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Post by Kentgal on Nov 11, 2008 1:15:44 GMT
There is a book called: A Most Delightful Station' The British Army on the Curragh of Kildare. 1855-1920. ISBN 189825673X Available from Alibris co.uk Price 18.25 Sterling. Also on Abe Books or Amazon? Forget which.
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Post by Louis Parminter on Jul 6, 2011 11:55:13 GMT
Extract from 'The World's Greatest Royal Scandals' by Nigel Cawthorne on Bertie, Prince of Wales
...After Oxford, Bertie was sent into the army. At just 19, he was posted to the Curragh, a military camp near Dublin. After a drunken mess party, his fellow officers decided that Bertie should lose his virginity. They put a naked young girl, an actress named Nellie Clifden, in his bed. Bertie enjoyed the experience so much that he began an affair with her.
Gossip about Bertie and his 'Princess of Wales' soon reached the ears of the Queen. She was appalled, especially as Nellie was also sharing her affections with Charles Wynn-Carrington. Prince Albert warned that if his son did not stop the affair ''the consequences for this country and for the world would be too dreadful''
Louis
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