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Mistresses
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Inappropriate Facts about Lucy Walter, The Scandalous Royal Mistress
If the king thought he’d found the perfect mistress, he was SO wrong. Lucy Walter wasn’t as innocent as she looked.
July 26, 2024
J. Clarke
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Entrancing Facts About Madame de Pompadour, France's Most Powerful Mistress
Madame de Pompadour was the alluring chief mistress of King Louis XV, but few people know her dark history—or the chilling secret shared by her and Louis.
July 17, 2024
Kyle Climans
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Scandalous Facts About Mary Robinson, The English Sappho
When George IV took Mary Robinson as his first royal mistress, people called it a fairy tale—but it was really a horror story.
June 27, 2024
Dancy Mason
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Scandalous Facts About Lola Montez, The Spider Woman
Writer Alexandre Dumas once said that Lola Montez was “fatal to any man who loves her.” Well, he couldn't have known how right he was.
June 17, 2024
Dancy Mason
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Scandalous Facts About Hedvig Taube, The Unwilling Royal Mistress
History has never been kind royal mistresses—but nobody suffered like the beautiful Hedvig Taube, the mistress of King Frederick I.
April 30, 2024
Alicia B.
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Scandalous Facts About Hedvig Taube, The Unwilling Royal Mistress
History has never been kind royal mistresses—but nobody suffered like the beautiful Hedvig Taube, the mistress of King Frederick I.
January 24, 2024
Alicia B.
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