Editing Violet Trefusis (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Head of a Young Woman, 1919, 2.jpg|thumb|right|Violet Keppel, 1919, [[William Bruce Ellis Ranken]]]]
Born Violet Keppel, she was the daughter of [[Alice Keppel]], who was married to [[George Keppel (British Army officer, born 1865)|George Keppel]], a son of the [[7th Earl of Albemarle]]. Members of the Keppel family thought her biological father was [[Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe|William Beckett]], subsequently 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, a banker and MP for [[Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)|Whitby]].<!--Why?--><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Taylor |first=Clare L. |title=Trefusis, Violet (1894–1972) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/76253 |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/76253 |access-date=29 November 2007|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Violet lived her early youth in London, where her family had [[Townhouse (Great Britain)|a house]] in [[Portman Square]]. When she was four years old, her mother became the [[favourite]] mistress of [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Albert Edward]] ("Bertie"), the [[Prince of Wales]], who succeeded to the throne as King Edward VII on 22 January 1901.<ref>{{cite book |last=Souhami |first=Diana |chapter=Queens and Heirs Apparent |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/mrskeppelherdaug00souh |chapter-url-access=registration |title=Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |location=New York |year=1998 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/mrskeppelherdaug00souh/page/21 21]–22 |isbn=978-0-312-19517-5 |quote=denys trefusis and violet trefusis.}}</ref> He paid visits to the Keppel household in the afternoon around [[Tea (meal)|tea-time]] on a regular basis until the end of his life in 1910. (George Keppel, who was aware of the affair, was conveniently absent at these times.)<ref name=scandalouslove>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgQmOA61vR0C&dq=scandalous+women+violet+trefusis&pg=PT50|title=Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women|first=Elizabeth Kerri|last=Mahon|date=1 March 2011|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781101478813|via=Google Books}}</ref>

In 1900, Violet's only sibling, [[Sonia Rosemary Keppel|Sonia Rosemary]], was born. Sonia was the maternal grandmother (and Violet therefore the great-aunt) of [[Queen Camilla]], consort of [[King Charles III]].