It took nearly a year to finish the ever-changing [marriage candidates] list, with the assistance of his sister and his aging spinster aunt, who lorded over their affairs as the self-appointed voice of cultivated reason. During this time, Gabriel struggled to convince straight-from- Oxford Tristan that he must marry, produce heirs, and maintain the family dukedom for Gabriel himself wouldn't marry. He knew he simply did not have the compulsion to inflict that sort of aggravation on a woman. Olivia Parker
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This quote from A.S. Byatt's novel The Children's Book makes a reference to the real-life marriage of Prince George, who was later King George IV, and Princess Charlotte, who was later Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The marriage took place in 1795, and the couple had eight children together. The question is whether it took a year to find a wife for George, or if the decision to marry Charlotte was not made until a few years after the engagement.

Source: At The Bride Hunt Ball

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