gaskells:Marriage is no exception to the rule that time transforms all alliances. Charles and Cath
gaskells: Marriage is no exception to the rule that time transforms all alliances. Charles and Catharine had now been married for over sixteen years, almost as long as Charles’ parents, before the Civil War separated them. The King, with his ready sense of guilt and tenderness where the fair sex was concerned, now felt quite different emotions towards the woman who had been at his side longer than any of his mistresses (…). - Antonia Fraser (requested by @lucreziaborgia) -- source link