This week marks 25 years since Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation, but the royal family has been plagued by scandal for centuries. Here is a timeline of the biggest royal scandals throughout history.
1215
King John I commits the biggest faux pas in royal history by signing the Magna Carta to limit the powers of the monarch and grant rights to all freemen
1422
Henry V leaves his wife and 8-month-old son to die of dysentery
1843
Queen Victoria scandalizes the world when a portrait that reveals her upper neck flesh is released
1854
The press gets wind of a juicy scoop claiming that 10,000 people died of cholera from contaminated water in London
1936
King Edward VIII abdicates the British crown so he can chase his dreams of becoming a comedian in New York City
1958
Richard III scandalizes Europe when he forgets his lines in the middle of Act V
1978
Princess Margaret breaks with longstanding tradition by divorcing her husband Anthony Armstrong Jones without the customary beheading
1981
Diana Spencer shocks the people of the United Kingdom by marrying Prince Charles
2013
England’s aristocracy is scandalized by the news that Prince William is having a child with someone he’s not related to
2017
The royal family faces some tough questions about why there’s still a fucking royal family for some reason
