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Alice Keppel

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The Resume

    (April 29, 1869-September 11, 1947)
    Born in Woolwich, England, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Alice Edmonstone
    Married Lieutenant-Colonel George Keppel
    Mistress of King Edward VII
    Great-grandmother of Camilla Parker-Bowles

Why she might be annoying:

    She rose in society by sleeping with prominent men.
    Her eldest daughter may have been fathered by her lover, Baron Grimthorpe, instead of her husband.
    She annoyed Edward's wife, Alexandra of Denmark, by indiscreetly showing up at the same social functions as the king and queen.
    Although Alexandra allowed her to visit Edward on his deathbed, once the king lost consciousness, Alexandra told the attending physician 'Get that woman away.'
    Camilla Parker-Bowles broke the ice at her first meeting with Prince Charles by noting that her great-grandmother had slept with his great-great-grandfather.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was one of the few people in Edward's inner circle who could soothe the king's mood swings.
    Biographer Christopher Wilson claimed, 'Alice Keppel was a fantastic help to Edward VII, more help than his wife Queen Alexandra could ever have been.'
    When Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, she observed 'Things were done much better in my day.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 59.52% Annoying