The main characters of this book are fictional characters, while "The Hangers of Marlborough House" are real historical figures. Lady Brooke owned the heart of the Prince of Wales for ten years. In 1893, "Brooky" became Earl Warwick, and a year before that charming Daisy was fond of the ideas of socialism. Unlike her contemporaries, she showed sincere concern for the fate of the poor, the elderly, miners and industrial workers and spent her entire vast fortune for charity. The Prince of Wales was extremely superstitious. He never sat down at a table attended by thirteen people, and forbade turning over mattresses on Fridays. When the Prince of Wales became King Edward, Mr Arthur Balfour was appointed Prime Minister. He died blank in the title of first Earl of Bel Fur. His love affair with Viscount Elko was in the true Edwardian tradition and lasted from 1883, when the Viscount married, until 1922, when Count Balfour died.