Would an unwed teenage couple have been allowed to stay in a hotel room together in Edwardian England? ?
Not possible, and still not possible even in the 1950s here in UK when the hotel would probably demand to see the marriage certificate before registering the couple into their room[s]. I have no doubt however that a rich man would probably quite easily have been able to take his Mistress or girlfriend off for the weekend to Paris where no questions would be asked. Meanwhile here in fuddy duddy old Englandshire, such things never happened. At least on the surface they were not supposed to happen but in reality we know different, don’t we? Yes, Victorian and Edwardian UK was quote often rocked with shocking scandal of one sort or another. Try this Hotel in Folkstone for a whiff of Edwardian scandal. http://gouk.about.com/od/lodgingsinengla… Upstairs Downstrairs – set in Edwardian London the hit sitcom of the 1970s.
