… has been contracted between Princess Beatrice of York and property developer Count Edoardo Mapozzi. Unlike the cases of her sister and cousins the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex, we cannot easily trace a common ancestor for the couple.
Of course, despite those who still claim that Edward IV’s 1461 secret marriage didn’t happen, Louis XIV, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Andre Previn and Ed Sheeran have all done so. One historian must be so frustrated at being unable to write about them.
Of course, Stephen, with regard to your paragraph starting: “Of course, despite those who …” it is clear to me that you have an exacting head for complexities. If you’re a whizz at secret marriages you would probably be wonderful at chess. / Robert
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