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Who is Alice Keppel? Camilla's Ancestor was Mistress to King Edward VII
Although the torrid love triangle of Prince Charles, Princess Diana, and Camilla Parker Bowles promises to be season four of The Crown's biggest scandal, for British history buffs, it is merely an example of history repeating itself.
The now-Duchess of Cornwall was not the first to have an affair with a royal in her family.
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Her great-great grandmother Alice Keppel was famously the favorite mistress of King Edward VII. That's right, Charles and Camilla's great-great grandparents also had an illicit relationship.
The Hon George Keppel with his wife Mrs Alice Keppel and their daughter Violet Trefusis at a race meeting.
Alice Keppel was the toast of Edwardian society.
Alice Frederica Edmonstone, who went by the nickname Freddie (or even, "flirtatious Freddie") was born into a high-ranking family in 1868: her father was a Baronet and an admiral in the Royal Navy.
She grew up in Duntreath Ca
