Grove, Eric J. (2005), The Royal Navy since 1815, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.88–100, ISBN 978-0-333-72126-1 Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister, Pauline (1780-1825), took on so many well-endowed lovers that her doctors diagnosed her with an exhausted vagina. David Prothero (12 April 2007). "British Royal Flags, Reign of Edward VII: Proposal for a Personal Royal Standard of King Edward VII". Flags of the World . Retrieved 3 October 2022.

Eldest son of Queen Victoria, he had to wait 60 long years before succeeding his mother. Small in stature (1.52m) but big in power, Victoria ruled the world’s greatest empire with authority… and austerity. The time was for morality, good manners, and decency. A deadly boredom for Albert Edward, especially as his mother does not make room for him. So why, without a real official function, languish in prudishness when the neighboring capital offers all the pleasures of life? The next morning at seven, Mr. Burns wakes up a reluctant Bertie for training. They try their best to run, but the Riches are much fitter and Mr. Burns gets all achy and puffed-out. As king, Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet and the reorganisation of the British Army after the Second Boer War of 1899–1902. He re-instituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialised. He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called "Peacemaker", but his relationship with his nephew, the German Emperor WilhelmII, was poor. The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including steam turbine propulsion and the rise of socialism. He died in 1910 in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved the following year by the Parliament Act 1911, which restricted the power of the unelected House of Lords. Edward was succeeded by his only surviving son, GeorgeV. In vain, the King urged Conservative leaders Arthur Balfour and Lord Lansdowne to pass the Budget, which Lord Esher had advised him was not unusual, as Queen Victoria had helped to broker agreements between the two Houses over Irish disestablishment in 1869 and the Third Reform Act in 1884. [108] On Asquith's advice, however, he did not offer them an election (at which, to judge from recent by-elections, they were likely to gain seats) as a reward for doing so. [109] Kennedy, Paul M. (2004), The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery, London: Penguin Books, pp.215–216The Albert Medal". Royal Society of Arts, London, UK. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011 . Retrieved 9 March 2011.

Svensk rikskalender (in Swedish), 1908, p.229, archived from the original on 9 July 2019 , retrieved 20 February 2019– via runeberg.org Just look at that cover. Just look at that face. Not particularly one that is endearing especially if what he is engaged in has anything to do with it. But the reality is....kids do all sorts of things that are kind of disgusting and yukky, but we as parents go ahead and love them anyway....love them unconditionally, and it is our job to teach them the rights and wrongs of life as we pass through it together. The Prince swore under oath that they had never had an affair, but when Lord Cole admitted adultery with Harriet (likely bribed by Bertie) the divorce was granted anyway. Disgraced and divorced at 28, Harriet was declared insane and spent the rest of her days in an asylum; collateral damage to the lusts of the powerful Prince of Wales. Sex addict? Caballeros de la insigne orden del toisón de oro", Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish), Madrid, 1887, p.146, archived from the original on 22 December 2019 , retrieved 21 March 2019 {{ citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)

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Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1909, pp.3, 6, 28 – via hathitrust.org Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III", Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish), Madrid, 1887, p.148, archived from the original on 22 December 2019 , retrieved 21 March 2019 {{ citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) As previously mentioned, Philip also helped Richard win the crown of England. Thanks to their alliance, Philip went to war against Richard’s father with Richard later joining in, ultimately defeating Henry II. Henry then named Richard his heir and died two days later. In his autobiography, basketball player Wilt Chamberlain claimed to have had over 20,000 sexual partners, whilst Fidel Castro is said to have slept with 35,000 women! Bertie the old tart

Fittingly He received his greatest homage from France. The Archbishop of Paris cancelled Joan of Arc Day - an annual ceremony that reminds the French their traditional enemies have always been the English. BUT most importantly, without Bertie's love of France - and France's love for him, his accent, his fashion sense, his sheer Englishness - there would have been no entente cordiale: the series of agreements signed in April 1904 between the United Kingdom and France that marked the start of the alliance against Germany and the end of almost 1,000 years of conflict between the two nations. Actress, Tallulah Bankhead (1902 –1968) claimed that she had over 500 lovers. When the Kinsey report was published, Tallulah remarked that “the good doctor’s clinical notes were old hat to me”. Bertie seems to have had a particular taste for married women and often selected his mistresses from the wives of his intimate circle of friends, who considered it their duty to King and c*** to turn a blind eye.

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Public grief in Britain on Bertie's death at 70 was deeper than when his mother died. The press described him as a "peacemaker" who had enjoyed "one of the most brilliant and fruitful reigns in history". In Austria he was hailed as "the most influential man of the present day" and a monarch "who had been his own foreign minister". What convinced Clarke Bertie could have prevented the First World War was a speech by future French president Raymond Poincaré in 1912 at the unveiling of a statue of Bertie in Cannes. "It was a wonderful speech written two years after Bertie's death in which Poincaré called him 'Europe's peace maker' and basically said 'now he is dead there is going to be a war'.

Lloyd, Will (9 September 2022). "King Charles is no longer Hamlet". UnHerd . Retrieved 12 September 2022.Hibbert, Christopher (2007), Edward VII: The Last Victorian King, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-4039-8377-0 Cibrario, Luigi (1869). Notizia storica del nobilissimo ordine supremo della santissima Annunziata. Sunto degli statuti, catalogo dei cavalieri (in Italian). Eredi Botta. p.116. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021 . Retrieved 4 March 2019. Svensk rikskalender (in Swedish), 1909, p.155, archived from the original on 24 December 2019 , retrieved 20 February 2019– via runeberg.org Weintraub, Stanley (2001), Edward the Caresser: The Playboy Prince Who Became Edward VII, Free Press, ISBN 978-0-684-85318-5