From Gems Press
by Charles Kingston
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Royal blood, forbidden love, and scandals that rocked empires.
Originally published in 1919, Famous Morganatic Marriages reveals the secret romances and controversial unions that brought the crowned heads of Europe to their knees. In this captivating collection of true stories, author Charles Kingston chronicles twenty remarkable liaisons between royalty and their non-royal lovers—marriages that broke the rules, rewrote succession, and often ended in tragedy or exile.
From the Grand Duke who defied Queen Victoria to marry a Russian beauty, to the aging King Leopold of Belgium’s infamous affair with a barmaid turned baroness, Kingston recounts these tales with wit, insight, and enough scandal to keep you turning pages.
This new edition by Gems Press restores the original text in a clean, correct, and re-typeset format — free from OCR errors for the first time for modern readers to enjoy.
Perfect for lovers of royal history, vintage gossip, and true romantic drama, this edition brings to life the human side of monarchy — with all its passions, secrets, and consequences.
