![]() ![]() The sisters played cricket, football and hockey. Their parents believed girls as capable as boys and for the older princesses hired a governess who spoke seven languages. ![]() The children ate plainly and took long walks whatever the weather. The king, tired after a day hacking at trees, would dandle the latest baby on his knee. The suburban sovereigns eschewed formal dining, opting instead for quiet nights en famille. Sophia's child's father was either her own brother Ernest, whom she claimed made "attempts on her person" or, more likely, the "hideous old devil" General Garth with whom she fell in love at 21.įraser conjures the cosily claustrophobic early years - the rural seclusion, the ever-growing family dotted between houses in Kew. ![]() Did Elizabeth bear two children fathered by a page? Had Amelia contracted VD at 15? Was Sophia mother of an illegitimate son? No, possibly and yes. But there were rumours too surrounding these outwardly dutiful women. Everyone knew of the unlawful marriages and vices of their brothers. ![]()
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