Behind the strict looks, the titles of nobility and the royal protocols, he hid one of the strangest – and scandalous – erotic triangles of the monarchy in Britain. A prince who loved a married woman, a Duchess who loved … her husband’s mistress, and a passion that threatened to blow up the royal balance.
This is the true – and for decades buried – story of Prince Arthur, Duchess Louisa, and the dazzling Leoni in Britain. An erotic triangle and a forbidden love in the palace.
It was perhaps the most weird erotic triangle in the history of the royal family – brother of a king, passionately in love with a married woman and his wife, instead of moving him out of his mistress, was trying to bring her close, reaching the point of writing – almost – almost – almost – almost – almost – almost – almost – almost – almost – Erotic letters.
THE Prince Arthur, Duke of Konautit looked like the epitome of rigor awaited from Queen Victoria’s beloved son. But behind the imposing mustache and the stupid style, a man full of secret passions for women was hidden.
So diligently hid, even a century later, what he did in private rooms, ships and shady lounges remain immersed in the dark.
The key to Arthur’s enormous passion was hidden in hundreds of letters he wrote in his mistress, Leoni, Lady Lesli – Letters that, when he died, was immediately ordered to be destroyed by his grandfather King Charles, George VI.
In spite of his seemingly happy life with German princess, Louisa Margarita of Prussia, It was the Leoni who had stolen his heart and mind.
Leoni also tried to impose her charm on the Duchess, according to her granddaughter, Anita Lesli.
“She thought of her in the day and dreamed her at night”wrote Arthur’s biographer. And Arthur’s wife seemed just as fascinated by Leoni just like Prince Arthur.
THE Arthur and Leoni met at a party in Ireland Organized by Lord Rosmor, at a time when, after 20 years of marriage, Luich – Arthur’s wife – had become bad and introverted.
It didn’t take him more than a minute to surrender – soul and body – to her charm.
Leoni Jerome was an impressive, extroverted American heir, married to Jack Lesli, heir to the Lesli Castle in Monochan County, Ireland. Her sister, Jenny Jerome, was married to aristocratic politician Lord Radolf Churchill and was Winston Churchill’s mother.
Although nine years younger than Arthur, Leoni became something like a mother figure for him.
“As an American, she was fearless, talented and fun, married to a man who could not be described as more than ordinary,” wrote biographer Nomble Frankland.
Their relationship evolved quickly …
“It was dependent on her for advice,” wrote biographer Nobel Frankland, “but the Duchess didn’t go back. And she was increasingly dependent on Leon for advice and friendship. “
In fact, it was the Duchess who made the relationship between Prince Arthur and Leoni to develop into triangle.
Arthur was passionate about Leoni, and his Duchess was trying to keep her marriage at all costs. Desperately wrote to Leoni admiring ‘Your kindness, selflessness and kindness – And the power of your self -evidence that is the basis for everything that is good and true. “
Sometimes the tone of Louise’s letters to Leoni was almost begged – and at some point, when Leoni felt she wanted to retire from this troubled relationship, the Duchess begged her and her husband not to leave.
Leon, full of remorse and guilt, contacted the Duchess in such a way that Arthur began to believe that “You love my wife more than me!”
Arthur was an important member of the royal family who took his place seriously. The third son of Queen Victoria went up to the royal hierarchy when his older brother, Apir, inherited the Duchy of Sax-Kobourg and Gotha and moved to Germany.