The Earl paused.
Then, as the Queen did not speak, he carried on,
“She was a brilliant pianist. Because the music she composed pleased so many people, she was invited to play her own music in the theatre and, perhaps unfortunately, her piece was included in one of the most successful and the most talked about shows that took place in London at the time.”
“It should have been impossible,” the Queen said with disapproval in her voice, “for a Prince of the Royal Blood to marry such a woman.”
“That is just what your mother and a great number of other people said,” he replied. “But they did marry and they left London and, as far as I know, have never been back since.”
“Then where are they now?” the Queen enquired as if she could not help being curious.
“They have been living quietly in De
