"Indeed!" I say as I sit here wearing pants while writing this.
BTW, little known fact: Charles II's wife, Catherine of Braganza, very Catholic, very conventional, still loved wearing male clothing. I dare say she did it for comfort rather than to show off, too.
Oh, very little known fact! I didn't know that. Good for her.
Wheras one and a half years are just - well, then again, it's what Fritz and Katte got, perhaps even a bit more.
I would say a bit more, but yeah. As you've pointed out, there's no reason to believe the Fritz/Katte affair was the stuff of which stable long-term relationships are made, rather the stuff of which Romeo-and-Juliet tragedies are made.
(My inner shipper: Away with you and your logic! :P)
According to her German wiki entry, she was very popular in the era, so much so that after her early death they erected a monument in memory of her.
Yep, she was very popular in Celle, and the monument does get covered in the book (the author gets something right, hurrah!).
Re: Danish kings and their favorites: Caroline Matilda
"Indeed!" I say as I sit here wearing pants while writing this.
BTW, little known fact: Charles II's wife, Catherine of Braganza, very Catholic, very conventional, still loved wearing male clothing. I dare say she did it for comfort rather than to show off, too.
Oh, very little known fact! I didn't know that. Good for her.
Wheras one and a half years are just - well, then again, it's what Fritz and Katte got, perhaps even a bit more.
I would say a bit more, but yeah. As you've pointed out, there's no reason to believe the Fritz/Katte affair was the stuff of which stable long-term relationships are made, rather the stuff of which Romeo-and-Juliet tragedies are made.
(My inner shipper: Away with you and your logic! :P)
According to her German wiki entry, she was very popular in the era, so much so that after her early death they erected a monument in memory of her.
Yep, she was very popular in Celle, and the monument does get covered in the book (the author gets something right, hurrah!).