Vem daterade Alice Keppel?

Alice Frederica Keppel, född Edmonstone 29 april 1868 på Duntreath Castle vid Strathblane i Stirlingshire, Skottland, död 11 september 1947 i Bellosguardo i Kampanien, Italien, var en brittisk societetsvärdinna. Hon är känd för sitt förhållande med kung Edvard VII av Storbritannien. Förhållandet varade från 1898 till Edvards död 1910.

Alice Keppel, dotter till William Edmonstone, gifte sig 1891 med adelsmannen George Keppel. Parets förhållande var lyckligt. För att kunna upprätthålla sin standard kom paret överens om att Alice skulle ta betalt för sexuella relationer med andra medlemmar av societeten, något hon gjorde utan att det lär ha skadat hennes ställning, trots att förbindelserna försiggick helt öppet. År 1898 inledde hon ett öppet förhållande med tronföljaren, som 1901 blev monark.

Alice Keppel beskrivs som en skönhet och centrum för societetslivet i London och ansågs förkroppsliga tidens ideal för en perfekt societetsvärdinna. Hon var känd för sin förmåga att inverka på monarkens humör, lugna honom, göra honom på gott humör. Hon ansågs också vara makten bakom tronen under Edvards regeringstid. Vid Edvards död 1910 tillät hans hustru, drottning Alexandra henne att närvara vid hans dödsbädd. Paret Keppel gjorde därefter en semesterresa till Indien. De bodde därefter i Italien.

Alice Keppels barnbarnsbarn är Camilla, gift sedan 2005 med Charles III, barnbarns barnbarn till Edvard VII.

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward, nicknamed "Bertie", was Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne for almost 60 years. During his mother's long reign, he was largely excluded from political influence and came to personify the leisured elite. He married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863; the couple had six children. As Prince of Wales, Edward travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and of the Indian subcontinent in 1875 proved popular successes. Despite this public approval, his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother.

Edward inherited the throne on his mother's death in 1901. He 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 to 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, German Emperor Wilhelm II, 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. Edward died in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved by the Parliament Act 1911, which restricted the power of the unelected House of Lords. Edward was succeeded as king by his only surviving son, George V.