The affair of King Charles III with Camilla Parker Bowles, who became queen consort, quickly became known to all. Eternal rival of Diana, she knew how to show great patience to be able to become the official of her beloved. Before her, another woman in her family was the mistress of a member of the royal family. Alice Keppel, Camilla’s great-grandmother, was indeed the mistress of Edward VII, Prince of Wales before King Charles III, and Prince William. This is Charles’s great-great-grandfather. So history seems to be repeating itself.
Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VII on the death of Queen Victoria, he chose Alice Keppel, the grandmother of Camilla Parker Bowles, as his lover. Alice Edmonston, known as Alice Keppel, is the great-grandmother of Camilla, the new queen consort, and was more than a love affair with Edward VII, as reported by the site Royal stories. She was also the last of his known mistresses and continued to frequent the one who was nicknamed Bertie, even once ascended the throne. Their relationship lasted more than a decade.
Alice Keppel’s name still makes noise years later
And as the king’s health began to fail as did his mood, Alice Keppel was always by his side. Camilla’s ancestor was therefore Edward VII’s last love. His name did not fail to make noise until even a few years ago, when The Crown, Netflix’s hit series, made mention of it. In episode 10 of season 4, Camilla Shand, now queen consort, reminds King Charles III, who was only the prince of Wales at that time told, that history repeats itself, because like his great-grand -mother Alice Keppel, she is also the mistress of the Prince of Wales.
Alice Keppel’s beauty was unparalleled. She had been very successful with wealthy men older than her, before meeting Edouard. Her husband George Keppel, financially in difficulty, had decided to allow his wife to see as many men as she wanted”as long as in the end, she comes back to me“, we learn in the book Royal Affairs by Carroll Leslie. And it was in 1989, when she was 29 years old, that Alice Keppel met Edward, Prince of Wales, who was 56 years old. He immediately fell under her spell.