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The crown jewels aren't the only things that get passed around in the royal family... Join us as we explore the scandalous infidelities of the House of Windsor! From Princess Anne's bodyguard affairs to Charles and Camilla's infamous relationship, we're diving into the romantic chaos behind palace doors. Did these blue-blooded betrayals surprise you, or is infidelity just part of royal tradition?
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00:00What's your beautiful children? What would you want?
00:02And I didn't know what she said anyway.
00:04So I said, I want my husband.
00:06And she said, well, and she looked down the whole time.
00:08Welcome to Ms. Mojo, where we'll be doing a detailed breakdown
00:12of every single cheating scandal in the House of Windsor,
00:15at least since Elizabeth II's coronation.
00:18It's instigated a huge worldwide craze.
00:23Yeah, as it did at the time, of course,
00:26but there's more to this, as there always is.
00:30Revelations about Prince Andrew over the years
00:33have fueled rumors about his infidelities.
00:36Turns out he's not the only one
00:37who's been unfaithful in the family.
00:40Christian monarchs historically have what's called
00:42the divine right of kings,
00:44which means only God can judge a monarch.
00:47This house has time and again
00:50expressed its wholehearted loyalty to the crown.
00:53The UK has largely abandoned the idea since the 17th century,
00:57but the royals can still get away with a lot more than regular folk.
01:01This includes cheating, which is fairly common,
01:04likely because they tend to marry for reasons aside from love.
01:08Marry Catherine Brackensauce, she was a love so true.
01:10There would never be another, well, maybe one or two.
01:13Lucy Walter, Nell Gwynn, Moldavis, Barbara Villiers.
01:16You think that's bad, but her name's not as silly as...
01:18Oh, tense, man, silly.
01:20Additionally, the royals used to encourage taking mistresses
01:24until around the 19th century,
01:26so it's not quite as taboo for them as it is for us.
01:30Princess Anne is Elizabeth II's only daughter,
01:33who was first married to horseman Mark Phillips in 1973.
01:37In 1985, Phillips ended up cheating on Anne
01:40with a New Zealand art teacher named Heather Tonkin.
01:43The pair even had a child together named Felicity,
02:07who has supposedly never met her half-siblings.
02:10The unfaithfulness was reciprocated by Anne,
02:13who was rumored to have had an affair with her bodyguard,
02:17Sergeant Peter Cross.
02:18He felt compelled to mention rumors about Sergeant Cross
02:22and the two of you being intimate.
02:26He became her bodyguard in 1979,
02:28but had to leave the role after a year due to rumors.
02:32Another alleged affair of hers was with Commander Timothy Lawrence,
02:35who became her second husband in 1992.
02:38Well...
02:39I cannot have all of me.
02:43And I will not give all of me.
02:46And I will marry Tim.
02:48Both of these are discussed in The Crown,
02:50and she's still married to Lawrence today.
02:53King Charles III married his first wife,
02:55Princess Diana, in 1981,
02:5811 years after he first met Camilla Shand.
03:00Walking down the aisle, I spotted Camilla.
03:02Pale grey, veiled hat, pillbox hat, saw it all.
03:11Her son Tom standing on a chair to this day, you know, vivid memory.
03:15And I thought, well, there we are, that's it.
03:18I hope that's all over with.
03:19Apparently, it was love at first sight.
03:22That didn't stop them both from marrying other people,
03:25with Camilla tying the knot with a cavalry officer in 1973.
03:29Neither of them was happy in their marriages,
03:31motivating them to cheat further in the 80s.
03:34In 1989, Diana confronted Camilla,
03:37who responded by saying,
03:39Diana's got everything she ever wanted,
03:41and asked, what more does she want?
03:43Diana replied, I want my husband.
03:46I said to Camilla, I'm sorry I'm in the way.
03:48I obviously am in the way.
03:50And it must be half of both of you.
03:51I don't know what's going on, don't you?
03:53No, I don't know what's going on.
03:54Unfortunately, things only deteriorated from there.
03:57Camilla is who I want.
03:58That is where my loyalties lie.
04:02That is who my priority is.
04:04Not the mother of your children.
04:05Don't bring the boys into this.
04:06All right.
04:07Not the woman you married!
04:08I refuse to be blamed any longer for this grotesque misalliance!
04:12The two divorced in 1996,
04:15and Diana died only a year later.
04:17The public was initially opposed to Charles and Camilla's relationship,
04:21but they married in 2005, once tensions cooled.
04:24Diana was and still is one of the most cherished royals
04:28from recent history.
04:29Well, like all humans, she wasn't perfect,
04:31and was as faithful to Charles as he was to her.
04:35In the minute Harry was born and duty was done,
04:37the marriage was effectively over,
04:38and they started to find comfort in the arms of others.
04:42How many others?
04:45Diana's been with her bodyguard, her riding instructor.
04:49Her first rumored affair was with her bodyguard,
04:52Barry Manneke, in 1985,
04:54who had to be dismissed a year later.
04:56Second was with James Hewitt,
04:58a cavalry officer she admitted to being romantically involved with in the late 80s.
05:03But Diana,
05:05Aunt Margot tells me at Kensington Palace it's like a revolving door.
05:10The suitors park outside her office,
05:13because it's the only place with no security cameras.
05:16One after another.
05:18In and out.
05:20In and out.
05:21Her most infamous affair was with James Gilby,
05:25which led to the Squidgygate scandal.
05:27A phone call between the pair was leaked,
05:29with Gilby calling her Squidge, or Squidgy, 14 times.
05:33After Gilby, there are at least seven other men
05:36she was rumored to be romantically entwined with.
05:38I'm not answering that.
05:40I'm not speaking on this thing again ever.
05:42I heard a click on the line this morning.
05:44The Duke of Edinburgh was Elizabeth II's husband from 1947
05:48until he died in 2021.
05:50While their marriage was often idolized by the public,
05:53there were a handful of cheating rumors
05:55during their seven-decade-long marriage.
05:58Why did you never do that for me?
06:01Dance on your birthday?
06:02Yes.
06:03Like Salome.
06:05Because, if memory serves,
06:07you had your own ballerinas for that.
06:08In the 40s,
06:10Philip was rumored to be secretly seeing actress Pat Kirkwood.
06:13Other figures he was rumored were
06:15Katie Boyle,
06:16Helene Cordette,
06:17Merle Oberon,
06:18Daphne du Maurier,
06:20Princess Alexandra,
06:21the Duchess of Abercorn,
06:23and Penelope Penny-Natchbull.
06:25The final affair was covered in The Crown,
06:28Surprising, isn't it?
06:29Yes.
06:30More fun than it looks.
06:31Yes.
06:33According to royal biographer Sarah Bradford,
06:36the Queen was aware of his affairs,
06:38but didn't mind.
06:39None were ever confirmed,
06:40with all parties denying these affairs.
06:42So, take them with a grain of salt.
06:45You need to do what you need to do.
06:50I can look the other way.
06:53Because I know you can look the other way.
06:54You've raised looking the other way into an art form.
06:57Prince William,
06:57the current heir to the British throne,
06:59is another widely loved royal.
07:01And, you know,
07:02I've got enough trouble with my dancing recently,
07:04so it's kind of best to keep away from that.
07:06He's been married to Kate Middleton since 2011,
07:09and the pair have since become an iconic couple.
07:12There have been no confirmed affairs in their relationship,
07:15but there have been whispers
07:16that William was sleeping with Rose Hanbury,
07:19a peeress and former model.
07:21Speculation about this first arose in 2019,
07:24and returned in 2022.
07:26And put in the marriage on the ground.
07:28That's because Dumois was sent a message saying
07:30one of the royal wives doesn't mind her husband cheating,
07:33as long as it doesn't become emotional.
07:35Of course, that's not a reputable source,
07:38so it might be entirely untrue.
07:41And you obviously also like flirting
07:43as soon as my back has turned.
07:44And hitting on other people.
07:46What?
07:46We're on the same course.
07:47That's a bit out of order.
07:48We were just talking about an essay.
07:50And how exceptional Kate is.
07:51Before getting into the more recent
07:52Prince Andrew revelations,
07:54we should take a step back
07:55to discuss his marriage to Sarah Fergie Ferguson.
07:58People tell me I put my foot in it from time to time.
08:01At least I don't put it in someone's mouth.
08:03Can you imagine?
08:05My actual foot.
08:05They married in 1986
08:07and only spent 40 days of the year together
08:10in the following five years.
08:12In 1992, a huge scandal erupted
08:14after Fergie was photographed in a compromising position
08:17with her financial advisor, John Bryan.
08:20We were playing games
08:22and one of the games wound up being sort of Cinderella
08:25and Cinderella with the shoes and the toes
08:31and everything else that took place.
08:32This was only a few months
08:34after they'd announced their separation,
08:36but they didn't officially divorce until 1996.
08:39And I thought to myself,
08:42what in the world could be $12 million worth of photos?
08:48If you thought that was bad,
08:50just wait until you hear the complicated mess
08:52of allegations about Andrew.
08:54The Prince Andrew and Epstein scandal
08:56is the second largest royal scandal of the century so far.
08:59After Megxit.
09:01I've never really felt the need to go and party.
09:04And certainly going to Jeffrey's
09:08was not about partying.
09:10In 2011, the press discovered Andrew
09:12was friends with convicted criminal Jeffrey Epstein,
09:15who was believed to be a despicable person.
09:18There have been multiple accusations
09:20against Epstein on trafficking women.
09:22They also claimed Andrew was involved,
09:24pointing to photos of the victims
09:26with Andrew from years ago,
09:28alongside the flight logs.
09:30We're having tea and Andrew's talking about Fergie,
09:36which is his ex-wife at that point,
09:38and Ghislaine's bad-mouthing Fergie as well,
09:41and Epstein's just socially awkward,
09:44so I think he's just laughing about everything.
09:46To clear his name,
09:47Andrew appeared on Newsnight to defend himself.
09:50The interview was a monumental disaster.
09:52We now understand is the date,
09:55which is the 10th of March.
09:57I was at home.
09:59I was with the children.
10:00I'd taken Beatrice to a pizza express
10:04in Woking for a party.
10:07Andrew denied all the allegations,
10:09alongside expressing no regret for his friendship
10:12with a convicted human trafficker.
10:14He said he had no memory of taking the photo,
10:16and said he broke his friendship with Epstein in 2010.
10:19I didn't sweat at the time,
10:21because I had suffered what I would describe
10:25as an overdose of adrenaline in the Falklands War
10:27when I was shot at,
10:29and I simply, it was almost impossible for me to sweat.
10:35A 2025 biography called Entitled,
10:38The Rise and Fall of the House of York,
10:40paints a different picture.
10:42It says he met Epstein before 1999,
10:44and goes into detail about his intimate relationships.
10:47If it's taken to be true,
10:49then he likely cheated on Fergie too many times to count.
10:52Allegations of wild parties,
10:54royal feuds,
10:55his rudeness to palace staff,
10:57and even a physical fight with Prince Harry,
11:00which Prince Harry has now denied.
11:03For example,
11:03it states that he once requested 40 women
11:06to his hotel in Bangkok.
11:08Don't take these claims as fact.
11:09A lot of the sources are dubious.
11:12For instance,
11:12one claim source is a journalist
11:14who found out from someone in Andrew's circle.
11:17For all we know,
11:18that could just be someone
11:19who was in the same room as him.
11:21Still,
11:22there are so many discrepancies in Andrew's story.
11:25It's highly suspicious.
11:26You think that photo has been faked?
11:31Nobody can prove whether or not that photograph has been doctored,
11:37but I don't recollect that photograph ever being taken.
11:40And you don't recollect having your hand
11:43round her waist in Gurley and Maxwell's house?
11:47The scandal resulted in his resignation from public roles in 2020.
11:51One of his victims also took him to court for his alleged crimes,
11:54but it was settled out of court in 2022.
11:58In this country,
11:59no person,
12:00whether president or prince,
12:01is above the law.
12:02And no person,
12:02no matter how powerless or vulnerable,
12:05can be deprived of the law's protection.
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12:22So, it seems the royals get up to a lot more behind the scenes than most expect.
12:29Some very strange and unpleasant activities have been going on.
12:35It feels like there are more royals involved in cheating scandals than ones who aren't.
12:41Some accusations are more credible than others,
12:43and a few probably are solely rumors.
12:46It makes complete sense, though,
12:48since they rarely marry for love,
12:49and they're constantly under the public eye.
12:52I don't think I was happy.
12:53I think I was...
12:55I never tried to call it off in the sense of really doing that,
13:00but...
13:02I think the worst day of my life.
13:05Therefore,
13:05small interactions can be exaggerated and spiral into gossip.
13:09They are royals who descend from William the Conqueror,
13:12but they're ultimately still human and are prone to making mistakes.
13:17Or perhaps just because it amuses everyone to take two people who are perfectly happy together
13:21and to find a reason to break them up,
13:22because there is history of that cruelty in this family.
13:25Well, I won't stand for it.
13:26Before watching, did you know about all of these,
13:29or did you learn something new about the royal family?
13:31Let us know in the comments section.
13:33Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young girl
13:35who fell madly in love with a handsome prince.
13:38Unfortunately, the prince was already in love with someone else
13:40who was herself in love with someone else,
13:42and they all lived unhappily ever after.
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