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4 Royal Mistresses with Modern Day Connections

4 Royal Mistresses with Modern Day Connections

Quite honestly this could be called A Tale of Two King Edwards and the Women They Loved...

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McKenzie Franklin
Jan 22, 2024
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If you are a history enthusiast to almost any degree, you will know that through the ages, many kings and high ranking men often kept mistresses. This was SO common in fact that it was expected that kings did keep a mistress and when they did not, it seems to always be noted in their biography as something unusual. It also should be noted that at the Fr…

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