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Mrs Keppel, as mistress of King Edward VII, was ‘La Favorita’ of Edwardian high society. Her daugher Violet Trefusis was ostracised, forced into a sham marriage and banished to Paris because of her stormy love affair with Vita Sackville-West. Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter and Diana Souhami’s other books are available from good booksellers ...
Alice was born in 1868 and raised at Duntreath Castle in Scotland. She made her debut in 1886 and became a highly regarded society hostess, said to be one of the most beautiful women of her time, with her blue eyes, small waist, chestnut hair and large bust. After many proposals from other suitors, in 1888 Al-ice married George Keppel, a ...
George Keppel. Died 1804. He was the illegitimate son of the Earl of Albemarle, the nephew of Admiral Viscount Keppel, and the cousin of Admiral Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley. Keppel was commissioned lieutenant on 14 May 1774 and promoted commander on 18 March 1777. In June of that year he joined the Swift 14 at New York, to which vessel ...
Alice Frederica Keppel, de son nom complet, née Edmonstone le 29 avril 1868 à Strathblane ( Écosse, Royaume-Uni) et morte le 11 septembre 1947 près de Florence ( Toscane, Italie ), est une aristocrate anglaise . Elle est connue pour être la maîtresse d' Edward VII et l'arrière-arrière grand-mère de Camilla Parker Bowles 1 .
13 de jan. de 2022 · ALICE KEPPEL was famously the mistress of King Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria. Here is how Alice's life has drawn comparisons to the life of her relative Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Violet & Sonia Keppel. Violet and Sonia were Alice Keppel’s daughters. Raised in Portman Square, London, they enjoyed an unusual childhood, watching aristocrats and politicians coming in and out of the house, as well as ‘Kingy’, their pet-name for King Edward VII. At the age of ten, Violet met Vita Sackville-West, who was then two years ...
