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The Mordaunt Divorce Case and the Prince of Wales


The Mordaunt Divorce Case and the Prince of Wales
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Hi, I m Joanne Hayle. I am fascinated by British royal family history and write books and articles about them and European royalty.
Edward, Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark s wedding at St. George s Chapel, Windsor. 10th March 1863.
A Cause for Royal Disapproval
Divorce in an English civil court had been possible since 1858 at the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. Until then divorce had been a matter for the ecclesiastical courts. The cost was exorbitant and the divorce rate was a few hundred cases per year at most by 1870. Divorcees were not accepted by polite society. Petitioners and respondents knew unquestionably that royal family members would not grace an event hosted or attended by them. The monarch was the head of the Church of England which opposed divorce so it was imperative not to be seen to condone it or tolerate the people connected to it. It was more acceptable amo ....

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My Favourite Painting: Simon Mayall


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Colonel Mordaunt’s Cock Match, 1784–86, 59in by 41in, by Johan Zoffany (1733–1810), Tate Collection.
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Colonel Mordaunt’s Cock Match by Johan Zoffany
‘Cockfighting was considered “disreputable” by the time of this picture, as were some of the identifiable characters in it. For me, the vibrant tableau summons up the exotic allure of India, those intoxicated generations of Britons, as they developed from the rakes of the East India Company into the stern, patrician administrators of the high British Raj and on to the modern travellers of today.
‘Between them, my grandmother, a doctor, and my grandfather, a port engineer, spent nearly half a century of their professional lives in India. My mother was born there. Brought up in Aden, I, too, went east to serve, yet another pale Anglo-Saxon attracted by the same glare, glamour, adventure and oppo ....

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