Shappi Khorsandi on Emma, Lady Hamilton
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The Next Turning Iner Career
Emma was a pioneer in the she looked at you in portraits, which was regarded as very brazen. The women wanted pictures of beautiful women to put on their walls, but no women wanted to pose for them. So greville has his brilliant idea, i shall get rid of emma and get her out of the way, si i can get married. He writes to his uncle and says, dear uncle, please take emma for me. William hamilton breaks it to her almost immediately that greville is not coming for her,. She's expected now to transfer to sir william’s bed. And he ends up marrying Sir William Hamilton. They have these lavish parties with
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