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‘Edward Vii’s many mistresses, tolerated with some irritation by Alexandra, famously included the actress Lillie Langtry, Jenny Churchill (Winston mother) and – in another neat parallel with modern times – Camilla Parker Bowles’s great-grandmother Alice Keppel, whom Alexandra permitted to … Continue reading →