She went from socialite to pariah when she married George III’s sixth son in 1793, without the King’s permission. Her children were declared illegitimate, the family scorned: this is a moving account of a couple who married for love.
Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray
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A Royal Life
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Nubia and Egypt, the empires of the Sudan, the kingdoms of Ethiopia and Benin and those of the Asante, Yoruba, Hausa and Zulus... Nine scholars on African kingship; some illustrations.
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The other two daughters were Maria Christina, governor-general of the Austrian Netherlands, and Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples.
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The author lived alongside Elizabeth and Margaret at Windsor during the war, between the ages of 16 and 22, the span of these diaries. She remained a confidante until her death in 2001.