Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey his "wife", Maria Fitzherbert, with whom he had undergone a form of marriage in a clandestine Church of England ceremony that all parties to it knew was invalid under the Royal Marriages Act 1772. Having encouraged the Prince of Wales to marry his first cousin, Caroline of Brunswick in 1794, Lady Jersey nevertheless set out to make Caroline's life difficult. However, the now Princess of Wales (Caroline) had very little regard for George IV, nor he for her, and after the birth of their child, they lived apart during their twenty-five year marriage, leaving a void Frances and other mistresses,
Mistresses of Henry VIII Mistresses of Henry VIII The Mistresses of Henry VIII allegedly included many notable women between 1509 and 1536. They have been the subject of biographies, novels and films. The first book published on this topic was Kelly Hart's "The Mistresses of Henry VIII" in 2009. After this and the publicity surrounding "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory and the film based on the novel, there were several books published on the topic. "The Other Boleyn Girl" was a fictionalised account of Henry VIII's relationship with Mary Boleyn. In 2010, "Mary Boleyn: The True Story of Henry VIII's Favourite Mistress"