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

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The Restoration court of King Charles was famous for ‘restoring’ the theatres and he also restored the tradition of seducing the actresses of the stage, including Moll Davis and Nell Gwyn, who received a townhouse in Pall Mall for her trouble. All these things were converging, says Robert Lacey, a historian and royal biographer. It was all part of “the upper-class excess, that led to the Labour [victory] the following year”. It was also a time, he says, when the media were willing to report salacious stories. This was a loveless marriage and Caroline soon found herself isolated at a court where she had no friends or allies. The king was cold and neglectful to her and most likely suffered from an undiagnosed mental illness. To try and alleviate his condition, Christian enlisted the help of a German doctor named Johann Friedrich Struensee . His influence over the king grew steadily and, soon enough, the queen found herself enamored by his charms, as well. Real Housewives Of Potomac' Star Ashley Darby Isn't Mad That Sonja Morgan Stole Her Owen Wilson Thunder At BravoCon: She Knew "His Fetishes" None of it broke Margaret, who died in 1993 aged 80, says Spence. “Obviously she was humiliated, but anybody else would have been devastated and probably gone into hiding. Margaret moved past all of that. She carried on, and kept living the good life. I think that’s quite something, even for today, to have that courage.”

Of course, there is no King who can compete in the popular imagination with the original Tudor Bad Boy, King Henry VIII, who came to the throne in 1509 and had six wives. In fact, however, Henry was more of a serial monogamist than a philanderer. As the writer Hilary Mantel, author of the Tudor epics Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies recently remarked, each time he married his mistress, he created a vacancy. 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. Southern Charm' Star Olivia Flowers Shades 'RHOBH' Star Crystal Kung Minkoff After BravoCon: "I Thought She Was Rude" Taylor Swift Made A Surprise Appearance On ‘Dancing With The Stars’ For This Week’s "Eras" Themed Night: “Sending You Guys All My Love”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. Henry came to the throne an 18-year-old virgin, and was first married to the widow of his brother, Catherine of Aragon, and did not embark on his first affair until 1514, when Catherine was pregnant (it was believed that having sex with a woman while pregnant could cause miscarriage).

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. Charles’s most famous mistress was Barbara Villiers, who had studied the banned sonnets of Pietro Aretin, whose work graphically illustrated the sixteen ‘known’ sexual positions. Her husband was created Earl of Castlemaine by a grateful King, and after she was discarded as a mistress, she retained her power and influence at court by managing a stable of young women for the King to sleep with throughout his marriage to Catherine of Braganza. Taylor Ann Green Confesses That She "Initiated" Kiss With Austen Kroll On 'Southern Charm': "I Caught Him Off Guard"When his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was beheaded for adultery, Henry celebrated by throwing a party with 26 ladies at his table. Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Leo’ on Netflix, in Which Adam Sandler Voices a Lizard Who's Also a Child Psychologist The Great British Baking Show': Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith Sent the Wrong Baker Home during "Party Week"

While her brother was occupied with his military campaigns and expanding his empire, Pauline was only interested in one thing: pleasure. As a beautiful and outspoken socialite, Pauline developed a taste for men in uniform and had sex with an array of lovers. 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. Their union was not a happy one. They had two children together, but afterwards they lost interest in one another. George took a mistress and spent most of his free time with her, so it was not surprising when somebody else eventually caught Sophia’s eye.

Susan Sarandon Dropped By UTA Talent Agency After Speaking At A Pro-Palestine Rally In New York City 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