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Inside the British monarchy's history of mistresses - good enough for kings and princes to bed but not posh enough to marry, writes CHRISTOPHER WILSON

Kings and princes have had their mistresses since the dawn of time - women deemed desirable enough to share a royal pillow, but not posh enough to become a wife.

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