Posted on 08/13/2012 5:41:22 AM PDT by C19fan
Afternoons were Bertie’s favourite time for adultery. While husbands were out at work, the Prince sallied forth to pay calls on their wives, lingering for up to 90 minutes. Servants were instructed that no one else should be admitted into the drawing room. Then Bertie would make an abrupt lunge, followed by a kiss smelling of tobacco and a hasty grope. With his favourites, he patiently negotiated the barriers of crinolines and stays to achieve his ultimate desire. Few turned him down: within his social set, it was almost impossible for a woman to resist advances from the Prince of Wales.
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Guess that stutter wasn’t such an impediment after all.
It’s good to be King.
Oops, wrong Bertie.
Different Bertie.
I only read half the article and felt the need to wash my hands and keyboard. What a ho.
Never too late to destroy the reputation of a royal, I suppose. I recently saw the Masterpiece Theater version of Bertie’s life story. They hinted strongly at the infidelity, so I guess this is nothing new. The problem was, they sort of portrayed Bertie as being perfectly fine and Vicky and Albrecht as being the ones with the problem. But there are two sides to every story. At any rate, Bertie seems like a jolly enough old chap, a symbol of his age, a bit like his nephew Nicky, nothing like his nephew Willie.
Sound familiar?
Some fat old horndog “lunging” at women, who felt they couldn’t resist his advances because of his powerful position. Who does that sound like?
But if you fail to educate a young man properly so that he has no life of the mind, fail to train him in athletics so that he has no outlet for his energy, and fail to give him a job . . . this is what you're going to get.
Victoria & Albert tried to educate him along strict German force-feeding lines . . . completely inappropriate for his personality and intellect. When he finally got to Cambridge and had a tutor who saw how to get the best out of him (the excellent Charles Kingsley - who I wish wasn't a rabid anti-Catholic, but I still would have attended his lectures), he did quite well (but his habits and personality were already formed).
What is the smell of tobacco infused hasty grope?
Sounds pretty much like any time in history, anywhere.
I took a college class last year of English history of the Tudor-Stewart Dynasty. It was a blast (if you like History). I read everything I can about the history of the British monarchy all the way back to William the Conquerer. It’s fascinating to me.
The Daily Mail does a good job of printing stories of the Monarchy. The series on Elizabethth II was done with a great deal of class and respect.
Sort of funny how the Daily Mail has all this tabloid trash yet the same paper has these excellent history pieces.
I love English history. I think I will hunt up some of those Daily Mail articles. Thanks.
Scene from THE LION IN WINTER.
KING Henry: (disowns his sons) says to his wife Elanore of Aquataine...”I have no sons!”
Elanore: “We could populate a country town with country girls who have born you sons!”
Apparently he had quite a bit of influence over his nephew in Prussia.
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