The King's Contract: Erasing a Mistress
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In the winter of 1676, a warrant was signed that would erase a woman from history. Charles II granted Nell Gwyn four thousand pounds a year—not for love, but for silence. The contract was precise: the sum paid quarterly, her name never to appear in public records. This was not a pension. It was a disappearance, bought and paid for by the Crown.
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