Born 29 April 1868, Alice Frederica
Keppel (née Edmonstone) was a British society hostess and a
long-time mistress and confidante of King Edward VII. Born in
Woolwich Dockyard, Kent, Alice’s father was the Superintendent at
the Dockyard and a retired admiral in the Royal Navy. Her
grandfather was a former governor of the Ionian Islands. [getty
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