Did Charles II of England marry his mistress Lucy Walters and later deny doing so?

My dear Evie, one very much hopes that this is not a homework assignment!

Now, it is quite true that King Charles II did marry his mistress Lucy Walters, and later denied that such an event took place. You know, one has always been quite the fanatic of our Merry Monarch - such a wonderfully loveable cad and bounder!

Let not poor Nelly starve dear girl! Let not poor Nelly starve!

There is no evidence of such a marriage. Charles knew he had a chance of regaining the throne, and of course if he did, Lucy Walter would not make a suitable wife for a king. He also had no need to marry her, by all accounts. She wasn't the kind of woman who would have held out for marriage.

Diana Spencer and her kin were not the only well-known descendants of this relationship. Sarah Ferguson, too, is a descendant of Lucy Walter and Charles II. Charles had so many illegitimate children by various mistresses that by now, a quarter of the UK must be somehow related to him. Among his other descendants are Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Samantha Cameron, wife of the Prime Minister.

An interesting novel based on the premise that Charles did marry Lucy is Elizabeth Goudge's "The Child from the Sea".

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This question is unanswerable.

There is no credible evidence to suggest that Charles II married Lucy Walters. If he had done so, then his son Charles would and should have become King as the only legitimate heir of Charles II.

This would not have meant that Diana would have become Queen. In fact, it would have legitimized a huge bunch of people but Diana would not have become Queen.