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Seward also revealed, "The Queen would turn a blind eye to it. She was confident in his love, and she sort of said, 'Well men will be men. WHat Jackie Kennedy actually said was greatly exaggerated. According to The Telegraph , the First Lady had confided in Gore Vidal who remembers her saying the Queen was "pretty heavy going" and she felt "resented" by her.

Phillip was furious after discovering his children would not take his surname. Biographer Gyles Brandreth writes in P hilip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Royal Marriage that he said, "I am nothing but a bloody amoeba. I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children.

The Queen Mother argued that he would be "terribly cut off and lonely in the far north" but this time Phillip was not ready to let anyone else win this battle. Charles was miserable, lonely and depressed during his time away at school.

He recalls the time as "a prison sentence" and his close school friend revealed, "He was crushingly lonely for most of his time there. The wonder is that he survived with his sanity intact.

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Once again, the Crown decided to bend the truth when it came to Phillip's fascination with the Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova. When the Queen finds Phillip has a photograph of the dancers, she then decides to watch her perform ballet at a sold-out theatre - something which only tortures her further. It's unknown whether Phillip really was a fan of Ulanova, her shows would sell out instantly so in reality, everyone was a fan. The real dancer and actress he was linked to was Pat Kirkwood.

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Although the rumors were always denied, the reports revealed that in , he visited her dressing room and they both went out to dinner. The newspaper headlines read: Is there anything more gripping than an illicit romance?

Especially where the Royal family is concerned. In , Princess Margaret - the Queen's only sibling - was spotted picking a piece of fluff off the uniform of RAF Group Captain Peter Townsend by a journalist and the scandal was made public. Since the passing of her father, King George VI, Townsend was employed as the controller of the Royal household and this is how the affair began.

Townsend divorced his wife and proposed to a thenyear-old Princess Margaret but as she was under 25, she needed the Queen's permission to marry. Also, if she chose to wed the divorcee she would lose her royal spending allowance and her claim to the throne.

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Margaret was left with no choice other than to let go of her dreams of marrying Townsend. Did the Queen and Jackie Kennedy really have a private cuddle session surrounded by corgis at the Buckingham Palace? The scene was purely fictional however the Queen does introduce her corgis to new members of the Royal family like most recently Meghan Markle.

This one pointing at Meghan walks in, and absolutely nothing! According to Prince Harry and Prince William, the constant barking of the corgis at the palace is enough to drive anyone mad. When Princess Margaret heard of Townsend's engagement, she quickly rushed down the aisle with Antony Armstrong-Jones - another suitor her sister wasn't too impressed with.

Known more commonly as Lord Snowdon, he had a reputation as a man who loved to fool around and their marriage lasted just 18 years. The first years of their marriage were happy and passionate, they had two children together and would enjoy regular holidays. Then it emerged that Lord Snowdon had fathered a love child - a daughter named Polly Fry. They found that the photographer had a reputation for romancing both men and women. During his later years, Lord Snowdon was more forward about his sexuality but he never confirmed anything.

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Fill in your details: Please refresh the page and retry. T he Queen is rarely seen in public without her handbag by her side. Indeed, along with her favourite Anello and Davide block heels, it is her steadfast sartorial signature. From Sunday church visits to official engagements, private audiences and official portraits, it is rare that Her Majesty is not accompanied by her patent top handle bag.

But despite the ubiquity of the Queen's handbag, we know very little about what she carries around with her- and the meaning behind it. Here, we take a look at what we do know If the Queen places her handbag on the table at dinner, it signals that she wants the event to end in the next five minutes.

T he Queen is said to own more than Launer handbags. Her preferred styles are the Royale and the black patent Traviata 23cm x 20cm x 10cm. The bag has a longer handle to ease the process of handshaking.

But what's does she carry round with her? But perhaps the Queen does succumb to human needs on occasion - surely even Her Majesty can rummage around for a stray mint.

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