ROYAL LOVE IN THE PAST
WALLIS & EDWARD He famously stated he could not be King without the “help and support of the woman I love”, so after a brief 10-month stint as King, Edward abdicated to marry the woman who captured his heart – the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson. ELIZABETH & DUDLEY Known as the “virgin queen”, Elizabeth I never married but it’s said she did fall in love with Robert Dudley, her Master of Horse. On his death, it’s said that she was inconsolable and kept his last letter to her in a locked casket beside her bed. VICTORIA & ALBERT He was the love of her life, so when Queen Victoria lost her beloved Albert at the age of just 42, she was understandably devastated. Plunging into lifelong mourning, Victoria never fully recovered from the loss of her beloved husband.