Recently, a number of photographs and portraits have been exhibited inside Buckingham Palace that have never been shown before, with one portrait standing out in particular.
The woman in this portrait is tall, with three-dimensional facial features and a peerless appearance, very similar to Princess Kate. Her rival in love is Camilla's great-grandmother, Lady Alice.
Coincidentally, when this woman left this photo, her identity was the same as Princess Kate, the Princess of Wales.
Queen Alexandra
She is Alexandra, the queen of King Edward VII, and this portrait was created in 1864 by the painters Catherine and Franz Xavier Winterhardt.
Some people may not know much about Edward VII, but when it comes to his mistress, Lady Alice, everyone knows who he is.
When Camilla and Charles first met, she said to Charles jokingly: My great-grandmother is your great-grandfather's lover.
Lady Alice is Camilla's great-grandmother, Edward VII, who is the hero of Camilla's story.
The wedding of King Edward VII
Edward VII was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and had several titles since childhood, most notably the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cornwall. And these two titles, Prince William also has them today.
Edward VII was a standard gentleman since he was a child, he did not like to read, he was arrogant and lascivious, he fought cocks and walked dogs, and did all kinds of evil.
Although he is the eldest son of Queen Victoria, he also has an eldest sister above him. This eldest princess is excellent in character and learning, which is in great contrast with him.
If a woman had the right to inherit at that time, nothing would have been his turn to be king.
When Edward VII was unmarried, he had affairs with many women, and even involved his father in his bad affair, which made Queen Victoria angry with her nostrils.
Queen Victoria
In order to tie her son's heart, Queen Victoria hurriedly began to audition for her daughter-in-law, and she took a fancy to the Danish princess Alexandra.
In 1863, he married Princess Alexandra, the eldest daughter of King Christian of Denmark. It's a pity that although Princess Alexandra is noble and beautiful, this does not tie the heart of this prodigal son.
After getting married, he still indulged in lustful dogs and horses, lived a very prodigal life, and had countless mistresses.
At the beginning, his peach-colored scandals were all over the sky, and every time there was a lot of uproar, Camilla's great-grandmother, Lady Alice, was one of them.
Lady Alice was very favored at the time, and when Edward VII visited, she did not bring her queen Alexandra, but Alice.
Charles and Princess Anne as children
It is said that this Lady Alice, like Camilla now, is known as the monarch's interpretation flower, which can make the monarch bow down to herself.
Edward loved Alice more than anyone else, including his parents and children, and even gave her the nickname "La Favorita", which disgusted the princess and the prince.
Edward VII was king for 9 years before he died because he had overdrawn his body early. When he was dying, he brought both Queen Alexandra and Alice to his bedside.
He asked the queen to kiss his mistress, Alice, and swore to him that he would be kind to her in the future, and the queen was almost depressed to death.
As soon as Edward's front foot died, Alexandra wiped the mouth that had just touched Alice's mouth in disgust, and immediately turned her face and drove her out of the palace.
Princes and princesses born to Alexandra
The strange thing is that the Prince of Wales runs to the courtiers' houses every day and hooks up with other people's daughters-in-law, isn't he afraid that these princes and ministers will be jealous?
The husband was really not angry, but felt that his wife was quite attractive, and he was fascinated by the future king.
But he played and played, he never dared to divorce his wife Alexandra, let alone let her disappear.
Because Alexandra is the princess of Denmark, if the princess has something, it is not an ordinary family conflict, but it has risen to the diplomacy of the two countries.
If you don't get it right, the Danish cannons will be pulled to the British city, do you think Edward VII would dare to do this?
Alexandra was much luckier than Princess Kate, and although her husband was distracted, she steadily rose from Princess of Wales to the status of Queen Edward VII.
And, after the death of Edward VII, her son George V ascended the throne without any problems.
Princess Kate looks like Queen Alexandra, and her heir is also named George.
The difference is that Queen Alexandra's life is better than that of Princess Kate, she is of noble birth, her father is the king of Denmark, and she is a real princess.
Her mother-in-law, Victoria, was an able monarch who liked her very much, defended her everywhere, and was very fond of the six children she bore to her.
When Queen Victoria died, the princes and princesses she gave birth to also grew up.
In her life, except for her husband who is not good to her, the others are basically perfect.