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ROYAL LOVE IN THE PAST

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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.

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