He promised to always stay faithful to his beloved wife, even after her death, despite her exhortations to marry again. Sobbing and snivelling, George II uttered the historic words ‘Non, j’aurai des maîtresses’ (‘No, I shall have mistresses), to which Caroline replied, sighing, ‘Ah! Mon Dieu! Cela n’empêche pas’ (‘My God, that won’t make any difference!’).
