This was where Francis Knollys would arrange that the ladies invited had no other engagements that particular weekend.
And there was of course one vital condition to all these arrangements – that was there must never be any scandal or embarrassment for the Prince of Wales.
The Society he controlled allowed him to make the rules and the prime condition of his friendship to those who surrounded him was that he must never suffer damage to his reputation as the future King of England.
It was recognised, when people looked back, as one of the greatest achievements of the Prince’s life that he had managed to create an exclusive Social s****l game for the English Society to play without fear.
Naturally it was a game in which he made the rules and enjoyed himself personally with undiminished v
