We speak to the historian Dr Linda Porter about some of the most notable mistresses of Charles II (Lucy Walter, Barbara Villiers, Frances Stuart, Nell Gwynn, Hortense Mancini), discussing why we know so much about them, what they tell us about Charles and how this affected his wife and queen, Catherine of Braganza.
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S3.63 Prince Albert: Review
S3.62 Prince Albert: Biography
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S3.61 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
S3.60 Caroline of Brunswick
S3.59 Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
S3.58 Caroline of Ansbach
S3.57 Sophia Dorothea of Celle
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S3.56 Prince George of Denmark
S3.55 Mary of Modena
S3.54 Catherine of Braganza
S3.53 Elizabeth Cromwell
S3.52 Henrietta Maria
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