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with Camilla Parker-Bowles, blue bloods had already proudly renounced monogamy.
Over the centuries, they've coveted their neighbors' wives countless times, sure, but
what about their neighbors' livestock? It's time to separate the perverted facts from
the perverted fiction about royal sex lives.
At any rate, Catherine never had sex with a horse, and one wonders why anyone felt
compelled to make up such a story, since her actual death was plenty humiliating.
While straining on the toilet, she had a stroke.
His son, George III, however, broke that streak of monarchial infidelity when he
married the notoriously homely Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in
1761. Seeing her for the first time on their wedding day, George is said to have
winced in disgust, but the two came to love one another immensely (and frequently -
they had 15 kids), and George III was never unfaithful.
3. Another Royal Horse
The Roman emperor Caligula (12 - 41 CE) redefined
sexual debauchery during his reign. Aside from fancying
himself a god and having an altogether creepy sexual
fascination with his sister Drusilla, Caligula supposedly
engaged in many orgies (which inspired a famous adult
film). Plus, he had a suspiciously intimate relationship
with his favorite horse, Incitatus.
Scandalous, sure, but unlikely - it seems the prince only has eyes for Camilla. After
decades of courtship, they finally wed in 2005.