My Darling Daisy Wife

At 48, Bertie, the oldest son of Queen Victoria and thus the Prince of Wales, fell in love, and possibly for the first time.The socialite Daisy Greville was the original ?It Girl?. She was beautiful, charming, sophisticated and very rich. Her interesting family tree put her mother, Blanche FitzRoy, as a descendent of Charles II through his most famous mistress, Nell Gwyn. Daisy?s extravagance led to her having a railway branch installed to bring her guest directly to her home. As the Countess of Warwick (and 20 years younger than the prince) she was famous for luxurious parties she held at Warwick Castle. She spent money frivolously and her racy parties became known as ?organised adultery?.

In 1886 Bertie was introduced to Daisy at one of her lavishly entertaining house parties. Their affair was common knowledge, but interestingly there was very little documented evidence of their relationship, which has left historians puzzled. A researcher, while reading through Bertie?s diaries, noticed D?s written backwards, and they seemed to become more frequent after Bertie and Daisy?s first meeting. It is now believed at this symbol was code used by Bertie to cover his tracks of his frequent liaisons with Daisy and the development of an intense relationship.

He did refer to Daisy in his diaries as ?My darling Daisy wife? and she slowly become the love of the prince?s life. He wrote letters to her twice a day, and saw her frequently for morning tea, long dinners and for regular social or private occasions. Historians have referred this relationships as Bertie?s second marriage. He became more and more devoted to this remarkable woman.

Princess Alexandra had turned a blind eye to all of Bertie?s previous relations, but this one was different. She felt threatened by Daisy and so became more distant. She travelled abroad frequently and for long periods, visiting her family in Denmark. This was Alexandra?s way of punishing the prince as it caused him grave public humiliation.Bertie?s unhealthy lifestyle was catching up on him. He was obese, and smoked very strong cigars. At this point it is documented that he sought electrical treatment. This may have been for impotency, as it is believed that Daisy loved sex and was known to have said, ?I mate naturally with beauty or strength?. Bertie was not able to satisfy her criteria on the beauty side, and now his strength was waning.

Daisy?s insatiable appetite for sex led to a pregnancy by another man, (the millionaniare Joe Laycock, who had served in the Boer War) and she wrote a letter to Bertie to break off the 10 year affair. Her letter does not exist today, but Bertie?s reply does. In his reply to Daisy he said he had shown the letter to Princess Alexandra, who was ?moved to tears? and commented that ?Out of evil, good would come?.

Some believe that Daisy was one of the inspirations for the popular music hall song, ?Daisy, Daisy. (Give me your answer do. I?m half crazy, all for the love of you)? which was composed in 1892.

After the death of Edward VII, Daisy tried, unsuccessfully, to blackmail his son, King George V by threatening to publish private letters of his father. After years of extravagant living, she had depleted her immense inheritance and was fighting poverty.

Although Bertie loved his Danish princess and adored his children, there was always an emptiness in his life. This emptiness he filled with mistresses, who all played very important roles in his life as prince and as king of England.

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