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Sunday, May 18, 2025

So Much Wit in Metaxas' Writing

Discussing the Queen Caroline Affair in which George IV's wife had the unmitigated gall to have an adulterous affair (which likely put her at about 1/1000th of her husband's transgressions count):
"[George] made no secret of finding his bride stout and tedious,  not to say hygenically unscheduled.  Nor did Caroline think her lothario prince much of a catch either. It seems miraculous that they produced a cold,  and given their mutual repulsion, parthenogenesis must not be ruled out....  Caroline eventually settled in Italy,  like seeds in an appendix,  and the prince remained in England to return to the never-ending fox hunt, as it were."

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