The heir apparent: a life of Edward VII, the playboy prince

Introduction: The eighty-nine steps

Youth.

Victoria and Albert 1841

"Our poor strange boy" 1841-1856

'Neither fish nor flesh' 1856-1860

Bertie's fall 1861

Marriage 1861-1863

"Totally totally unfit .?.?. for ever becoming king" 1863-1865

Alix's knee 1865-1867

Marlborough House and Harriett Mordaunt 1868-1870

Annus horribilis 1870-1871

Expanding middle.

Resurrection? 1871-1875

India 1875-1876

The Aylesford scandal 1876

Lillie Langtry 1877-1878

Prince Hal 1878-1881

Prince of Pleasure 1881-1887

William 1887-1889

Scandal 1889-1890

Nemesis 1890-1892

Daisy Warwick 1892-1896

"We are all in God's hands" 1897-1901

King

King Edward the Caresser 1901-1902

"Edward the Confessor number two" 1902

King Edward the peacemaker 1903-1905

Uncle of Europe 1905-1907

King Canute 1908-1909

King of Trumps 1909-1910

The people's king march-May 1910.