Camilla of Cornwall and Prince Charles They met in 1970 at a polo match. And within the conversation at that time Camilla mentioned a question, “Did you know that my great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, was a lover of her great-great-grandfather (Edward VII)?”according to the portal www.monarquias.com and various international media.
“The parallels between Charles of England and Edward VII are striking,” according to Vanity Fair Spain. This is because Edward VII, as well as Prince Charles, had to wait a long time to reach the throne and the latter is still waiting for that moment to inherit the crown.
Edward VII reigned nine years. His mother, Queen Victoria, died in 1901 and he in 1910.
In addition to that similar situation between Edward VII and Prince Charles, it is added that they had to marry for convenience. First married in 1863 Alexandra of Denmarkwhile the second with Diana Spencer in 1981but their great loves were other women, Alice Keppel and Camilla of Cornwallrespectively.
Alice married George Keppel in 1891 and had two children. The same number of children as Camilla, who married Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973. The marriage ended in 1995.
A romance for everyone
The history of Eduardo and Alice goes back to 1897, the year they met. At the time she was 29 and he was 56. She is described as a woman of captivating beauty. And her relationship was not a secret, even the wife of the then king had a certain affection for her for being discreet, unlike other women who were also part of the monarch’s life extramaritally.
“Everyone knew about the relationship between the king and George Keppel’s wife,” wrote Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, citing www.monarquias.com.
“I used to see Mrs. Keppel very often at that time and I knew that she was aware of what was happening in the world of politics (…) She never used the information she had in her possession for her own benefit or that of her friends , and I never heard her say an offensive word to anyone. It would have been hard to find any other lady who could fill the role of friend to King Edward with the same loyalty and discretion that she showed,” she added.
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“Edward VII’s concept of Alice was too lofty to subject her to the indignity of hiding.” according to historian Theo Aronson, he mentions www.monarquias.com.
King Edward’s biographer, Gordon Brook-Shepherd, claimed that “Alice Keppel was the queen.”
Alice not only “was in charge of providing tranquility and company to the prince (Eduardo at that time)”, indicates the Monarchies portal, but also he was in charge of some diplomatic missions. “There were one or two occasions where the King disagreed with the Foreign Office and I was able, through it, to advise the King with a view of the Government’s policies that was accepted. She was very loyal to the king and patriotic at the same time,” the viceroy of India commented on Alice.
When the king died Alexandra of Denmark allowed Alice to be on her deathbed, at which point she had a fit of hysteria. However, with the death of Edward VII, disdain prevailed for the Keppels. Alice died when she was 79 years old, in September 1947, from liver cirrhosis. She passed away two months after her husband George Keppel.
Camilla of Cornwall is the daughter of Bruce Shand and Rosalind Cubitt, who was the daughter of Sonia Cubbit and herself the daughter of Alice.
Prince Charles is the son of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II, daughter of George VI, who was the son of George V and the latter was the son of Edward VII.
In accordance with Vanity Fair Spain, “it is said” that Sonia Cubbit would not be the daughter of George Keppel, but the daughter of Edward VII, so that “Carlos and Camilla would be related, although distantly. Something that the British royal family has never confirmed. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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