In celebration of the upcoming royal wedding I have prepared a list to celebrate another British royal tradition - the mistress. Mistress's have been recognised since written history began. Traditionally a mistress was a woman who was kept, as a lover, by a man who could afford to maintain her lifestyle, the better the mistress the more costly the upkeep. Young women, and often there family's, would work to attract the richest and most powerful lovers for the money and status that came with him. Usually this was outside of the mans marriage but often the wife was aware of the mistress and accepted her presence as the social norm. This does not include women who may have spent a night with a king but any woman who was kept as a mistress for any length of time. This list will look at 10 of the most prolific philandering English Monarchs and the women they kept.
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