One morning in July 1982, Queen Elizabeth II, who was sleepy, found a strange man standing beside her bed. Unfortunately, the alarm bell happened to break down and failed to make any sound.

There is a documentary related to the Windsor royal family in the UK that once mentioned such a seemingly "unbelievable" "accident".

One morning in July 1982, Queen Elizabeth II, who was sleepy, actually found a strange man standing beside her bed.

The queen quickly pressed the alarm bell beside the bed. Unfortunately, the alarm bell happened to break down and failed to make any sound.

This experience is also restored in the British drama "The Crown"

So, the queen had to bite the bullet and chat with the unshaven man on the bed to chat about family matters.

Faced with the kind eldest sister of Queen, the 33-year-old man named Michael Fagan began to tell his misfortune with tears in his eyes. After losing his job, his wife abandoned him with her two children. Later, she could not pay the mortgage and was forced to leave the streets.

And, this is not the first time he sneaked into Buckingham Palace . Before, Fagen also climbed the gate railings and followed the drainage pipe to enter the unlocked window, came here to "step through the point", and then slipped away smoothly from the gate of the back garden.

While listening to his nagging, the queen walked out of bed and said that she could ask the maid to bring him a cigarette to relieve her emotions.

Just like that, the queen quickly walked to the door and pressed another alarm bell on the porch.

The male servant and the guard arrived quickly and said directly to Fagen-"Sir, do you want to have a drink?

Then, while he was unprepared, he immediately controlled him and took him to the food pantry. Soon after, the "invader" was taken away by the police.

The queen did not hold Fagen accountable for Fagen's "trespassing into the bedroom" behavior, but took the initiative to express her forgiveness.

Finally, Fagen was locked up for a few days and released it.

Of course, such a rare news clue, the British media naturally had to take advantage of the popularity. Fagen's bizarre experience was reported like this.

The one I had in the year Some reports, the British media like the Sun, specifically gossip

Fagen recalled that the guards took him out of the queen's bedroom on the grounds of asking him to drink. In a small room, he really politely poured a glass of wine for himself.

And for the appearance of the queen's bedroom, Fagen described it like this - "a big room but not particularly gorgeous, only a lonely kitten lives in it."

If this flag flutters over Buckingham Palace, it means that the queen is inside

result, and many netizens commented, thinking that this is clearly One of the main reasons for a fabricated story is that - does the queen sleep alone? Is there no husband to accompany her? Where did Prince Philip go?

This question not only reminds people of a joke among Chinese folks - the ancient people thought that the emperor ate "Imperial meal" that the emperor ate was: the Eastern Palace Queen was to make big cakes, and the Western Palace Queen rolled green onions...

At that time, the common people were all the wives cooked for their husbands by themselves. So they naturally believed that the emperor's meal was made by the empress. The big cake rolled green onions and dipped in sauce belonged to the "delicious world" in the hearts of the working people.

In fact, no matter what this is Is this story and related reports reliable, but the "tradition" of the British royal family and most noble couples sleeping in separate rooms is real, and it is regarded as a symbol of cultivation and identity.

Even today in the 21st century, this rule is still common in the British aristocratic circle.

For example, before Christmas 2020, Prince William and his wife took the royal train to tour the country.

is this train

Surprisingly, some netizens discovered that there were two decorated bedrooms in the royal train, which belong to William and Kate .

For the British royal family, which always cares about the sense of ritual, even if they have limited space on the train, they have to adhere to the "rules" handed down from their ancestors - as the queen's eldest grandson and daughter-in-law, a heavy member of the royal family, the couple sleeping together is too much of their identity!

The event site that year

Moreover, in addition to the royal family, generally noble couples with titles also sleep in separate rooms.

For example, in the first season of the British drama " Downton Abbey ", which is set in the early 20th century, there is such a "detail" - because of the deep feelings of Countess Grantham, the couple are reluctant to sleep in separate rooms, which makes the Count have to get up early every day, and go back to the room before the servants clean up the house and mess up the bed, creating the "illusion" of sleeping in separate rooms.

The Countess and Couples are like this, let alone the queen's husband, the old-school Prince Philip.

However, this "noble tradition" is only popular among the British royal family and middle- and high-level aristocratic groups. The famous local squire like the Bennets in "Pride and Prejudice", the Podaks in "Podak" and the Francis in "Podak" are not "qualified" to sleep in separate rooms.

Stills of "Podak", although they were dressed very gorgeously, they did not belong to the nobles with real hereditary titles. If the couple slept in separate beds, they would be ridiculed

There is also the Thatcher couple who were middle-class in the 1980s (Mr. Thatcher is similar to Podak, a descendant of a noble family with a noble surname but does not belong to the aristocratic class), and was invited to the private residence of the royal family, located in Balmoral Castle in Scottish Highlands "vacation" (this is also the place where the queen died of illness).

Here, the housekeeper arranged a bedroom for Mrs. Thatcher and his husband.

When they saw that the couple had to sleep in separate beds, Mrs. Thatcher couldn't do it anymore - the couple refused to let them sleep together. What is the rule?

The real Thatcher couple is at the entrance of No. 10 Downing Street. Mr. Thatcher is a very graceful old-school gentleman

Even though the arrangement of "the couple sleeps separately" made it difficult for the shop owner to come from a family Margaret Thatcher , who came from a shop owner's family, to understand; but on the one hand, this operation is also the British royal family's determination of their identity - letting you two sleep like this is to admit that you belong to the upper class! I feel so honored for you!

The Thatcher's wedding photo. After using her husband Thatcher's surname, Margaret Thatcher achieved his first class leap

It is obvious that the tradition of British aristocrats "sleeping in separate rooms" has been persisted until now. The most intuitive reason is the "symbol of identity".

At least proves that you have many houses~

However, the original reason is actually very related to this.

This tradition comes from the medieval Christian concept of asceticism.

The Christianity of that year was believed to be able to explain everything, regulate everything, and guide everything, and people's daily lives must be strictly controlled by the Holy See.

This includes the question of how the couple sleeps.

In many Christian stories, lust is often the biggest negative thing second only to Satan.

After the mouth of the medieval Holy See, people were told that the devil would take advantage of the situation when the couple had sex and control your bodies - because, it is especially easy for you to relax your vigilance at this time.

If you don’t let sex, where do you come from? The Holy See also thought about it for you. It even recommended a onesie with a cut hole in a "key position" to facilitate population production (how do you think it is a bit like the "sexy underwear" today?).

During those years, for devout Christians, the couple had sex was not a simple joy of clouds and rain, but a "motivating heroic struggle" in which the couple joined hands to resist the invasion of demons.

A medieval wedding

In their context, the above "activity" is intended to pass on the family line for the birth of young Christians, not out of love, and desire is even more shameful - God encourages more young Christians, but the process of creating small Christians or practicing daily creation is ugly, despised, and even thinking about it privately will cause a strong sense of guilt.

Then, the best way to restrain shameful "desire" and avoid "devil invasion" is of course to keep the physical distance.

Ordinary people use pajamas "recommended by the Holy See"; while the nobles have good family conditions and many houses, so they sleep separately. The couple will only regularly "resist the invasion of demons" and create small Christians, such as one, three, five, two, four, and six.

A bedroom in Versailles Palace, France

But unexpectedly, in the end, such a "ascetic" "rule" gradually formed a pathological value.

The mainstream society at that time believed that families that conform to ethics and morals should have more children and blessings to better so as to better spread the glory of the Lord, but it involves the interests between husband and wife and the happiness brought by true love, which is a very low-level fun.

Most of the European nobles have a very strong attitude towards traditional Christian morality. Therefore, when faced with your legal spouse, you are always unable to be interested - in an arranged marriage, the wife/husband is more like a "breeding partner" who produces heirs for the family and continues the incense. In addition, there is basically nothing that is particularly worthy of attracting each other.

Except for breeding needs, these couples usually take care of their own things and rarely encounter any intersection. If the "breeding task" has been successfully completed, they will let themselves go even more.

This is just as described in Wilde in " Portrait of Dorian Gray ", Lord Harry has to have a meal with his wife one night every week, and the rest of the time depends on whether he can meet in social occasions...

In the eyes of these "identities" people, the best relationship between husband and wife is not like glue, but don't bother me. After the problem of continuing the incense is solved, you start doing your own things.

For example, there is a motto in modern Britain - a good couple lies in enough freedom and £500 per month.

In this way, under the dual role of "asceticism" and lover culture", Europe in that year showed a contradictory state - husband and wife respect each other as guests, and on the surface they are all ascetic families that conform to Christian ethics;

But on the other hand, the lovers of both parties, even illegitimate children, were secretly acquiesced.

Because, according to Western tradition, one husband and one husband are one man. The wife system is sacred and inviolable. children born out of wedlock have no right to directly inherit the inheritance and title, and even the surname of the father is not allowed to be used. Chaotic private life generally does not affect the inheritance of the title and property.

For example, the son of the decapitated king Charles I , the "happy king" who restored the Stuart dynasty ~ Charles II , has at least 17 mistresses, For his illegitimate children, there were 15 who publicly admitted and awarded the title of nobles.

But because of his queen, Portuguese princess Catherine, he had to designate his younger brother James as his heir on the grounds of "no childbirth". This is the king of James II. .

Charles II and Queen Catherine have always maintained a "friendly and cooperative relationship". Mumbai, India's second largest city, was the queen's "doll"

. Many people even thought that this was the "charm" of the king.

In other words, for "men with status" including the king, you need lovers and illegitimate children, but if you handle it appropriately, it also means that you understand the truth and abide by the rules, and end with rituals, and will not constitute a big personal life stain.

But if you dare to marry your child back, you will violate the taboo, and even the king dares to step on this mine.

Charles II's lovers, Louise de Crolais from France, is also the ancestor of the British queen Camilla today. As mentioned earlier, not only in Britain, but also in the entire European royal nobles, from the Middle Ages to modern times, basically adhered to the rule of "couples sleep in separate rooms".

Like in the French drama "Versailles", the romantic king Louis XIV and his queen also said good night to each other, and then went back to their own bedrooms to sleep. Even after having sex, they still had to go back to their own houses (this is somewhat similar to the emperor of the Qing Dynasty of the same era?)

17th century Louis XIV's French court

But more often, Louis XIV would run to the gentle hometown of his lover to enjoy the "funny of the boudoir", and spend the night there, and even summon ministers to discuss the affairs of the court, and give guidance to the country.

His successor Louis XV even regarded his mistress's boudoir as another court.

and so there was a saying back then that-- Madame Pompadou's bedroom is the true center of France's dominance.

French drama "Versailles" stills

This is the fact. In terms of personal life, the West has always liked to engage in "double standards" - as long as it does not belong to a husband-and-wife relationship, then the so-called "sleeping in separate rooms" ethics will naturally not be binding.

However, compared with Britain, which still continues the monarchy, the aristocratic systems of France and Germany have been greatly impacted by the revolution. To this day, people no longer take some traditions of old aristocrats seriously, including the operation of "sleeping in separate rooms".

Only British people still cannot let go of the airs and pomp of the old era. It is in the 21st century, and even the prince and the princess have to set up two bedrooms separately by train.