1066 and all that

Chapter VII

Reading edition

LADY WINDERMERE. AGE OF LAKE DWELLERS

Illustration from 1066 and all that: A memorable history of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 good things, 5 bad kings and 2 genuine dates

A Bad Queen

Alfred had a very interesting wife called Lady Windermere (The Lady of the Lake), who was always clothed in the same white frock, and used to go bathing with Sir Launcelot (also of the Lake) and was thus a Bad Queen. It was also in King Arthur’s time that the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was published: this was the first English newspaper and had all the news about his victories, and Lady Windermere, and the Cakes, etc.