ROYAL MISTRESSES

The King adored beautiful women and Lily Langtry was his favourite mistress being a great beauty she was also a talented actress they used to meet in secret in Covent Garden. His wife Queen Alexander turned a "blind" eye to the affair...They had met when seated next to one another at a dinner party being held by the King , Lily's husband was also present the affair ended when the actress fell in love with the Earl of Shrewsbury...

Alice Keppel was another of King Edward Vll mistresses she was a great beauty and had a reputation for adultery her husband George knew of her affairs and tolerated them , she used her affairs as a way of climbing the social ranks . she had met the King in 1898 and their relationship lasted until his death in 1910...

Nell Gynn was King Charles ll lover she used to sell oranges in the markets in London but later became an actress ... She lived in a house just outside Windsor Castle where it is said there was a secret underground passage where she would meet up with him and entertain him in great secrecy...  Nell's mother ran a brothel and it has been said that Nell might have been a child prostitute although this has never be proven.   she gave the King a son called Charles and her theatrical career ended when aged only 21 years of age...

 Henrietta Howard was the mistress of King George ll , Henrietta's husband was badly in debt so in exchange for her services to the King her husband's debts were settled.... The King was very generous to Henrietta and when the affair ended he left her money to buy a property Marble Hill House in Twickenham England....

Madame Pompadour was the chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death . Louis de France met her at a masked ball at the beautiful Palace of Versailles where she lived in an apartment below his.... Louis was devoted to her long after the affair ended she died at the young age of 42 years from Tuberculosis which was rife at the time....