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The doomed, scandalous marriage of the ginger haired Duke of Sussex and his older bride:No,(trunc)
daily mail ^ | 5/27/2018 | chirstopher wilson

Posted on 05/10/2019 10:49:55 AM PDT by RummyChick

The Duchess of Sussex was pregnant when she stood in front of the altar. And she was in love — not with her husband-to-be but her cousin.

No, not Meghan, obviously — but the last woman to bear the title Duchess of Sussex.

More than 200 years ago, a red-headed royal prince fell in love with a dark-haired older woman. What followed was a web of love, lies, deceit and royal disgrace which was to last 40 years.

She was Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dunmore. He was Prince Augustus Frederick, sixth son of 'mad' King George III — and soon to be made the first Duke of Sussex.

The complicated love-triangle they were to embark on was to wreck the lives of the Duke, his wife and her cousin. So let's hope it sets no precedent for Harry and Megs!

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: britain; dukeofsussex; england; history; kinggeorge; kinggeorgeson; madkinggeorge; markle; royals
The OTHER Duke of Sussex included a red head, older dark haired woman, and an Archibald scandal. I wonder if Markle knew about this. She had to have known about it.
1 posted on 05/10/2019 10:49:55 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Me-again plays all the angles. You can count on it.


2 posted on 05/10/2019 10:52:29 AM PDT by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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I just can’t get over Markle actually naming this kid after a cat who was named after a comic book AND a former lover of the previous Duchess of Sussex.

Waiting to see how long stiff upper lipped Brits remember that part of their history.


3 posted on 05/10/2019 10:57:32 AM PDT by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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She was Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dunmore.

The last Royal governor of Virginia.

4 posted on 05/10/2019 11:07:01 AM PDT by C19fan
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At least he wasn't name Mohammed...although I bet that name was considered.
5 posted on 05/10/2019 11:07:35 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Bill Barr:The Bill Belichick of Attorneys General)
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To: RummyChick
This article makes me more deeply grateful for those who pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor that we might break free from those tyrants.

And in time become happy thought-slaves to Google, Facebook, our benevolent federal government and just about any pizza-faced kid with a badge and a blue shirt on who wants to strip search us at will. I'd trade 'em all for King George. Now, sadly, the enemy is us.
6 posted on 05/10/2019 11:08:52 AM PDT by golux
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It is quite a remarkable thing to see the beginnings of our county.

In Texas a few townspeople fought off Mexican soldiers who wanted their cannon back. Pride, foolishness, bravery of a few people lead to the beginning of the independence of Texas.


7 posted on 05/10/2019 11:16:11 AM PDT by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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I think we can fill the universe with what she DOESN’T know


8 posted on 05/10/2019 11:26:35 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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Sparkles is a bloody moron and knows NO English history, NONE AT ALL, pre-Diana...and very little of it during and after Di died!


9 posted on 05/10/2019 11:32:15 AM PDT by nopardons (ay clkain)
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Yes, but there are plenty of people there that know the history of the Duke of Sussex...especially given that name hasn’t been used.

And surely The Queen knows her history.

Such an odd confluence of history showing itself again in this version of the Duke of Sussex.

I suspect it will end as badly.


10 posted on 05/10/2019 11:37:15 AM PDT by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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“Archie’’ is also what British fighter and bomber pilots used to call anti-aircraft fire during the wars. They can call him “Ack Ack’’.


11 posted on 05/10/2019 11:46:28 AM PDT by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

As, I suspect, was Edith.


12 posted on 05/10/2019 11:48:31 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: jmacusa

That has a nice history for a name and would have been plausible .

Except someone has outed that she named it after a cat and a comic.


13 posted on 05/10/2019 11:51:38 AM PDT by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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They can call him “Ack Ack’’.


14 posted on 05/10/2019 12:01:57 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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Yes, you're absolutely 100% correct about it all!

Nope...shan't end well.

15 posted on 05/10/2019 12:41:25 PM PDT by nopardons (ay clkain)
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To: Veto!

QE II was probably trolling MeAgain and Prince Dimwit with the Duke of Sussex title, and they are trolling her back with “Archie.”


16 posted on 05/10/2019 1:46:24 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: BlueLancer

There ya go! Bloom County!


17 posted on 05/10/2019 10:14:52 PM PDT by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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18 posted on 05/11/2019 6:54:06 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: BlueLancer

LOL!


19 posted on 05/11/2019 10:52:33 AM PDT by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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