William. He was quickly sent away to join his regiment, whereupon Charlotte began to take notice of a young cavalry officer, Lieutenant Charles Hesse. Born around 1791, he was allegedly the son of a Prussian merchant, although he had been educated in England. After his father had been ruined in the French war, he seems to have been befriended by the Duchess of York and in 1808 he was given a commission as a cornet in the 18th Light Dragoons by the duke. This connection with the Yorks gave rise to rumours that he was in fact an illegitimate son of the duke, although Frederick never recognized him as such. Hesse was handsome and confident, though rather short, and over several weeks in 1812, in Windsor Great Park, a love affair blossomed." (The Grand Old Duke of York)
"Captain Hesse, a dashing young officer of the 18th Hussars, was the reputed son of the Duke of York by a German lady of rank. He served with Wellington's army in the Peninsula, and was wounded at Waterloo. His parentage naturally brought him into contact with Princess Charlotte, who fell in love with him when she was about sixteen. She wrote him some rather indiscreet letters, and, whilst he was in Spain, she sent him presents, which she experienced much difficulty in getting him to return. For some time after August 1814, whilst the Princess of Wales was living on the continent, he was in her Household, and her enemies alleged that she too had a fancy for him. He returned to England with her in 1820. In later years he had a liaison with the Queen of Naples, and this becoming too notorious, he was expelled . . . ." (The Letters of King Geore IV, Vols 2-3: 321)
"Prinny sent Charlotte to Windsor rather than to permit his 15-year-old daughter to attend his Regency celebration. The young princess spitefully entertained herself with a flirtation with a Hussar captain, Charles Hesse, who was reportedly the illegitimate son of the Duke of York. Caroline allowed Charlotte's assignations to occur under her roof. Charlotte later confessed to her father that Princess Caroline had locked her daughter and Hesse in Caroline's chamber with orders to 'amuse' themselves." (Her Parent's Pawn @English History Authors)
" . . . Lieutenant Charles Hesse, a handsome young officer in the Light Dragoons, had begun aiming cheekily suggestive grins her way. When she went out driving in her carriage in Windsor Great Park with Lady de Clifford, he drew up alongside on his horse and waved at her. Charlotte was soon in thrall to him. A rumour that he was was the son of the Duke of York by a German aristocrat served to intensify his charm. Every morning Charlotte dressed carefully in case she might see Hesse, and then propped herself up smiling in her carriage, carefully arranged to show off her best side. On the days when he did not appear, her heart plunged. Finally, quite overwhelmed by passion, she confessed all to her mother. Princess Caroline listened sympathetically, them, to Charlotte's great surprise, volunteered to help by giving Hesse notes to pass to her daughter, thus providing the pair with a legitimate reason to meet. The young lovers exchanged letters and grasped every opportunity to grow closer." (Becoming Queen: 50)
Physical appearance & personal qualities.
" . . . This Captain Hess was a short, plump, vulgar-looking man, afterwards lover to the Queen of Naples, mother of the present King, an amour that was carried on under the auspices of the Margravine at her villa in the Strada Nuova at Naples. It was, however, detected, and Hess was sent away from Naples, and never allowed to return. I remember finding him at Turin (married), when he was lamenting his hard fate in being excluded from the Paradiso Naples." (The Greville Memoirs: 328)
Charles Hesse's personal & family background.
"Captain Hesse, formerly of the 18th Hussars.---One of my most intimate friends was the late Captain Hesse, generally believed to be a son of the Duke of York, by a German lady of rank. . . Hesse, in early youth, lived with the Duke and Duchess of York; he was treated in such a manner by them as to indicate an interest in him by their Royal Highnesses which could scarcely be attributed to ordinary regard, and was gazetted a coronet in the 18th Hussars at seventeen years of age. Shortly afterwards, he went to Spain, and was present in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged; receiving a severe wound in the wrist at the battle of Vittoria. When this became known in England, a royal lady wrote to Lord Wellington, requesting that he might be carefully attended to; and, at the same time, a watch, with her portrait, was forwarded, which was delivered to the wounded Hussar by Lord Wellington himself. When he had sufficiently recovered, Hesse returned to England, and passed much of his time at Oatlands, the residence of the Duchess of York; he was also honoured with the confidence of the Princess Charlotte and her mother, Queen Caroline. . . ." (Reminiscences of Captain Gronow: 217)
"Hess's affair was an atrocity of the Princess of Wales. She employed him to convey letters to her daughter while she used to ride in Windsor Park, which he contrived to deliver, and occasionally converse with her; and on one occasion, at Kensington, the Princess of Wales brought them together in her own room. The Princess afterwards wrote him some letter, not containing much harm, but idle and improper. . . ." (The Greville Memoirs: 328)
2) Friedrich von Preussen.
"Meanwhile, the Princess fell in love with Prince Frederick, the King of Prussia's nephew. One of her lady companions aided Charlotte in arranging several clandestine meetings with Frederick, and she maintained secret correspondence with the prince until January 15, 1815, when he informed her that he had fallen for another. Frederick returned Charlotte's gifts and portrait at that time." (Regina Jeffer's Blog)
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| George FitzClarence 1st Earl of Munster |
3) George FitzClarence (1794-1842)
British aristocrat & military officer.
1st Baron Tewkesbury 1831; 1st Earl of Munster 1831
Major-General; Aide-de-Camp to William IV 1830; Lieutenant of the Tower 1831; Privy councillor 1833; Constable of Windsor 1833; Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria 1837.
Son of: William IV of Great Britain & Mrs. Dorothea Jordan.
Husband of: Mary Wyndham, daughter of George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont & Eliza Fox, mar 1819.
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"The precocious Princess was desperate for adventure. 'George FitzClarence is arrived from Portugal,' she wrote to Miss Elphinstone. 'I saw him the very day he arrived in town, much grown and looking very well.' Seventeen-year-old Captain George, the eldest son of the Duke of Clarence by the beautiful actress Mrs. Jordan, was handsome, brave and full of life. After sweet smiles, poignant glances and friendly rides, Charlotte became infatuated with her dashing cousin. Sadly, however, he was soon called away to his regiment in Brighton. She was briefly despondent, but then a new admirer cantered into view, Lieutenant Charles Hesse, a handsome young officer in the Light Dragoons. . . ." (Becoming Queen: 50)
"Charlotte was taking liberties of her own accord at Windsor, liberties that her relations never dreamt of -- though she was her mother's daughter. She had developed into an attractive young woman with shining chestnut hair and infectious high spirits. In the course of a few short weeks in the autumn of 1812, she had encountered by appointment, out on her airings with Lady de Clifford, first one your officer, Captain George Fitzclarence, stationed at Windsor with his regiment, then, on his departure and in his place, Captain Charles Hesse. Both were, so to speak, family affairs.
"Next, Charlotte's cousin Captain George FitzClarence (eldest son of the actress Dorothea Jordan and William, Duke of Clarence, the Prince of Wales's youngest brother) caught the young princess's eye. but George soon moved with his regiment to Brighton, where he fell in love with Mary Seymour (who was the first to call the Prince Regent 'Prinny'). . . ." (Regina Jeffer's Blog)
Captain Fitzclarence's personal & family background: " . . . Fitzclarence was the son of Charlotte's uncle the Duke of Clarence and Mrs. Jordan the actress.
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| Louise of Great Britain Marchioness of Lorne @Wikipedia |
(1848-1939)
a.k.a. Mrs. Campbell.
The most beautiful of Queen Victoria's daughters.
"Princess Louise, Victoria and Albert's sixth child, was born in 1848. With her blond hair, deep blue eyes, and striking features, she was the most beautiful of the queen's daughters, but also the most difficult. She enjoyed her rank and position, yet chafed against the restrictions it imposed upon her. Capable of great warmth and kindness, she also possessed a cold, cruel streak, and her frustrations and jealousy often took the form of extended, exceptionally personal, battles with others, most notably her sister Beatrice. In March 1871 Louise married John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne and heir to the Duke of Argyll. It was the first time a royal princess had married a subject since 1515. The union did not seem destine to bring happiness to either party. The marquess was popularly believed to be homosexual, and the pair never had any children. The princess and her husband went to Canada when the queen appointed the marquess governor-general in 1878, but Louise despised her time in Ottawa and, unable or unwilling to conceal the fact, left midway through his term to return to London. Louise became bitter and spiteful, engaging in dangerous romantic games that scandalized those around her. 'Never have I come across a more dangerous woman,' commented one of Victoria's courtiers. 'To gain her end she would stop at nothing.' Her only refuge became her art, and she was a sculptor of immense talent. Her statue of her mother in her coronation robes still stands outside Kensington Palace in London." (Twilight of Splendor: 58)
Princess Louise's affairs.
Princess Louise's affairs.
"Her sixth child, Princess Louise, was alleged to have had affairs with her equerry and her mother's secretary, Lord Stamfordham, as well as with the sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm and his assistant, Alfred Gilbert, the architect Edwin Lutyens, and an unnamed music master. . . ." (New Statesman)
" . . . Those who cheered the arrival at the Abbey of the governor-general of Canada, the Marquess of Lorne, might have wondered why his wife, Princess Louise, had produced no heir. Did it have anything to do with the fact that she had been in love with the sculptor Edgar Boehm (a substantial figure -- it was said a winch was necessary to lift him from his royal mistress when he died in flagrante) and that Lord Lorne was a promiscuous homosexual, much given to meeting guardsmen in Hyde Park?. . . ." (The Victorians: 503)
Her lovers were:
1) Alfred Gilbert.
British sculptor Boehm's assistant
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| Sir Arthur Bigge, 1900 @Vanity Fair |
2) Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham (1849-1931)
British army officer & courtier.
British sculptor
". . . Boehm gave lessons in art at his home to a number of notable pupils, including Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria. she was so smitten with him that she had a studio built in the grounds of Kensington Palace, where she could enjoy his individual attention. Whatever those tutorial sessions comprised, the fact remains that they were together when Joseph Boehm died in 1890 of a burst blood vessel -- alleged by some to be the result of over-energetic lovemaking." (Gold Sovereign Expert)
4) Edwin Lutyens.
British architect
6) Rev. Robinson Duckworth.
7) Walter Stirling.
"Lieutenant Walter George Stirling, of the Horse Artillery, had been hired in March 1866 as the latest tutor for her delicate younger brother, Leopold, who was a haemophiliac. An important addition to the Royal Household, Stirling also joined various family outings, parties and dinners. Leopold blossomed under his care, and there was certainly no sign that Victoria was anything but pleased with the handsome young officer. Louise, meanwhile, was spending a great deal of time with both her brother and his tutor. So it came as a shock when Stirling was abruptly dismissed from his post just four months later. The official explanation was that the Queen had decided Leopold needed a tutor more used to dealing with ‘persons of delicate health’. But this makes little sense, as the boy was promptly placed in the care of a notoriously brutal servant, who regularly abused the prince — extremely dangerous for a child at risk of bleeding to death." (Daily Mail)
"Queen Victoria's rebellious sixth daughter Princess Louise had an illegitimate child with her brother's tutor, a leading biographer has claimed. Louise is thought to have given birth to a son, whose father was her brother Leopold's tutor Walter Stirling. But soon after he was born, he was adopted by the son of Queen Victoria's gynaecologist, Frederick Locock. Lucinda Hawksley, an art historian and biographer, says although she has been denied access to documents which would definitely prove whether the claims are true, she believes the existing evidence is more than simply circumstantial. Having seen photos of the baby – named Henry – and his descendants, she said there was a "remarkable similarity" between them and members of the Royal Family." (Telegraph)
"Lieutenant Walter George Stirling, of the Horse Artillery, had been hired in March 1866 as the latest tutor for her delicate younger brother, Leopold, who was a haemophiliac. An important addition to the Royal Household, Stirling also joined various family outings, parties and dinners. Leopold blossomed under his care, and there was certainly no sign that Victoria was anything but pleased with the handsome young officer. Louise, meanwhile, was spending a great deal of time with both her brother and his tutor. So it came as a shock when Stirling was abruptly dismissed from his post just four months later. The official explanation was that the Queen had decided Leopold needed a tutor more used to dealing with ‘persons of delicate health’. But this makes little sense, as the boy was promptly placed in the care of a notoriously brutal servant, who regularly abused the prince — extremely dangerous for a child at risk of bleeding to death." (Daily Mail)
"Queen Victoria's rebellious sixth daughter Princess Louise had an illegitimate child with her brother's tutor, a leading biographer has claimed. Louise is thought to have given birth to a son, whose father was her brother Leopold's tutor Walter Stirling. But soon after he was born, he was adopted by the son of Queen Victoria's gynaecologist, Frederick Locock. Lucinda Hawksley, an art historian and biographer, says although she has been denied access to documents which would definitely prove whether the claims are true, she believes the existing evidence is more than simply circumstantial. Having seen photos of the baby – named Henry – and his descendants, she said there was a "remarkable similarity" between them and members of the Royal Family." (Telegraph)
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Countess of Snowdon
Wife of: Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon mar 1960, div 1978.
"Princess Margaret’s husband was by no means an angel himself. Anthony Armstrong-Jones had a daughter by another woman just three weeks into their marriage. He was also thought to be bisexual and to have had affairs with at least two male interior designers, Nicholas Haslam and Tom Parr. “If it moves, he’ll have it,” a friend joked. Charmingly, he is said to have left lists of “things I hate about you” between the pages of his wife’s books, one of which supposedly read, “you look like a Jewish manicurist and I hate you.” (Woman & Home)
A serial adulterer with a colourful sexual life.
"By the early 1970s, Princess Margaret's marriage to photographer and filmmaker Lord Tony Snowdon began to irrevocably break down; Snowdon was described as a serial adulterer with a colourful sexual life, who encouraged Margaret to follow suit. Snowdon had embarked upon a new relationship with Lucy Hogg - who he went on to marry in 1978 - but all of this was to be overshadowed by Princess Margaret and Roddy Llewllyn's whirlwind romance." (Harper's Bazaar)
Aware of effect his well-honed sexual expertise on women.
"For Tony it was all overwhelming. He was used to pretty girls, from unsophisticated debutantes to models and actresses of varying degrees of experience, and he was aware of the effect his well-honed sexual expertise had on women. . . ." (Vanity Fair)
A serial adulterer with a colourful sexual life.
"By the early 1970s, Princess Margaret's marriage to photographer and filmmaker Lord Tony Snowdon began to irrevocably break down; Snowdon was described as a serial adulterer with a colourful sexual life, who encouraged Margaret to follow suit. Snowdon had embarked upon a new relationship with Lucy Hogg - who he went on to marry in 1978 - but all of this was to be overshadowed by Princess Margaret and Roddy Llewllyn's whirlwind romance." (Harper's Bazaar)
Aware of effect his well-honed sexual expertise on women.
"For Tony it was all overwhelming. He was used to pretty girls, from unsophisticated debutantes to models and actresses of varying degrees of experience, and he was aware of the effect his well-honed sexual expertise had on women. . . ." (Vanity Fair)
She was right to worry about Tony.
"Margaret's almost hysterical possessiveness was partly based on the feeling that while he was away from her Tony would not be faithful. She was right to worry. As she knew, his sexual appetite was demanding and constant — and his urge towards new conquests was unstoppable. He resisted few opportunities that came his way. One account of him at a party given by the theatre critic Kenneth Tynan describes Margaret telephoning to find out if her husband was there, and Tony, with a beautiful black model on his lap, making negative signs. To the embarrassment of other guests, the Princess, sitting alone in Kensington Palace, innocently asked who was there, and then asked to have a chat with those she knew. His minor infidelities were discreetly conducted. No one outside Tony's immediate circle realised he had taken this or that girl home. He also maintained contact with old girlfriends, as he would do all his life. For him, long relationships and casual encounters co-existed." (Daily Mail)
Tony's girlfriends.
"Yet, although by the summer of 1959 they were deeply in love and conducting an affair, he was still leading his busy private life at full throttle. Girls still came and went at the studio, and although the actress Jacqui Chan, his longtime girlfriend, was less in evidence, he was also carrying on an affair with the beautiful actress Gina Ward. On weekends, he often went to visit Jeremy and Camilla Fry, who had become his closest friends. Naturally, he took the Princess to see them at their house, Widcombe Manor, near Bath, and when she had weekend engagements or he could not see her, he often went there by himself." (Vanity Fair)
"Margaret's almost hysterical possessiveness was partly based on the feeling that while he was away from her Tony would not be faithful. She was right to worry. As she knew, his sexual appetite was demanding and constant — and his urge towards new conquests was unstoppable. He resisted few opportunities that came his way. One account of him at a party given by the theatre critic Kenneth Tynan describes Margaret telephoning to find out if her husband was there, and Tony, with a beautiful black model on his lap, making negative signs. To the embarrassment of other guests, the Princess, sitting alone in Kensington Palace, innocently asked who was there, and then asked to have a chat with those she knew. His minor infidelities were discreetly conducted. No one outside Tony's immediate circle realised he had taken this or that girl home. He also maintained contact with old girlfriends, as he would do all his life. For him, long relationships and casual encounters co-existed." (Daily Mail)
Tony's girlfriends.
"Yet, although by the summer of 1959 they were deeply in love and conducting an affair, he was still leading his busy private life at full throttle. Girls still came and went at the studio, and although the actress Jacqui Chan, his longtime girlfriend, was less in evidence, he was also carrying on an affair with the beautiful actress Gina Ward. On weekends, he often went to visit Jeremy and Camilla Fry, who had become his closest friends. Naturally, he took the Princess to see them at their house, Widcombe Manor, near Bath, and when she had weekend engagements or he could not see her, he often went there by himself." (Vanity Fair)
Margaret's lovers were:
Margaret's boyfriends.
"Princess Margaret is said to have had affairs with Mick Jagger, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Warren Beatty, Anita Pallenberg and Dusty Springfield. Actor and alleged gangster John Bindon claimed to have had a fling with the princess, boasting that he had impressed her with his favourite party trick: balancing five half-pint beer glasses on his manhood." (Woman & Home)
"Princess Margaret is said to have had affairs with Mick Jagger, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Warren Beatty, Anita Pallenberg and Dusty Springfield. Actor and alleged gangster John Bindon claimed to have had a fling with the princess, boasting that he had impressed her with his favourite party trick: balancing five half-pint beer glasses on his manhood." (Woman & Home)
"Reportedly, her first extramarital affair took place in 1966, with her daughter's godfather, Bordeaux wine producer Anthony Barton, and a year later she had a one-month liaison with Robin Douglas-Home, a nephew of a former British Prime Minister. Margaret claimed that her relationship with Douglas-Home was platonic, but her letters to him (which were later sold) were intimate. Douglas-Home committed suicide 18 months after the split with Margaret. Claims that she was romantically involved with musician Mick Jagger, actor Peter Sellers, and Australian cricketer Keith Miller are unproven. A 2009 biography of actor David Niven asserted based on information from his widow and a good friend of Niven's that he too had had an affair with the princess. Another association was supposedly with John Bindon, a cockney actor who had spent time in prison. His story, sold to the Daily Mirror, boasted of a close relationship with Margaret and, while it was debatable, the publicity was followed further damaged her reputation." (English Princesses: 80)
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| Robin Douglas-Home @Alchetron |
Lover in 1965.
Scottish aristocrat, jazz pianist and author.
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| Margaret & Robin |
"In 1967, Margaret had started seeing Scottish aristocrat and jazz pianist Robin Douglas Home, but after spending six weeks together, he was eventually banned from Kensington Palace. Life in the '60s reflected the social and sexual revolution that changed Britain during the 20th century - but it wasn't always women who benefited from this cultural shift.' (Harper's Bazaar)
"Increasingly, however, each was feeling isolated inside the marriage. Used to male adoration, and all too aware of Tony's interest in other women, Margaret ran into an old friend, Robin Douglas-Home, a charming, light-hearted dilettante who played piano at smart hotels like the Ritz. A practised seducer, Douglas-Home quickly realised that the lonely and neglected Princess was ripe for an affair. A man who made her feel a desirable woman again, who wanted to be near her rather than away from her, was a huge comfort - in the short term. One evening she made a gesture of affection to him, saying what a support he was to her and adding: 'I don't know what I'd do without you.' A passionate but brief liaison followed." (Daily Mail)
"Douglas-Home married the fashion model Sandra Paul in 1959 and they had a son in 1962, Sholto. The couple were divorced in 1965 coinciding with his romance with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. His divorce was the subject of a BBC television documentary by Alan Whicker." (Wikipedia)
"Increasingly, however, each was feeling isolated inside the marriage. Used to male adoration, and all too aware of Tony's interest in other women, Margaret ran into an old friend, Robin Douglas-Home, a charming, light-hearted dilettante who played piano at smart hotels like the Ritz. A practised seducer, Douglas-Home quickly realised that the lonely and neglected Princess was ripe for an affair. A man who made her feel a desirable woman again, who wanted to be near her rather than away from her, was a huge comfort - in the short term. One evening she made a gesture of affection to him, saying what a support he was to her and adding: 'I don't know what I'd do without you.' A passionate but brief liaison followed." (Daily Mail)
"Douglas-Home married the fashion model Sandra Paul in 1959 and they had a son in 1962, Sholto. The couple were divorced in 1965 coinciding with his romance with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. His divorce was the subject of a BBC television documentary by Alan Whicker." (Wikipedia)
"Douglas-Home married the fashion model Sandra Paul in 1959 and they had a son in 1962, Sholto. The couple were divorced in 1965 coinciding with his romance with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. His divorce was the subject of a BBC television documentary by Alan Whicker." (Wikipedia)
" . . .In 1968, Robin Douglas-Home, a nephew of Lord Home, committed suicide 18 months after the Princess had ended their liaison. . . ." (The Guardian)
2) Anthony Barton.
2) Anthony Barton.
Lover in 1966.
Irish wine producer
"Unhappy and bored, the Princess was unfaithful, too. A regular guest at Kensington Palace was Tony's old university friend, Anthony Barton, who lived in France but stayed whenever he was in London. Tony was usually around for his visits, but in February 1966 went to India on a job, insisting his friend should remain in his absence. After dinner, with no preliminaries, Margaret said to Barton: 'Let's go to bed.' Startled, he replied: 'No, I think our relationship's not that.' She edged closer and said: 'Well, I think you could be a bit more cuddly.' Few men could have resisted her, and Barton did not, though his conscience troubled him. He felt there was more than a hint of revenge in her enthusiasm for him. An affair with one of her husband's oldest and closest friends was a classic way for a neglected wife to strike back. 'No one need ever know,' said the Princess. And for a while, they did not.'" (Daily Mail)
Affair's end & aftermath.
"Then came a new blow. At home in France, Anthony Barton left one of Margaret's letters lying about and his wife Eva picked it up and read it. The affair ended, which to Barton was a relief.The problem was that he and Eva were about to go and stay with the Snowdons. As nothing had come into the open, Eva felt they might as well pretend nothing had happened. But this course of action proved impossible for her to sustain — and one evening she told Tony what had been going on." (Daily Mail)
"Unhappy and bored, the Princess was unfaithful, too. A regular guest at Kensington Palace was Tony's old university friend, Anthony Barton, who lived in France but stayed whenever he was in London. Tony was usually around for his visits, but in February 1966 went to India on a job, insisting his friend should remain in his absence. After dinner, with no preliminaries, Margaret said to Barton: 'Let's go to bed.' Startled, he replied: 'No, I think our relationship's not that.' She edged closer and said: 'Well, I think you could be a bit more cuddly.' Few men could have resisted her, and Barton did not, though his conscience troubled him. He felt there was more than a hint of revenge in her enthusiasm for him. An affair with one of her husband's oldest and closest friends was a classic way for a neglected wife to strike back. 'No one need ever know,' said the Princess. And for a while, they did not.'" (Daily Mail)
Affair's end & aftermath.
"Then came a new blow. At home in France, Anthony Barton left one of Margaret's letters lying about and his wife Eva picked it up and read it. The affair ended, which to Barton was a relief.The problem was that he and Eva were about to go and stay with the Snowdons. As nothing had come into the open, Eva felt they might as well pretend nothing had happened. But this course of action proved impossible for her to sustain — and one evening she told Tony what had been going on." (Daily Mail)
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| Colin & Margaret @Daily Mail |
British aristocrat.
"Yet that long-forgotten party was the start of what would become an intriguingly close and enduring relationship between Margaret and Colin — the heir to Lord Glenconner and then one of the most eligible bachelors of late Forties’ high society. x x x Their friendship, he said, hadn’t fully ignited until 1954, by which time Margaret was at the height of her beauty and he’d become the favourite of her escorts. To the dismay of her usual circle, he was — as he recalled — ‘newer and funnier than they’d ever been. And possibly better-looking, too.’ x x x Were they lovers? Not exactly. ‘We were just having a very good time,’ he told me — a good time that included what he described as ‘heavy petting’. x x x As for his own relationship with Margaret, Colin said, the secret was that ‘we used to talk and talk and laugh. She used to flirt and flirt at parties, but never with me. I was always there for her and she relied on me in private.’" (Daily Mail)
4) Danny Kaye.
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| Margaret & Eddie Fisher @NZ Herald |
6) Eddie Fisher.
Lover in 1952-1953.
7) John Bindon.
cockney actor & East End crook
Lover in 1979.
8) Keith Miller.
Australian cricketer
(rumour)
"Indeed, to the delight of the Fleet Street tabloids, Sunny had developed a raffish reputation, running with Princess Margaret’s set as her occasional escort; one story had it that he dared to spurn King George VI’s suggestion that he marry Meg. Instead Sunny’s first bride was Susan Hornby, the daughter of a prominent businessman. The 1951 event was London society’s Wedding of the Year, replete with eight bridesmaids, four pages and a guest list headed by Queen Elizabeth (now the Queen Mother)." (People)
10) Leslie Hutchinson.
Lover in 1956.
11) Mick Jagger.
Lover in 1970.
(rumour)
12) Noel Botham.
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| Margaret & Norman Lonsdale @Daily Mail |
13) Norman Lonsdale.
"Norman Lonsdale, a widower whose wife died in 1979, met Margaret when Viscount Linley was 19 and a boyfriend of then 18-year-old Emma Jane Lonsdale. They hit it off immediately, certainly enough for the Princess to feel comfortable in inviting him to her beloved Mustique in November that same year. The memories of her previous holiday there, and the wrench of Roddy leaving her, must have been raw and painful. Sot it was a measure of her feelings for Lonsdale that she invited him there---almost certainly in the hope of banishing Roddy's ghost. Margaret's three-year-romance with Lonsdale was a low-key, sophisticated affair with little of the grand passion or dramatic outbursts which had punctuated her earlier liaisons." (Margaret - The Last Real Princess)
Affair's end & aftermath.
"They were close for four years and Norman often escorted the Princess to Mustique. But the romance ended when Norman, who ran the Peter Evans restaurant chain in the Sixties, met wealthy Filipina beauty Minda Feliciano in 1985. Coincidentally, Minda - a former love of Sir Michael Caine - was introduced to Norman by Ned Ryan, another Margaret escort. Having arranged for designer Anouska Hempel to stay on Minda's yacht in France, Ned was also present at a dinner party given in London by Anouska to thank Minda. Norman was also invited and Ned played cupid by asking him to take Minda home." (Daily Mail)
13) Peter Sellers.
Lover in 1966-1969.
(rumour)
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| Peter Townshend @Woman & Home |
14) Peter Townsend.
Lover in 1953-1955.
The King’s equerry, was a glamorous war hero.
" . . . The Princess, then 17, was already in love with one of her father’s courtiers, a love that would blaze across headlines and almost cause a constitutional crisis. Like her uncle David, the Duke of Windsor, she had become besotted with someone else’s spouse. Group Captain Peter Townsend, the King’s extra equerry, was a glamorous war hero who had been selected for royal service in 1944. Born in 1915, he was 15 years older than the Princess, whom he met for the first time when she was a 14-year-old in ankle socks. He came from a family that had served King (or Queen) and country for several generations. When the King asked him to escort his daughters riding or to the theater, keep a watchful eye while they danced with friends, or accompany them on picnics at Balmoral, the royal residence in Scotland, Townsend regarded it not so much a duty as an expression of devotion." (Vanity Fair)
First encounter.
The King’s equerry, was a glamorous war hero.
" . . . The Princess, then 17, was already in love with one of her father’s courtiers, a love that would blaze across headlines and almost cause a constitutional crisis. Like her uncle David, the Duke of Windsor, she had become besotted with someone else’s spouse. Group Captain Peter Townsend, the King’s extra equerry, was a glamorous war hero who had been selected for royal service in 1944. Born in 1915, he was 15 years older than the Princess, whom he met for the first time when she was a 14-year-old in ankle socks. He came from a family that had served King (or Queen) and country for several generations. When the King asked him to escort his daughters riding or to the theater, keep a watchful eye while they danced with friends, or accompany them on picnics at Balmoral, the royal residence in Scotland, Townsend regarded it not so much a duty as an expression of devotion." (Vanity Fair)
First encounter.
"The teenage princess first noticed the love of her life, dashing war hero Group Captain Peter Townsend, on a tour to South Africa. But he was a married man, twice her age, with two children." (BBC)
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| Peter Townsend @BBC |
"At Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953, Princess Margaret was spotted intimately interacting with Group Captain Peter Townsend. Soon news of the romantic relationship between the princess and the royal equerry was public — which only brought more attention to the barriers their romance faced. Townsend, a hero in World War II, was a commoner, 16 years older than the princess, and he'd been divorced. Because of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772, Margaret needed the queen's permission to marry. But Elizabeth and her advisors didn't want to sanction a marriage between a divorced man and a member of the royal family. At the time, the Church of England didn't recognize divorce, and the queen was head of the church. To separate him from Margaret, Townsend was sent abroad as an air attaché. His departure was scheduled so he would be gone by the time Margaret returned from a tour of Rhodesia." (Biography)
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| Margaret & Roddy @Town & Country |
16) Roddy Llewellyn.
Landscape gardener
Lover in 1973-1981.
First encounter.
"Per the BBC, they were introduced at the Café Royal in Edinburgh on their way to Margaret's friend Colin Tennant's house. At the time, Roddy was a gardener, and just 25 years old, 17 years younger than Margaret." (Town & Country Magazine)
"Small wonder then that the charming young Roddy Llewellyn stepped in to fill the gap. Her most outrageous choice to date, he was many years younger, footloose and fancy-free. The couple first met in Scotland in September 1973 at the Café Royal in Edinburgh when travelling to a house party in Peebleshire hosted by Margaret's old friend, Colin Tennant." (BBC)
"By the early 1970s, the Snowdons had drifted apart. In September 1973, Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner introduced Margaret to Roddy Llewellyn. Llewellyn was seventeen years her junior. In 1974, he was a guest at the holiday home she had built on Mustique. It was the first of several visits. Margaret described their relationship as 'a loving friendship'. . . ." (English Princesses: 60)
" . . . In 1973, with their marriage all but over, Princess Margaret met Roddy Llewellyn, son of the well known horseman, Sir Harry Llewellyn, and 17 years her junior. They became close." (The Guardian)
"Back in Britain, Margaret also attended house parties at Glen, Colin’s family seat in the Borders. As it was imperative to have guests who would amuse her, there was an anxious flurry in 1973 when a man dropped out at the last minute. On the recommendation of a cousin of Colin’s, his wife Anne invited a stranger to make up the numbers: a young man called Roddy Llewellyn, who was a research assistant at the Royal College Of Heralds by day and a floor cleaner by night. To everyone’s surprise, he looked so much like a younger Lord Snowdon that he could almost have been a clone. As Roddy admits, the attraction between them was ‘mutual and instant’. Then aged 25, Roddy sat beside the 43-year-old Princess on the piano stool at Glen, turning the pages of the music score as she played." (Daily Mail)
Why her?
""I discovered a warm and witty woman, possessing a strong sense of duty and dedication to her country's interests, who has honoured me with her friendship since that first house party that was so filled with fun and laughter," he said. 'In Princess Margaret I found a fine friend who could steady my restless nature and offer wise counsel.'" (T&C Magazine)
End of affair & aftermath.
Why her?
""I discovered a warm and witty woman, possessing a strong sense of duty and dedication to her country's interests, who has honoured me with her friendship since that first house party that was so filled with fun and laughter," he said. 'In Princess Margaret I found a fine friend who could steady my restless nature and offer wise counsel.'" (T&C Magazine)
End of affair & aftermath.
"Despite the outrage, Roddy Llewellyn was far from being a fame-seeking toy boy. His relationship with the princess lasted nearly eight years but, in the end, the age gap was too great and Roddy married a younger woman. Princess Margaret never found a love to follow him." (BBC)
"Margaret and Llewellyn were still together, but he was banned from attending her 50th birthday in August 1980. Friends recall the royal asking them to give him dinner somewhere beforehand. Their relationship soon petered out, and in 1981, Llewellyn married Tatiana Soskin, daughter of the film producer Paul Soskin." (Harper's Bazaar)
17) Sharman Douglas (1928-1996)
"Margaret and Llewellyn were still together, but he was banned from attending her 50th birthday in August 1980. Friends recall the royal asking them to give him dinner somewhere beforehand. Their relationship soon petered out, and in 1981, Llewellyn married Tatiana Soskin, daughter of the film producer Paul Soskin." (Harper's Bazaar)
17) Sharman Douglas (1928-1996)
American socialite
18) Warren Beatty.
19) William Wallace.
"Margaret had recently dumped a chinless beau called Billy Wallace — who regularly proposed and was always rejected — and so asked Colin to stay with the Royal Family at Balmoral in Scotland." (Daily Mail)
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