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The same year, Charles II ordered the building of a Royal yacht HMY Saudadoes for her, used for pleasure trips on the River Thames and to maintain communications with the Queen's homeland of Portugal, making the journey twice. [11] Catherine fainted when Charles's official mistress, Barbara Palmer was presented to her.
Charles II is an ancestor of both King Charles III's first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, [g] and his second wife, Queen Camilla. Charles and Diana's son, William, Prince of Wales, is likely to be the first British monarch descended from Charles II. Charles's eldest son, the Duke of Monmouth, led a rebellion against James II, but was defeated ...
In his first address to the nation, Charles paid tribute to his "darling wife" Camilla for "the loving help and steadfast devotion to duty". [169] [170] On 10 September, she attended the Accession Council where Charles was formally proclaimed king and she served as a witness together with her stepson William. [171]
A little rain couldn't keep King Charles and Queen Camilla away from Sunday church at Sandringham, their first appearance of the year as his cancer treatment continues. On Jan. 5, the King, 76 ...
The illness means Camilla, Charles’s second wife, who he married in 2005, will miss this year’s Field of Remembrance event at London’s Westminster Abbey on Thursday (November 7), NBC News ...
King Charles and Queen Camilla are saying “bon voyage” to their summer residence, Balmoral Castle in Scotland, to embark on their state visit to France. Earlier today, the royal couple touched ...
Nell Gwyn (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Mistresses of Charles II of England" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Marie Louise d'Orléans (Spanish: María Luisa de Orleans; 26 March 1662 – 12 February 1689) was Queen of Spain from 1679 to 1689 as the first wife of King Charles II. She was born petite-fille de France as the daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and Princess Henrietta of England.