Furienna
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If I remember correctly, Wallis's second marriage was never based on love between her and her husband. So it could be that Ernest did not care much about what she did. Or he couldn't do much about it, when she caught the attention of the Prince of Wales himself.
It is true also that royal mistresses back in the day often were married. Edward VIII (before he met Wallis) and his grandfather Edward VII (who was of course married himself from a young age) had plenty of affairs with married ladies. And even a better man like the future George VI had a fling with a married woman before he met Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. That would be an unfortunate effect of what upper class marriages often were about for centuries: Striking a nice deal between two families rather than finding someone you could love. And it was also even more scandalous to get a divorce than to have a lover on the side.
It is true also that royal mistresses back in the day often were married. Edward VIII (before he met Wallis) and his grandfather Edward VII (who was of course married himself from a young age) had plenty of affairs with married ladies. And even a better man like the future George VI had a fling with a married woman before he met Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. That would be an unfortunate effect of what upper class marriages often were about for centuries: Striking a nice deal between two families rather than finding someone you could love. And it was also even more scandalous to get a divorce than to have a lover on the side.
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