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Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. At Christmas 1900 the Honourable Mrs George Keppel gave a Faberge cigarette case to her lover Bertie, Prince of Wales and heir to the English throne. Made from three kinds of gold, enamelled in royal blue, over its cover front and back coiled a serpent contrived from diamonds.
Alice married George Keppel, son of William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle and four years her senior, on June 1, 1891. Extra-marital affairs Even early on, Alice Keppel had a reputation for adultery, and it was rumoured that her eldest daughter was not fathered by her husband George, but in fact was the daughter of the future Lord Grimthorpe ...
Lieutenant-Colonel George Keppel, MVO (14 October 1865 – 22 November 1947) was a British soldier and the husband of Alice Keppel, the mistress of King Edward VII. He was known to love young men. With some, he built long term relationships as strong as a marriage.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Keppel, MVO (14 October 1865 – 22 November 1947) was a British soldier and the husband of Alice Keppel, the mistress of King Edward VII. Keppel was the third son of William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle, and his wife, Sophia Mary, (d. 5 April 1917), daughter of Sir Allan Napier MacNab, speaker of the Canadian parliament.[1] He graduated from the Royal Military ...
Sep 20, 2016 · For Alice Keppel, it was all about appearances. Her precepts were those of the English upper classes: discretion, manners and charm. Nothing else mattered - especially when it came to her infamous affair with King Edward VII. As the King's favourite mistress up until his death in 1910, Alice held significant influence at court and over Edward ...
Feb 22, 2023 · Alice Frederica Keppel (née Edmonstone; [1] 29 April 1868 – 11 September 1947) was a British society hostess and a long-time mistress and confidante of King Edward VII. Through her younger daughter, Sonia Cubitt, Alice is the great-grandmother of Camilla Queen-Consort of UK (formerly Camilla Parker Bowles Duchess of Cornwall), the second ...
Nov 29, 2023 · Lady Florence Cecilia Keppel (24 February 1871 – 30 June 1963), married William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork in 1902. Lord Albemarle was received into the Church of Rome, on Easter Sunday, 13 April 1879. He died in August 1894, aged 62, of paralysis, and was buried at Quidenham in Norfolk.
